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{
	"title": "Multimedia Player - Audio-only",
	"language": "en",
	"category": "Plugins",
	"description": "Provides an accessible audio player for embedding audio into web pages.",
	"tag": "multimedia",
	"parentdir": "multimedia",
	"altLangPrefix": "multimedia-audio",
	"dateModified": "2014-08-01"
}
---
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		<h2>Overview</h2>
		<p>For audio-only, the multimedia player leverages the native HTML5 <code>audio</code> tag.</p>
		<p>The multimedia player's timeline relies on the HTML5 <code>progress</code> element and uses a polyfill when the element is not supported.</p>
		<p>The MP3 format is the minimum requirement for the player because it is a widely supported format. An optional but highly recommended format, OGG Vorbis, should be added as well to leverage the HTML5 native performance gains.</p>
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		<h2>Example (Ride of the Valkyries)</h2>
		<figure class="wb-mltmd" data-wb-mltmd='{"shareUrl": "https://www.archive.org/download/RideOfTheValkyries/ride_of_the_valkyries_2.mp3"}'>
			<audio title="Ride of the Valkyries">
				<source src="https://www.archive.org/download/RideOfTheValkyries/ride_of_the_valkyries_2.mp3" type="audio/mp3" />
				<source src="https://www.archive.org/download/RideOfTheValkyries/ride_of_the_valkyries_2.ogg" type="audio/ogg" />
			</audio>
			<figcaption>
				<p>Ride of the Valkyries</p>
			</figcaption>
		</figure>

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			<summary>View code</summary>
			<pre><code>&lt;figure class=&quot;wb-mltmd&quot; data-wb-mltmd='{"shareUrl": "https://www.archive.org/download/RideOfTheValkyries/ride_of_the_valkyries_2.mp3"}'&gt;
	&lt;audio title=&quot;Ride of the Valkyries&quot;&gt;
		&lt;source src=&quot;https://www.archive.org/download/RideOfTheValkyries/ride_of_the_valkyries_2.mp3&quot; type=&quot;audio/mp3&quot; /&gt;
		&lt;source src=&quot;https://www.archive.org/download/RideOfTheValkyries/ride_of_the_valkyries_2.ogg&quot; type=&quot;audio/ogg&quot; /&gt;
	&lt;/audio&gt;
	&lt;figcaption&gt;
		&lt;p&gt;Ride of the Valkyries&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;/figcaption&gt;
&lt;/figure&gt;</code></pre>
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