The <audio> element

Creates an audio player in the web page, for playing MP3 or other audio files.

Full list of attributes

All the usual HTML global attributes are available

autoplay
If present, indicates that the browser should start playing the sound as soon as it's ready to, without the user explicitly choosing to play it.
controls
If there are no custom playback controls provided by JavaScript code, then this should be used to make the browser provide some controls itself.
crossorigin
A CORS settings attribute for audio files from third party sites.
loop
Makes the audio play in a continuous loop.
mediagroup
Multiple <audio> and <video> elements can be linked together by giving them the same mediagroup name. The browser will synchronize their playback.
muted
If present, the audio will be muted by default.
preload
Hint to the browser about how aggressively it should start downloading the audio file before it's actually needed.
src
The URI of the audio file to load.

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