How to detect HTML5 audio MP3 support

To detect HTML5 audio MP3 support, use the Modernizr library.

Source − Screenshot from the official Modernizr documentation

For detecting HTML5 audio MP3 support, you can also check the User-Agent to detect which browser is used.

You can also use JavaScript to test −

var x = document.createElement('audio');
return !!(x.canPlayType && x.canPlayType('audio/mpeg;').replace(/no/, ''));

Ankith Reddy

Updated on: 2020-06-25T05:29:55+05:30

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