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How to make a short beep in javascript that can be called *repeatedly* on a page?

This is like the question at:
Sound effects in JavaScript / HTML5
but I'm just seeking a specific answer to the issue of repeatability.
The above question and other similar ones have helpful answers to use the following javascript:
function beep1()
{ var snd = new Audio("file.wav"); // buffers automatically when created
snd.play();
}
or even more self-contained, you can now include a wav in-line, such as:
function beep2()
{ var snd = new Audio("data:audio/wav;base64,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");
snd.play();
}
When I tried these examples, I could only get the sound to play once on my computer. I noticed this was a common complaint in multiple questions, but never saw an answer to it.
The closest thing to an answer was in the referenced question in which #Kornel stated:
To play same sound multiple times, create multiple instances of the Audio object.
You could also set snd.currentTime=0 on the object after it finishes playing.
If this is the key to my puzzle, I don't quite understand it. (I don't know how to destroy / release an audio object.) Can someone show me exactly how to get a button to keep replaying my sound every time it is clicked, either using one of the suggestions of #Kornel or some other way?

Put the sound references outside of the function. Otherwise, each time you call the function, a new sound object is created.
var snd1 = new Audio("file.mp3");
var snd2 = new Audio("data:audio/mpeg;base64,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function beep1() {
snd1.play();
}
function beep2() {
snd2.play();
}
beep1();
setInterval(beep2, 300);

We can create audio waveforms with the web audio api.
The following example shows a bip, made of two tones, one is at 233hz for 100ms with a gain of 10DB, the second is at 603Hz with a duration of 200ms, with 3DB of gain.
Both sounds are in a loop of 1500ms, with the help of setInterval.
This is a minimal example, it can't be stopped! (As asked!)
// gain, frequency, duration
let a = new AudioContext()
function k(w,x,y){
console.log("Gain:"+w, "Hz:"+x, "ms:"+y)
v = a.createOscillator()
u = a.createGain()
v.connect(u)
v.frequency.value = x
v.type = "square"
u.connect(a.destination)
u.gain.value = w * 0.01
v.start(a.currentTime)
v.stop(a.currentTime + y *0.001)
}
setInterval(function(){ k(10,233,100); k(3,603,200)}, 1500)
There is ways to create much more complex 8bits songs in few lines, with differents loops of many duration and tones:
let a = new AudioContext()
function k(w,x,y){
console.log("Gain:"+w, "Hz:"+x, "ms:"+y)
let v = a.createOscillator()
let u = a.createGain()
v.connect(u)
v.frequency.value = x
v.type = "square"
u.connect(a.destination)
u.gain.value = w * 0.01
v.start(a.currentTime)
v.stop(a.currentTime + y *0.001)
}
setInterval(function(){ k(10,233,100); k(3,603,200)}, 1000)
setInterval(function(){ k(8,1646,100); k(8,1444,100) }, 500)
setInterval(function(){ k(8,728,100); k(8,728,100) }, 3000)
setInterval(function(){ k(8,728,100); k(8,728,100) }, 3000)
setInterval(function(){ k(8,364,100); k(8,364,100) }, 6000)
setInterval(function(){ k(8,364,100); k(8,157,200) }, 12000)
We can as well set the values in an array, and loop trough it.
With for, for..in, while, do..while, much more complex, but to create patterns, arpeggios, etc.
Someone, one day will enjoy this ;)

What about using the new Audio API. (No Microsoft support!)
var audioContext = AudioContext && new AudioContext();
function beep(amp, freq, ms){//amp:0..100, freq in Hz, ms
if (!audioContext) return;
var osc = audioContext.createOscillator();
var gain = audioContext.createGain();
osc.connect(gain);
osc.value = freq;
gain.connect(audioContext.destination);
gain.gain.value = amp/100;
osc.start(audioContext.currentTime);
osc.stop(audioContext.currentTime+ms/1000);
}

Didn't you try this
Just the HTML5 thing
<audio controls loop>
<source src="horse.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
<source src="horse.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
Your browser does not support the audio element.
</audio>

I needed an "alert" for a web app that will be used predominately on a mobile device. The new autoplay policy https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/09/autoplay-policy-changes, was giving me a problem so I did this...
Top of html code to play the "alert" you need a button so the user interacts with the page and authorizes future use of audio.
<p align="center" id="snd_btn"><button id="allow_alert" class="btn btn-danger" onclick="play_sound();"> Allow Alert </button></p>
Add'l html...................
then later in the script section I have ....
<script>
function play_sound(){
snd.play(); // plays the "1-second-of-silence.mp3"
$("#snd_btn").hide(); // this hides the prompt "Allow Alert"
}
snd = new Audio("sound/1-second-of-silence.mp3");
snd2 = new Audio("sound/PHONERNG.WAV");
the as part of an online event (map coordinates update) this is included in the ajax success function ...
success: function(data){
if(data['badge'] > 0){
$("#vt_badge").html(data['badge']);
snd2.play(); //Plays the "alert" sound
}
}
'''''
</script>
Th "allow alert" button is only there on page load so the user interacts with it, and it plays a sound, "1-second-of-silence.mp3". That satisfies the player's requirement for page interaction, now the actual alert, "PHONERNG.WAV" plays automatically as required.
MrFitz

