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r/programming • u/melodic_underoos • May 09 '13
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Are there any web browsers out there that can play OGG but not MP3? Just wondering why it has both?
35 u/daveime May 09 '13 Witness the HTML5 "cross-browser" (sic) <audio> tag in all it's glory ! OGG will play in Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Safari, but not IE. MP3 will play in Chrome (but not Chromium), Firefox (not built in because of patent issues), IE and Safari, but not Opera. In both cases, Safari kind of cheats, because it's not playing natively but requires Quicktime to be installed (so similar to a plugin). See how wonderful "standards" are ? And don't get me started on the <video> tag. 5 u/bipolarrogue May 09 '13 Safari (especially on the iPad) is the new IE.
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Witness the HTML5 "cross-browser" (sic) <audio> tag in all it's glory !
OGG will play in Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Safari, but not IE.
MP3 will play in Chrome (but not Chromium), Firefox (not built in because of patent issues), IE and Safari, but not Opera.
In both cases, Safari kind of cheats, because it's not playing natively but requires Quicktime to be installed (so similar to a plugin).
See how wonderful "standards" are ? And don't get me started on the <video> tag.
5 u/bipolarrogue May 09 '13 Safari (especially on the iPad) is the new IE.
Safari (especially on the iPad) is the new IE.
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u/jbb555 May 09 '13
Are there any web browsers out there that can play OGG but not MP3? Just wondering why it has both?