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Reputation: 1254

HTML5 audio player visualization

i'm working on a HTML5 audio player, and i'm stuck at making audio visualizations... I was googling and i only found visualizations that are supported by firefox or chrome. So now i'm here asking: is it possible to create audio visualizations with HTML5 and Javascript for all newest browsers? If the anwser is yes: how? If the anwser is no: what can you recomend then?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3106

Answers (2)

Vinayak
Vinayak

Reputation: 776

No, as of now it does not look possible for all browsers. I recommend dancer.js for your requirement. Check out the demo at http://jsantell.github.com/dancer.js/#

Upvotes: 2

net.uk.sweet
net.uk.sweet

Reputation: 12431

  1. No. You're going to need a combination of the web audio API, and either canvas or webgl for the rendering. As you've discovered, the web audio API is only partially supported in Chrome, Firefox and Safari.
  2. Flash. It has a very capable sound API and is supported in all the newest desktop browsers (as well as the older ones).

This bloke, who appears to post quite frequently on HTML5 audio, has worked around the lack of support for the web audio API by pre-processing his audio data and saving it as JavaScript. Depending on your requirements, this may be an option.

Upvotes: 2

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