Webmasters Stack Exchange
Webmasters Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [audio]

38 questions
10
votes
3 answers

Simple future-proof, backwards-compatible way to play audio mp3 files in-place on the page?

I have a site for a musician that includes music in mp3 format, but these are played through a Flash file (xspfplayer). Of course, without Flash this is useless. Is there a better future-proof, and reasonably backwards-compatible way to include mp3…
artlung
  • 8,688
  • 5
  • 45
  • 63
5
votes
2 answers

My website hosts various m4a files but they do not play in Internet Explorer

I've got an m4a file that loads properly in all browsers, except for Internet Explorer (no surprise). The error is: "Invalid source". My HTML5 code looks like this:
William
  • 2,363
  • 1
  • 20
  • 32
4
votes
1 answer

SEO for Audio Files

I have a new client who runs an internet radio station. His site has hundreds of previously recorded shows and I would like to optimize the audio files for SEO as much as possible. I've consider doing the following: Add schema.org markup. Add ID3…
L84
  • 2,026
  • 2
  • 24
  • 35
4
votes
2 answers

Is there a flash/html5 audio player that allows links to jump to a specfic time?

I am looking for a web audio player to embed on my website that allows links to jump to a specific time in the audio, a la youtube. I am uploading lecture audio from lectures that are over an hour. I'd like to provide a way to link to specific times…
Joe
  • 41
  • 2
4
votes
6 answers

The YouTube of Sound

My current website includes some embedded YouTube (and Facebook) videos and I know there are numerous other video hosting websites. Is there a free hosting service specifically for audio files, for easy embedded playback through a flash/html5…
8128
  • 145
  • 5
4
votes
1 answer

Previews for audio e-commerce site

Is there a way to do previews for audio files in the base, Magento Community Edition? I see the place to put the "sample" files under "Downloadable information" section on my product. I attached an .MP3 as the sample, in this case, and it won't…
jefflunt
  • 396
  • 1
  • 9
4
votes
1 answer

Is there any reason for me not to use the "wav" format for html5 audio crossbrowser compatibility?

I'm targeting modern browsers (only those that support
Stop Slandering Monica Cellio
  • 230
  • 1
  • 2
  • 9
4
votes
2 answers

Embed audio broadcasting on web page

I'd like to embed simple audio player on my webpage and I want it to get the audio from a stream broadcasted from my server. I read I can use IceCast on my web-server, getting an audio stream from a client using IceS (or this is what i got from…
giargo
3
votes
1 answer

What lossy audio format is the most universally recognized across all devices in 2016?

Say I want to have streaming audio on my site. There is no fancy player on my site: the page simply links directly to the audio file, shifting the burden of streaming onto the user's internet browser. What audio file format is the best for…
Kyle
  • 1,021
  • 1
  • 7
  • 7
3
votes
2 answers

HTML5 Audio: Which formats? Ditch Ogg Vorbis in favor of Ogg Opus? Is MP3 still needed?

I'm currently working on a website which has to stream audio files. Since bandwidth is always an issue, the file size should be as small as possible. I wonder what audio formats I should provide. MP3 - Most common format but low quality, I don't…
phoibos
  • 131
  • 3
3
votes
1 answer

Hosting media on separate server than web server

Basically I have a website hosted by a web hosting company which I have limited access to (ftp upload etc). I have a home server which I use to record and store audio files. Is there an elegant way or best practice to host a page on the webserver…
ztnewman
  • 31
  • 1
3
votes
1 answer

Podcast Best Practices - Page Development & Monetization Considerations

Our current podcast page has show notes and a link to download an mp3 of our podcast. We were advised to add an audio player to stream the file live from our website. The thought being this would improve time spent on our site and allow for…
csi
  • 248
  • 2
  • 9
3
votes
3 answers

Is there a media player that works on HTTPS sites?

I'm currently using Yahoo! Media Player for a site that needs to play MP3 files that are stored on our server. In total, there's quite a bit more than the free limits at Soundcloud, but each file is only a few minutes long. YMP is pretty good, but…
Iain Hallam
  • 268
  • 1
  • 8
3
votes
1 answer

JavaScript control of