Changing with HTML5 Audio works in Chrome but not Safari

Question

I\'m trying to make an HTML5 audio playlist that will work in each major browser: Chrome,Safari, Firefox, IE9+. However, I can\'t figure out how to change the sources in a c

Answer 1

For some reason, Safari can't use the <source> tags for swapping between songs but Chrome can. Just changing what gets loaded into the src attribute on the <audio> tag works on both Chrome and Safari but then there is the ogg vs. mp3 issue.

I guess one way to get around this ogg vs. mp3 issue is to use Modernizr does feature detection to load the ogg mime-type in Firefox and the mp3 in Chrome/Safari. Here's a reference on that: Detecting html5 audio support with Modernizr.

Answer 2

Here is a working exapmle. It's a little bit different from what you have but hopefully this can be helpful.

HTML:

<button type="button">Next song</button>

Javascript/jquery:

    var songs = [
    '1976', 'Ballad of Gloria Featherbottom', 'Black Powder' 
]
var track = 0;
var audioType = '.mp3'
var audioPlayer = document.createElement('audio');

$(window).load(function() {

    if(!!audioPlayer.canPlayType('audio/ogg') === true){
        audioType = '.ogg' //For firefox and others who do not support .mp3
    }

    audioPlayer.setAttribute('src', 'music/' + songs[track] + audioType);
    audioPlayer.setAttribute('controls', 'controls');
    audioPlayer.setAttribute('id', 'audioPlayer');
    $('body').append(audioPlayer);
    audioPlayer.load();
    audioPlayer.play();

});

$('button').on('click', function(){
    audioPlayer.pause();
    if(track < songs.length - 1){
        track++;
        audioPlayer.setAttribute('src', 'music/' + songs[track] + audioType);
        audioPlayer.load();
        audioPlayer.play();
    }
    else {
        track = 0;
        audioPlayer.setAttribute('src', 'music/' + songs[track] + audioType);
        audioPlayer.load();
        audioPlayer.play();
    }
})