Is there any way that HTML Audio tag could play mp3 in Firefox

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Is there any way that HTML Audio tag could play mp3 in Firefox.

You have a similar question here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4923136/why-doesnt-firefox-support-mp3-file-format-in-audio — Bojan Dević, May 20 '12 at 17:04

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 20 '12 at 17:15

FF currently supports only ogg formats, so you've to include a copy with ogg format as well:

<audio controls="controls"> 
    <source src="music.ogg" type="audio/ogg" />
    <source src="music.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" />
    Your browser does not support the audio element.
</audio>

And for sake, use old object tag for embedding you mp3 file as follows:

<object data="music.mp3" type="application/x-mplayer2" width="xxx" height="xxx">
    <param name="filename" value="music.mp3">
</object>

or use embed as:

<embed type="application/x-mplayer2" src="music.mp3" height="xxx" width="xxx" >

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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It seems that Firefox does not support .mp3 in their audio tag. See this StackOverflow post for more detail.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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answered May 20 '12 at 17:05

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 21 '12 at 02:07

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All you have to do is wait another 5 years until the remaining MP3 patents expire...

answered May 21 '12 at 02:07

Boris Zbarsky

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@RabNawaz Why, because it's the honest truth about the sad situation? – Boris Zbarsky Oct 24 '13 at 14:31
Yes, I agree with @Boris. People should start using open formats around, as they're pretty much stable now. – Vishal May 05 '14 at 06:45

nippur · Answer 4 · 2013-04-17T19:49:39.193

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Strangly enough, firefox 3.6x and 4.x played mp3 flawless, with

<EMBED src="music.mp3" autostart=true loop=true volume=100 hidden=true>

Have two instances on my linuxbox: Firefox 4.0.1 and Firefox 20.0-> same page playes its mp3 in version 4.0.1 and does not in firefox 20.0.

edited Apr 17 '13 at 19:49

answered Apr 17 '13 at 19:41

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 29 '13 at 02:09

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For those still looking now after FF v21 (I think) mp3 and HTML 5 audio tag works

answered Jun 29 '13 at 02:09

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thanks for your answer, but have you tested it? A pure assumption without facts can t be an answer – Webwoman Apr 11 '19 at 01:46

Is there any way that HTML Audio tag could play mp3 in Firefox

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