audio – audio stream (NEW)

Permitted contents #

Transparent, with the following specific structure:

a src attribute, or zero or more source elements followed by zero or more track elements, followed by flow content

or

a src attribute, or zero or more source elements followed by zero or more track elements, followed by phrasing content

Any attributes permitted globally.

ⓘ autoplay = d:string "autoplay" or d:string "" #

Instructs the UA to automatically begin playback of the audio stream as soon as it can do so without stopping.

ⓘ preload = d:string "none" or d:string "metadata" or d:string "auto" or d:string "" #

Represents a hint to the UA about whether optimistic downloading of the audio stream itself or its metadata is considered worthwhile.

"none": Hints to the UA that the user is not expected to need the audio stream, or that minimizing unnecessary traffic is desirable.
"metadata": Hints to the UA that the user is not expected to need the audio stream, but that fetching its metadata (duration and so on) is desirable.
"auto": Hints to the UA that optimistically downloading the entire audio stream is considered desirable.

Specifying the empty string is equivalent to specifying the value "auto".

ⓘ controls = d:string "controls" or d:string "" #

Instructs the UA to expose a user interface for controlling playback of the audio stream.

ⓘ loop = d:string "loop" or d:string "" #

Instructs the UA to seek back to the start of the audio stream upon reaching the end.

ⓘ mediagroup = string #

Instructs the UA to link multiple videos and/or audio streams together.

ⓘ muted = d:string "muted" or d:string "" #

Represents the default state of the audio stream, potentially overriding user preferences.

The URL for the audio stream.

The interactive element “audio” with the attribute “controls” must not appear as a descendant of the “a” element.
The interactive element “audio” with the attribute “controls” must not appear as a descendant of the “button” element.
“audio” element has more than one “track” child element with a “default” attribute.

An audio element must have both a start tag and an end tag.

any element that can contain phrasing elements, any element that can contain flow elements

[NamedConstructor=Audio(),
 NamedConstructor=Audio(DOMString src)]
interface HTMLAudioElement : HTMLMediaElement {};