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How do I get my HTML5 audio tag to work in Firefox 7.0.1, currently it doesn't even display the alternate text when the player cannot play.

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sward
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This is my implementation of the audio tag. 

<div class="music_player" oncontextmenu="return false;">
  <audio autoplay="autoplay" controls="controls" preload="auto">
    <source src="sample.ogg" />
    <source src="sample.mp3" />
    <span id="audio_error">This website has an audio sample, but cannot play using this browser.
      </span>
  </audio>
</div>
This is my implementation of the audio tag. <pre><nowiki><div class="music_player" oncontextmenu="return false;"> <audio autoplay="autoplay" controls="controls" preload="auto"> <source src="sample.ogg" /> <source src="sample.mp3" /> <span id="audio_error">This website has an audio sample, but cannot play using this browser. </span> </audio> </div></nowiki></pre>

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cor-el
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Make sure that the server sends the ogg file with a supported MIME type.