When will audio file playing be fixed?

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  bluebergitt · Member · Apr 4, 2013 at 3:41 am

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  Audio file not playing correctly anymore – HUGE drag. When will that be fixed? I uploaded MP3 files, but in Safari still takes reader to another screen to “download”. That’s just not gunna work for my readers, who expect to listen to the track while scrolling around the site and reading other posts and will be confused if taken to another window! I’m very hopeful we can go back to the flash player – it worked so great! If for some weird reason that can’t be fixed (oh, please say t isn’t so!), could the player at least open in a new window so readers are not taken off the site? Thanks for your help resolving – I really appreciate it!

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  kardotim · Member · Apr 4, 2013 at 12:39 pm

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  We have had to temporarily disable the Flash audio player. If your browser does not natively support the format of the embedded audio file, you’ll see a download link instead.

  At this time:

  Chrome natively supports: .mp3, .m4a, .wav, and .ogg.

  Safari natively supports: .mp3, .m4a, .wav, but not .ogg (which will display a download link).

  Firefox natively supports: .wav and .ogg, but not .mp3 and .m4a (which will both display a download link).

  Opera natively supports: .wav and .ogg, but not .mp3 and .m4a (which will both display a download link).

  Internet Explorer natively supports: .mp3, but not .m4a, .wav, and .ogg (which will all display a download link).

  What formats a browser chooses to natively support is entirely up to the browser’s developers, we have no control over that.

  Until now, we have given the Flash audio player precedence, fallen back to the browser’s native player when Flash isn’t available, and then fallen back to the Download link when the format is not supported by the browser.

  With the Flash player temporarily disabled, we are giving the browser’s native player precedence and falling back to the Download link when the format is not supported by the browser.

  Whether it’s via an embedded player or a Download link, all of your viewers will be able to play the audio files.