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hermes December 15th, 2013

I've been using wade for a week or so, and I'm really pleased so far. But I think it's unacceptable that there is no support for MP3 audio, you should add it as soon as possible!

Gio December 15th, 2013

Hi hermes and thanks for your suggestion

However MP3 audio is not supported for a reason: it is a proprietary format, and it is NOT free to use. If you use MP3's in a commercial game (or any product really), you have to pay for a license. And it isn't cheap... quite the opposite in fact.

OGG and AAC are two very valid alternatives. Importantly, they're free. It only takes a few seconds to convert your MP3's to one of these formats that are supported by WADE.

I would recommend reading this blog post for more information on this subject:
https://www.scirra.com/blog/64/why-you-shouldnt-use-mp3-in-your-html5-games

Elliot December 15th, 2013

While I agree with Gio re not using mp3s, wade is not stopping you from using the standard html5 objects... so if you really want to use mp3s, it's not that hard:

var music = new Audio('music.mp3');music.play()

Just be aware that you need a license, and it won't work on browsers that don't support mp3 audio.