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Audio on the Web

Before HTML5, there was no standard for playing audio files on a web page.
The HTML5 <audio> element specifies a standard for embedding audio in a web page.

There are two different ways to specify the audio source file's URL. The first uses the source attribute:

<audio src="audio.mp3" controls>
Audio element not supported by your browser
</audio>Try It Yourself

The second way uses the <source> element inside the <audio> element:

<audio controls>
<source src="audio.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
<source src="audio.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
</audio>Try It Yourself

Multiple <source> elements can be linked to different audio files. The browser will use the first recognized format.