Tag Description

The audio tag is used to define sound, such as music or other audio streams.

This tag has the form:

<audio
  autoplay="autoplay"
  controls="controls"
  loop="loop"
  muted
  preload="auto | metadata | none"
  src="URL">
  fallback_content
</audio>

Note: The optional fallback_content is rendered by browsers that do not support the audio tag.

The MIME types for the HTML5 audio formats are:

MP3 = audio/mpeg
Wav = audio/wav
Ogg = audio/ogg

HTML5 and HTML4.01 Differences

This tag is new for HTML5.

Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
autoplay	autoplay	If present, specifies that the audio will start playing as soon as it is ready
controls	controls	If present, specifies that controls will be displayed (such as a play button)
loop	loop	If present, specifies that the audio will start over again, every time it is finished
muted	muted	Specifies that the audio output should be muted
preload	auto metadata none	Specifies if the audio should be loaded when the page loads, or not. Ignored if autoplay is present.
src	URL	Specifies the URL of the audio to play

Global Attributes

This tag also supports the HTML Global Attributes.

Event Attributes

This tag also supports the HTML Event Attributes.

Examples

The following example shows the basic use of this tag:

<audio src="audio.ogg" controls="controls"> Audio element not supported</audio>

This examples makes use of the <source> tag to provide the most flexibility for browser support::

<audio controls="controls "><source src="audio.ogg" type="audio/ogg" / > <source src="audio.wav" type="audio/wav" / >  Audio element not supported </audio>

Browser Support

Codec	Chrome	Firefox	IE	Opera	Safari
MP3	6		9		5
Wav	6	3.6		10.6	5
Ogg	6	3.6		10.6

Doctype Declaration Support

The following table lists the doctype declarations this element may appear in:

HTML4.01 / XHTML1.0			XHTML 1.1	HTML 5
Traditional	Strict	Frameset	XHTML 1.1	HTML 5

Miscellaneous Information

Defined In:	HTML5
Empty Tag:	No

Layout Options