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Audio player shows and disappear in Firefox

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snstar2006
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I try to use HTML5's audio tag to play a music file on my site. This is my syntax: <audio controls="controls"> <source type="audio/ogg" src="/portals/0/BelizeNationalAnthem.ogg"></source>
<source type="audio/mp3" src="/portals/0/BelizeNationalAnthem.mp3"></source>
</audio>

The problem I am encountering is that when I refresh my page, I can see the player, but only for a few seconds, then it fade out. I have tried using my Firefox to visit some other sites that use the same HTML5 audio tag, and it works fine. I try to visit my page in Chrome and IE normally. So I don't understand what is causing my Firefox to fade out the music player.

I try to use HTML5's audio tag to play a music file on my site. This is my syntax: &lt;audio controls="controls"&gt; &lt;source type="audio/ogg" src="/portals/0/BelizeNationalAnthem.ogg"&gt;&lt;/source&gt;<br/> &lt;source type="audio/mp3" src="/portals/0/BelizeNationalAnthem.mp3"&gt;&lt;/source&gt;<br/> &lt;/audio&gt; The problem I am encountering is that when I refresh my page, I can see the player, but only for a few seconds, then it fade out. I have tried using my Firefox to visit some other sites that use the same HTML5 audio tag, and it works fine. I try to visit my page in Chrome and IE normally. So I don't understand what is causing my Firefox to fade out the music player.

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this is because the ogg-vorbis encoded file is not present on the server at the specified location

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philipp
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this is because the ogg-vorbis encoded file is not present on the server at the specified location

snstar2006
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Well, the file does exist on the server, but the server returns "File Not Found" error code because the MIME type for OGG files is not configured. Thanks