Current Assignment(s)
Due: Recommended by Monday, 5.28
Sourcing Audio
The Audio Archive is a great source of royalty-free and creative commons audio works, usually offered in MP3 format.
A personal favorite for music is through Incompetech.com, which offers a ton of free-use (credit required) music and background audio.
Again, any audio you use should be your own or in “fair public use,” usually under Creative Commons (CC) public licence. You should always credit the author when asked to do so.
IMPORTANT: Test your pages on multiple computers and browsers to make sure the embedded media works.
How-To Audio:
One of the potential issues of using the <audio> element in particular is that it allows end-users to easily download the audio file. For example, in Safari, this can be done by right-clicking the audio player and selecting “Download Audio.” Chrome actually provides a download button with the audio player.
This ability is something to weigh when considering content protection, discussed at the end of this section.