Notes on what works with audio tag or embed, and what doesn't

Since I've been working with html audio and various sources for audio tag and embed, I think I've discovered what works and what doesn't. First of all, Chrome seems to be the best browser ofr this sort of thing. Firefox and Opera don't seem to always work, even after testing with Chrome and having it work.

That said, it seems that using the audio tag works better than an embed of audio in many cases. There are sites like bandcamp and others that seem to have worked out a way of getting audio to work all around, on any browser, but doing it yourself - it is likely best to use the audio tag rather than an embed code. Also, using Google Drive as a source only seems to work in the Google Chrome environment. As an aside, Chrome seems to look best on the web in general. What I mean by that is I had problems with the way a web page was designed and looked on Firefox and Opera, but it was fine in Chrome.

Of course, YouTube always seems to work in any browser, but that is mainly a video site that can be used for audio too, not strictly an embed of audio.

Conclusions so far? If one wants to do it the easiest way, use Youtube or Vimeo and create a simple video container for the audio. Or, just as well, use bandcamp. If one is like me, and wants to experiment a little and do it on one's own, then use a stable source like the internet archive, or perhaps if one is more adventurous, tindeck. I would however, avoid using an embed of Google Drive file. It simply doesn't work across all browsers. however, it is likely that browsers other than Chrome will sometimes have problems too. So, if one doesn't have Chrome, get it. The open source Chromium is good too. But the honest truth is, if one uses Windows instead of Linux, Chrome is easier to get and use.

Another experimental attempt

Might as well try this here as well, since it half worked on another blog space. Of course, I should keep in mind that this is where I try out new ideas first. It is a link to some music. So far, it seems to work best using Chrome, but not at all in Firefox or Opera Here is the link. the only thing I can say is use Chrome, not Firefox or Opera, or any other browser.

IA Embed and different browsers, and Opera looks good lately

Really Firefox? Crying about a plugin? Firefox can not display the embed of the Internet Archive document viewer without a plugin. Opera could see everything, and the video and audio looked especially good too. I guess Chrome is still the best browser if you want to be able to see everything, but the version of Opera that is available for Linux is actually really good too. It might have to get used more. Maybe. Seems to me there were a few sites that didn't like it, though. I'll have to check it out some more first.

But Chrome is what can see all the audio/video/embed/other. opera seems super fast though. Hmm...