This works better for me.
Just follow the snippet below
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport"
content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Press the Button</h1>
<button onclick="play()">Press Here!</button>
<script>
function play() {
var audio = new Audio(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190531135120/beep.mp3');
audio.play();
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

How to play next/previous audio file using bezel in Gear s2?

developing Web app for gear s2, I am trying to play next/previous audio file when bezel is rotated clockwise/counterclockwise.
just like the "Music Player" on the watch.
what I tried so far is as follows, but only the second song plays when I rotate the bezel clockwise and when I rotate CCW, only the first song plays.
I don't know how to write it so that EACH time that I rotate the bezel, it goes to the next song.
var audio = new Audio();
var source = ["songs/coldplay.mp3", "songs/abba.mp3", "songs/goodbye.mp3", "songs/sleep.mp3"];
var i = 0;
var current = null;
rotaryDetentHandler = function(e) {
direction = e.detail.direction;
if (direction === "CW") {
if(i <source.length)
i++;
else i=source.length;
}
if (direction === "CCW") {
if(i>0)
i-- ;
else i = 0;
}
if(current !=null)
{stop();}
audio.src = source [i];
audio.load();
audio.play();
current = audio;
}
function stop()
{
current.pause();
}
Hopefully someone can find out what the problem is or if there is another way to do it.
Thank you.

for anyone having this problem, I finally found out what the problem is.
You have to add an EventListener to the page, like below:
page.addEventListener("pagebeforeshow", function() {
// do something
});

Media Source Extensions Not Working

I am trying to use the MediaSource API to append separate WebM videos to a single source.
I found a Github project that was attempting the same thing, where a playlist of WebMs is loaded, and each one is appended as a SourceBuffer. But it was last committed a year ago, and thus out-of-sync with the current spec. So I forked it and updated to the latest API properties/methods, plus some restructuring. Much of the existing code was taken directly from the spec’s examples and Eric Bidelman’s test page.
However, I can not get it to work as expected. I am testing in two browsers, both on Mac OS X 10.9.2: Chrome 35 stable (latest at the time of this writing), and Firefox 30 beta with the flag media.mediasource.enabled set to true in about:config (this feature will not be introduced until FF 25, and current stable is 24).
Here are the problems I’m running into.
Both browsers
I want the video to be, in the end, one long video composed of the 11 WebMs (00.webm, 01.webm, …, 10.webm). Right now, each browser only plays 1 segment of the video.
Chrome
Wildly inconsistent behavior. Seems impossible to reproduce any of these bugs reliably.
Sometimes the video is blank, or has a tall black bar in the middle of it, and is unplayable.
Sometimes the video will load and pause on the first frame of 01.webm.
Sometimes, the video will play a couple of frames of the 02.webm and pause, having only loaded the first three segments.
The Play button is initially grayed out.
Pressing the grayed out Play button produces wildly inconsistent behaviors. Sometimes, it loads a black, unplayable video. Other times, it will play the first segment, then, when you get to the end, it stops, and when you press Play/Pause again, it will load the next segment. Even then, it will sometimes skip over segments and gets stuck on 04.webm. Regardless, it never plays the final segment, even though the console will report going through all of the buffers.
It is honestly different every time. I can’t list them all here.
Known caveats: Chrome does not currently implement sourceBuffer.mode, though I do not know what effect this might have.
Firefox
Only plays 00.webm. Total running time is 0:08, the length of that video.
Video seeking does not work. (This may be expected behavior, as there is nothing actually happening in the onSeeking event handler.)
Video can not be restarted once finished.
My initial theory was that this had to do with mediaSource.sourceBuffers[0].timestampOffset = duration and duration = mediaSource.duration. But I can’t seem to get anything back from mediaSource.duration except for NaN, even though I’m appending new segments.
Completely lost here. Guidance very much appreciated.
EDIT: I uncommented the duration parts of the code, and ran mse_webm_remuxer from Aaron Colwell's Media Source Extension Tools (thanks Adam Hart for the tips) on all of the videos. Voila, no more unpredictable glitches in Chrome! But alas, it still pauses once a media segment ends, and even when you press play, it sometimes gets stuck on one frame.
In Firefox Beta, it doesn’t play past the first segment, responding with:
TypeError: Value being assigned to SourceBuffer.timestampOffset is not a finite floating-point value.
Logging the value of duration returns NaN (but only in FF).

