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Sound with JavaScript but not Flash

Posted in Ajax News by Dion Almaer on the January 31st, 2007

Reinier Zwitserloot wanted to see if he could add sound support without embedding a Flash bridge, and shared his research in his article on Sound in Web Browsers without Flash.

Check out his test page for a Sound Check

An example API

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JAVASCRIPT:
  1.  
  2.                         function sound2Play() {
  3.                                 if ( !sound2Embed ) {
  4.                                         sound2Embed = document.createElement("embed");
  5.                                         sound2Embed.setAttribute("src", "machinegun.wav");
  6.                                         sound2Embed.setAttribute("hidden", true);
  7.                                         sound2Embed.setAttribute("autostart", true);
  8.                                 } else sound2Stop();
  9.                                 sound2Embed.removed = false;
  10.                                 document.body.appendChild(sound2Embed);
  11.                         }
  12.                        
  13.                         function sound2Stop() {
  14.                                 if ( sound2Embed && !sound2Embed.removed ) {
  15.                                         document.body.removeChild(sound2Embed);
  16.                                         sound2Embed.removed = true;
  17.                                 }
  18.                         }
  19.  

Source: Ajaxian
Original Article: http://ajaxian.com/archives/sound-with-javascript-but-not-flash

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