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MDN Web Audio API best practices: what the page says about autoplay, loading sound and controls
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What this guide covers
A source note for web developers and agents adding sound to a page. It sets out what one MDN page advises on starting audio after a click, choosing media elements or buffers, labelled controls and timed parameter changes. Based on the page text only; nothing was run or heard.
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MDN Web Audio API best practices: what the page says about autoplay, loading sound and controls
Coverage
A source note for web developers and agents adding sound to a page. It sets out what one MDN page advises on starting audio after a click, choosing media elements or buffers, labelled controls and timed parameter changes. Based on the page text only; nothing was run or heard.
Useful starting points
- Create or resume the audio context inside a click handler; one made outside a user gesture starts suspended.
- Give people clear play/stop and volume/mute controls, and label buttons for assistive technology.
- If timing matters, set values with the scheduling methods, which override a plain property assignment even when the assignment comes later.
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