[android-developers] Re: HTML5 audio and video support

Are you using the inherit browser that comes with the phone or a third
party browser like Opera? Since HTML5 is not standard across all
browser it depends on which one you are using.

On Jan 12, 10:21 am, ls02 <agal...@audible.com> wrote:
> I am trying to figure out of android (at least Froyo) has any <audio>
> and <video> HTML5 tag support in any form or shape. I read from many
> sources andhttp://www.html5test.comconfirms that although Android
> Web browser does support both tags it does not support any audio or
> video codecs which basically makes these tags not supported.
>
> At the same time I read in some references that some people may have
> found a workaround how to play audio inside a Web browser for instance
> by specifying mp3 file source for <video> tag.
>
> http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=10546
>
> I tried this on my Droid and no clip is played or displayed, only a
> placeholder is shown.
>
> Can someone point me to at least one working example (link to a page)
> that plays any sort of audio inside a Web browser on Android. If it is
> absolutely not possible to play audio via HTML5, is there any way to
> launch Android music player to play the mp3 link in some sort of
> hidden or minimized form so it does not take over entire screen and
> navigate user away from a Web page?

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