Howler.js: How to play ogg from blob?

[brancusi]

Hi,

I am encoding to ogg via the users mic. The encoder returns a blob.

I am able to play this back if I do the following with an Audio object as so:

var url = URL.createObjectURL( oggBlob );
var audio = new Audio();
audio.src = url;
audio.play();

_OR_

<Audio src='blob:http://localhost/address_to_blob' />

The above plays just fine, but if I try to use Howler to play this same blob I can't get it to work.

var url = URL.createObjectURL( oggBlob );
var sound = new Howl({
  urls: [url]
}).play();

Doesn't work

I've also tried some other variations on the above

var url = URL.createObjectURL( oggBlob );
var sound = new Howl({
  autoplay: true
});
sound.src = url;

Any ideas? Is there something weird when using a blob like this?

Thanks

[slothyrulez]

Same issue here

[psirenny]

You can specify the extension:

var sound = new Howl({
  src: [url],
  ext: ['ogg']
});

And then howler will be able to check if the ogg format is supported in the browser.

[goldfire]

Right, you need to specify the ext so that it knows what kind of audio is trying to be played.

[goldfire]

Just an FYI for anyone that is looking at this later as reference, ext has been changed back to format.