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April 10, 2017
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Audio files don't play on smart devices (Dreamweaver MX)

  • April 10, 2017
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Why won't my audio files play on tablets or smart phones from my website using Dreamweaver MX?

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    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 10, 2017

    See link for details on HTML5 Audio.

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Jon Fritz
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 10, 2017

    While Nancy's post is the most likely reason for your issue, nobody can say 100% what's causing the problem without seeing your page/code.

    It could be that you simply forgot to upload the audio files to your site, or that they are uploaded to the wrong location for the links you're using (a couple of reasons off the top of my head).

    Could you post a link to your work in progress so we can take a look with our browsers?

    The contributors here should be able to tell you pretty quickly, and with certainty, what's going wrong.

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    April 10, 2017

    MX is a relic and the code it creates for you is outdated by about 10-12 years. 

    Tablets/Mobile phones don't support plugins.  For that matter most modern browsers don't either.

    Switch to HTML5 <audio> and MP3 files.

    Nancy

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert