HTML Audio Tag

HTML audio tag is used to define sounds such as music and other audio clips. Currently there are three supported file format for HTML 5 audio tag.

1. mp3
2. wav
3. ogg

HTML5 supports <video> and <audio> controls. The Flash, Silverlight and similar technologies are used to play the multimedia items.

This table defines that which web browser supports which audio file format.

Browser	mp3	wav	ogg
Internet Explorer	yes	no	no
Google Chrome	yes	yes	yes
Mozilla Firefox	yes*	yes	yes
Opera	no	yes	yes
Apple Safari	yes	yes	no

HTML Audio Tag Example

Let's see the code to play mp3 file using HTML audio tag.

1.   <audio controls>  <source src="koyal.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">  
2. Your browser does not support the html audio tag.  
3. </audio>  

Output:

Let's see the example to play ogg file using HTML audio tag.

1. <audio controls>  
2.   <source src="koyal.ogg" type="audio/ogg">  
3. Your browser does not support the html audio tag.  
4. </audio>