I have HTML document that is supposed to play the audio file via tag.
My main problem is what kinda URL am I supposed to feed this tag in order for it to play.
For example, I have the file in folder completely different from HTML file, even stored on external SSD, and I have path to it, how do I play this file?
My code looks something like this:
<audio controls source="PathToFile"></audio>
It isn't possible to open arbitrary files from a user's local machine, as this has bad implications for security.
If you want to load local files, the user has to either select the directory/files with a <input type="file"> element, or they have to drag/drop the directory/files so that you can get a reference that way.
I guess you should have something likes this:
<audio controls autoplay>
<source src="/sounds/The Wolven Storm (Priscilla's
song).mp3"
type="audio/mpeg"/>
</audio>
If your website is hosted at some place that you have access to, your website is hosted on a local machine, and your SSD is plugged in to the same machine as your website, you could use absolute file paths inside of the quotes to achieve this.
for example:
<audio controls src="C:/Absolute/File/Path/To/Audio.mp3"></audio>
I hope this helped in answering your question.
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My hosting doesn't allow me to upload mp3 or any audio files, so is there any way I can link audio in some other way? I know we can embed soundcloud and stuff but just wondering if there was any other alternative.
I’ve found this very useful guide that covers some alternatives:
Linking to a sound file using a href allows a browser to open and play
an audio file if the viewer of your web page has properly configured
their Internet browser. You can also use the tag or the newer
tag to insert a sound file directly into a web page.
<a href> tag
<a href="https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/m/example.mp3">Play sound
file</a>
<audio> tag
The tag can create a media player as part of the web page. It allows the visitor to play, stop, pause, or download an audio file. The element is compatible with all modern web browsers.
<audio controls>
<source src="https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/m/example.mp3" />
</audio>
<embed> tag
An older method of including audio files is to use the tag. While this method certainly works, it is less efficient than those which were mentioned above. As such, we recommend using one of the solutions demonstrated above.
<embed src="https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/m/example.mp3">
I figured the best way to do it without uploading your audio/music, BASE64 ENCODING!!
Very easy, kinda messy and supposed to be used for images I guess but works fine with audios and should work with videos as well (haven't tried videos)
Here a base64 encoder: https://omatsuri.app/b64-encoding
WARNING THOUGH! IT MIGHT GET LAGGY & MESSY
I have a webpage with an audio player - normally the code would look like this
<audio controls="controls" preload="auto">
<source src="http://the_full_path/file_name.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" />
Your browser does not support the audio element.
</audio>
I want people to be able to listen to the file using the player without being able to download the file its playing. These are the first steps I took:
was adding controlsList="nodownload" to the player
disabling right click oncontextmenu="return false"
The problem: from any browser going to menu 'view-> page source' or clicking F12/Cmd+u will show the code thus the link will be reviled.
How can I achieve my desired outcome?
'and obviously there is a way to do it'
No there's not !
#zero298 answer is perfectly right(any resaerch you will do will said the same and you see your question is commonly asked for years with same answer.
All stuff you can do can easily be override because in order to use a file client side the file is download on client(cache) in order to be use by browser in local place.
Look to how WWW work and you'll understand better i think:
web server send(upload) HTML and others files related to client who get it(download) for use.
That's root of a network and can't be otherwise. If you need anything to be shared on a network you've to send it. So you can see/use(an get) a file who is not shared nor block a file once it is send.
I have a Java application that can run as a regular java Swing application but creates a standard html5 report that opens in a webbrowser.
e.g
Browser Url is:
file:///C:/Users/Paul/AppData/Roaming/SongKong/Reports/FixSongsReport00574/FixSongsReport00574.html
As part of that it uses a audio tag to allow the song to be played in the browser
<h5>
<audio controls="controls">
<source src="file:/E:/Test4/test.WAV">
</audio>
</h5>
and that works fine.
But the application can also run with a Html User Interface, it then runs a webserver using Java Spark on port 4567, if I then serve the exact same report (yes i am actually serving files the same files on the disk) to the same computer so the audio file is local to the computer it will no longer play the song.
