


(This advice may be somewhat out of date - apparently Apple has increasingly clamped down on allowing

Ogg Vorbis audio, as well as FLAC, Speex, and several other legally-free formats. XipQT QuickTime Component which does the same for
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WebM Quicktime Component, which not only enables Safari to play weba audio (and webm video) but alsoĪllows any other QuickTime-using software to play or create WebM media. opus, Apple MIGHT drag themselves into the 21st century on the web. Perhaps when EVERYONE else (including Microsoft) supports. As Microsoft becomes IBM (in a good way, I mean), Apple is busy becoming Microsoft (abusively andīelligerently proprietary). Still.Īpple's limited and strictly-controlled media support is probably a lost cause. opus (in OGG, along with vorbis-in-.ogg!) is supposed to be immediately available as an add-on. Of the virtual box in current versions, and support for proper. I haven't tested yet, but Microsoft Edge is supposed to also now support webmv2 out Opus is awesome: Firefox and Chrome (and "Chromium") and derivatives should all support both. I also note that Firefox, supposedly, has supportįor accessing audio metadata, so if I get time I may try to add tests of metadata reading and display as well to this page. Some of the notes below still need to be updated. The form will let me know which browser you're using and what results you reported - I'll start posting results once enough people have submitted them. If you're willing, use the drop-down boxes (which say "(untested)" when you first start) next to each sample that you try to indicate if the audio works for you, then click the "(Click to report your results when ready)"īutton when you've tested the formats that you're interested in. If your browser supports, the form below will show what your browser reports about its ability to handle the common web audio formats.: If you feel you MUST use Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE9 is the earliest version that supports. I recommend upgrading to the current version of Mozilla Firefox,Īlthough Google's Chrome browser and Opera are also good. Y'all's browser doesn't support the tag, so this test is pointless.
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Products so I can't tell if it works or not - you probably won't be able to tell, either, unless you're using a recent Apple product (or your web audio is handled by a plugin for ffmpeg or vlc).ĪNOTHER NOTE: Feel free to try formats that the browser claims it doesn't support - the browser may be lying. caf, so I've added it to the page! I have no Apple FFMPEG 4.0 is able to multiplex opus audio into. They do, supposedly, support the opus codec in recent OS versions.but only in One other update: Apple still doesn't support anything anyone else does besides mp3 and maybe flac. I do intend to also re-record updated versions of the others as well (especially the opus one, which was originally recorded under much worse conditions than I usually record in now).

Opus is now also a permitted codec in webm.). (The original WebM specification was vorbis-only. Below this, you'll see a form showing which major web formats your browser SAYS it supports, andīuttons to click to try out the other formats.Ģ0180501: UPDATES INCOMING!Late last year, I recorded new audio for mp3 and flac to reflect mp3's new legal status and flac's now-ubiquity. Player below to hear which audio format your browserĭefaults to. This is just a simple test/demo of the HTML5 tag with which to test browser support.Īssuming you have a modern web browser with working tag support, click the "play" button in the Which audio formats are supported? HTML5 Audio Formats Test
