Cross-platform, cross-browser way to play sound from Javascript? [duplicate]

You will have to include a plug-in like Real Audio or QuickTime to handle the .wav file, but this should work...

//======================================================================var soundEmbed = null;//======================================================================function soundPlay(which)    {    if (!soundEmbed)        {        soundEmbed = document.createElement("embed");        soundEmbed.setAttribute("src", "/snd/"+which+".wav");        soundEmbed.setAttribute("hidden", true);        soundEmbed.setAttribute("autostart", true);        }    else        {        document.body.removeChild(soundEmbed);        soundEmbed.removed = true;        soundEmbed = null;        soundEmbed = document.createElement("embed");        soundEmbed.setAttribute("src", "/snd/"+which+".wav");        soundEmbed.setAttribute("hidden", true);        soundEmbed.setAttribute("autostart", true);        }    soundEmbed.removed = false;    document.body.appendChild(soundEmbed);    }//======================================================================

If you're using Prototype, the Scriptaculous library has a sound API. jQuery appears to have a plugin, too.

dacracots code is clean basic dom, but perhaps written without a second thought?Of course you check the existance of an earlier embed first, and save the duplicateembed creation lines.

var soundEmbed = null;//=====================================================================function soundPlay(which){    if (soundEmbed)       document.body.removeChild(soundEmbed);    soundEmbed = document.createElement("embed");    soundEmbed.setAttribute("src", "/snd/"+which+".wav");    soundEmbed.setAttribute("hidden", true);    soundEmbed.setAttribute("autostart", true);    document.body.appendChild(soundEmbed);}

Came across the thoughts here while scanning for a solution for somewhat similar situation. Unfortunately my browser Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.15) Gecko/2009102814 Ubuntu/8.04 (hardy) Firefox/3.0.15 dies when trying this.

After installing latest updates, firefox still crashes, opera keeps alive.