---
title: "Loading HTML5 Audio"
description: "Demonstrates how to load and play audio using the HTML5 Audio tag by disabling the Web Audio API in the game configuration."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/audio/view/load-html5-audio
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Loading HTML5 Audio

Demonstrates how to load and play audio using the HTML5 Audio tag by disabling the Web Audio API in the game configuration.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Loader / Audio](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/audio.md). It runs at 800 × 600, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/audio/view/load-html5-audio.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### load html5 audio.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    text;

    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.text = this.add.text(10, 10, 'Loading audio ...', { font: '16px Courier', fill: '#00ff00' });

        this.load.audio('dafunk', [
            'assets/audio/Dafunk - Hardcore Power (We Believe In Goa - Remix).ogg',
            'assets/audio/Dafunk - Hardcore Power (We Believe In Goa - Remix).mp3',
            'assets/audio/Dafunk - Hardcore Power (We Believe In Goa - Remix).m4a'
        ]);
    }

    create ()
    {
        this.sound.pauseOnBlur = false;

        const music = this.sound.add('dafunk');

        music.play();

        this.text.setText('Playing Dafunk - Hardcore Power (We Believe In Goa - Remix)');
    }
}

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.AUTO,
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    parent: 'game-container',
    audio: {
        disableWebAudio: true
    },
    scene: Example
};

const game = new Phaser.Game(config);
```

## More in Audio

- [Load Audio](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/audio/view/load-audio.md): Learn how to load audio files in multiple formats (OGG, MP3, and M4A) for cross-browser compatibility and play them back in your scene.
- [Load Audio Sprite](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/audio/view/load-audio-sprite.md): This example demonstrates how to load an audio sprite using a JSON configuration file and multiple audio formats, then play specific sound markers defined within the sprite.
- [Load Audio Sprite Resources](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/audio/view/load-audio-sprite-resources.md): Learn how to load and play audio sprites using a JSON configuration file and its associated audio resources.
- [Load Audio Stream](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/loader/audio/view/load-audio-stream.md): Demonstrates how to load and play audio as a stream by setting the stream property, which is useful for playing long music tracks without waiting for the full file to download.

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