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This feature is available for Creative Cloud members and point product subscribers only. To join Adobe Creative Cloud, see Adobe Creative

Cloud.

Dreamweaver allows you to insert and preview HTML5 audio in web pages. The HTML5 audio element provides a standard way to embed audio

content into web pages.

For more information on HTML5 audio element, see the article on HTML5 audio at W3schools.com.

Insert HTML5 audio

Preview the audio in browser

Insert HTML5 audio

1. Ensure that your cursor is at the location where you want to insert the audio.

2. Select Insert > Media > HTML5 Audio. The audio file is inserted at the specified location.

3. In the Properties panel, enter the following information:

Source / Alt Source 1 / Alt Source 2: In Source, enter the location of the audio file. Alternatively, click the folder icon to

select an audio file from your computer. Support for audio formats varies on different browsers. If the audio format in

Source is not supported, the format specified in Alt Source 1 or Alt Source 2 is used. The browser selects the first

recognized format to display the audio.

To quickly add videos to the three fields, use multiple selection. When you choose three video formats for the same video

from a folder, the first format in the list is used for the Source. The following formats in the list are used to auto-fill Alt

Source 1 and Alt Source 2.

Title: Enter a title for the audio file.

Fallback text: Enter the text to be displayed in browsers that do not support HTML5.

Controls: Select if you want to display audio controls such as Play, Pause, and Mute in the HTML page.

Autoplay: Select if you want the audio to start playing as soon as it loads on the web page.

Loop Audio: Select this option if you want the audio to continuously play until the user stops playing it.

Mute: Select this option if you want to mute the audio after download.

Preload: Selecting Auto loads the entire audio file on page download. Selecting Metadata downloads only the metadata

after the page download is complete.

Properties panel for the HTML5 audio

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1. Save the web page.

Browser MP3 Wav Ogg

Internet Explorer 9 YES NO NO

Firefox 4.0 NO YES YES

Google Chrome 6 YES YES YES

Apple Safari 5 YES YES NO

Opera 10.6 NO YES YES