This would be the Browser Url
http://localhost:4567/FixSongsReport00574/FixSongsReport00574.html
So why is this, since I am specifying the full path in the source element and therefore I dont see why it would be affected by factors such as where static files are served from.
But in case relevant this is the java-spark start method
CustomJettyServerFactory customJettyServerFactory = new CustomJettyServerFactory();
EmbeddedServers.add(
EmbeddedServers.Identifiers.JETTY,
new EmbeddedJettyFactory(customJettyServerFactory));
staticFiles.externalLocation(Platform.getPlatformReportFolder().getPath());
staticFiles.location("");
staticFiles.expireTime(600);
SongKong.songKong.setRemote(true);
StartPage.recreateIndexPage();
init();
configureWebEndPoints();
configureApiWebEndPoints();
before((request, response) -> {
MainWindow.logger.severe(">>>>>"+request.uri());
});
listenForFinish();
The follow up question is that although I don't understand why it doesn't work on a local computer I can see that if was connecting via a remote browser then it would not work because the file url is relative to the server not the client machine, how would i make file playable in such a case.
You can't mix HTTP server and file protocols into one for security reasons. So what you need to do is below
While serving any html file read its contents and replace file:/ by something like /localfile?url=
And then you will need to create a /localfile endpoint in your embedded server code, which will read the url and then stream the file locally. Your server code will be able to access the local file and stream it.
There used to be few techniques back in the days of FF11, but they are not valid anymore
How do I view file:// images from http://localhost served pages in Firefox 11?
try this i hope it will help you
How to?
In order to make your web page plays music, the html code can be as simple as
<audio src="the location of the music url" controls> </audio>
example
<audio controls>
<source src="/assets_tutorials/media/Loreena_Mckennitt_Snow_56bit.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
<source src="/assets_tutorials/media/Loreena_Mckennitt_Snow_56bit.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
Your browser does not support the audio tag.
</audio>
I have a simple web page written in HTML for testing video streaming.
<video controls name="media">
<source src="external_url.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
That's work in local, but when I upload the page on my free web hosting, the page doesn't load any video. Is there a workaround? Maybe using an embedded player?
update
I've discovered that's a problem related to video. Unfortunately I cannot link it because it's for a private presentation, but I've tried with other videos and that works well. Any idea why my video doesn't play?
Please check that the URL is intact.
Check if there might be some file discrepancies. The control currently supports mp4, ogg, and webm as seen here.
Use the canPlayType() method to test the site AFTER the upload - just to be sure we're covered on that front. See here for the DOM reference.
You can fiddle around here if you don't want to have to upload the site first before live-testing it.
Hope that helps.
How do you upload the video? If FTP, text transfer mode may have ruined the file. The hosting (especially, a free one) can impose a limit on the file size (uploaded or served) too. Or even on content types (e.g. narod.ru didn't allow to read files directly, serving a "download page" on an attempt instead).
Try to download the video file directly and compare it with the reference one.
I have used HTML 5 audio tags like the following
<audio controls="control_2">
<source src="D:\HND_grrrrr\Year_2\RoyWebsite\Sounds\WAV\home_page_readout.wav" type="audio/wav"/>
<source src="D:\HND_grrrrr\Year_2\RoyWebsite\Sounds\MP3\home_page_readout.mp3" type="audio/mp3"/>
<source src="D:\HND_grrrrr\Year_2\RoyWebsite\Sounds\ogg\home_page_readout.ogg" type="audio/ogg"/>
</audio>
Now when i load the page when it is not uploaded to a server it manages to work on chrome and IE, however on other browsers the player appears, but there appears to be no file as nothing happens when i press play.
Now when i put the page to the server (I am using USB webserver V8.2) i get nothing no matter what browser the players dont even show. I have tried changing the links to relative and nothing and ive checked that all my files are there and they are. They work when I click on the actual file on the server so i dunno.
Any help would be appreciated thanks :)
To solve the second half of your question, and potentially the first, use relative paths to load the audio files. So if your web server loads the file from /var/www/website/index.php, places the files in a closer path, ie /var/www/website/sounds, and then load the files from ./sounds/FILE_NAME.EXTENSION