The main problem is with the video files. If you open chrome://media-internals/ you can see error Media segment did not begin with keyframe. Using properly formatted videos, like the one from Eric Bidelman's example (I hope he doesn't get mad that I keep linking directly to that video, but it's the only example video I've found that works), your code does work with the following change in appendNextMediaSegment():
duration = mediaSource.duration;
mediaSource.sourceBuffers[0].timestampOffset = duration;
mediaSource.sourceBuffers[0].appendBuffer(mediaSegment);
You can try Aaron Colwell's Media Source Extension Tools to try to get your videos working, but I've had limited success.
It also seems a little weird that you're looking at the onProgress event before appending segments, but I guess that could work if you only want to append if the video is actually playing. It could make the seekbar act odd since the video length is unknown, but that can be a problem in any case.

I agree with the opinion Adam Hart said. With a webm file, I tried to implement an example like http://html5-demos.appspot.com/static/media-source.html and then made a conclusion that its problem caused the source file I used.
If you have an arrow left, how about trying to use "samplemuxer" introduced at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/DASH_Adaptive_Streaming_for_HTML_5_Video.
In my opinion, samplemuxer is one of encoders like FFMPEG.
I found that the converted file works with mediaSource API. If you will also see it works, please let me know.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>MediaSource API Demo</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Appending .webm video chunks using the Media Source API</h3>
<section>
<video controls autoplay width="320" height="240"></video>
<pre id="log"></pre>
</section>
<script>
//ORIGINAL CODE http://html5-demos.appspot.com/static/media-source.html
var FILE = 'IU_output2.webm';
var NUM_CHUNKS = 5;
var video = document.querySelector('video');
var mediaSource = new MediaSource();
video.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(mediaSource);
function callback(e) {
var sourceBuffer = mediaSource.addSourceBuffer('video/webm; codecs="vorbis,vp8"');
logger.log('mediaSource readyState: ' + this.readyState);
GET(FILE, function(uInt8Array) {
var file = new Blob([uInt8Array], {type: 'video/webm'});
var chunkSize = Math.ceil(file.size / NUM_CHUNKS);
logger.log('num chunks:' + NUM_CHUNKS);
logger.log('chunkSize:' + chunkSize + ', totalSize:' + file.size);
// Slice the video into NUM_CHUNKS and append each to the media element.
var i = 0;
(function readChunk_(i) {
var reader = new FileReader();
// Reads aren't guaranteed to finish in the same order they're started in,
// so we need to read + append the next chunk after the previous reader
// is done (onload is fired).
reader.onload = function(e) {
try {
sourceBuffer.appendBuffer(new Uint8Array(e.target.result));
logger.log('appending chunk:' + i);
}catch(e){
console.log(e);
}
if (i == NUM_CHUNKS - 1) {
if(!sourceBuffer.updating)
mediaSource.endOfStream();
} else {
if (video.paused) {
video.play(); // Start playing after 1st chunk is appended.
}
sourceBuffer.addEventListener('updateend', function(e){
if( i < NUM_CHUNKS - 1 )
readChunk_(++i);
});
} //end if
};
var startByte = chunkSize * i;
var chunk = file.slice(startByte, startByte + chunkSize);
reader.readAsArrayBuffer(chunk);
})(i); // Start the recursive call by self calling.
});
}
mediaSource.addEventListener('sourceopen', callback, false);
// mediaSource.addEventListener('webkitsourceopen', callback, false);
//
// mediaSource.addEventListener('webkitsourceended', function(e) {
// logger.log('mediaSource readyState: ' + this.readyState);
// }, false);
function GET(url, callback) {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', url, true);
xhr.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
xhr.send();
xhr.onload = function(e) {
if (xhr.status != 200) {
alert("Unexpected status code " + xhr.status + " for " + url);
return false;
}
callback(new Uint8Array(xhr.response));
};
}
</script>
<script>
function Logger(id) {
this.el = document.getElementById('log');
}
Logger.prototype.log = function(msg) {
var fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
fragment.appendChild(document.createTextNode(msg));
fragment.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));
this.el.appendChild(fragment);
};
Logger.prototype.clear = function() {
this.el.textContent = '';
};
var logger = new Logger('log');
</script>
</body>
</html>
another test code
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>MediaSource API Demo</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Appending .webm video chunks using the Media Source API</h3>
<section>
<video controls autoplay width="320" height="240"></video>
<pre id="log"></pre>
</section>
<script>
//ORIGINAL CODE http://html5-demos.appspot.com/static/media-source.html
var FILE = 'IU_output2.webm';
// var FILE = 'test_movie_output.webm';
var NUM_CHUNKS = 10;
var video = document.querySelector('video');
var mediaSource = new MediaSource();
video.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(mediaSource);
function callback(e) {
var sourceBuffer = mediaSource.addSourceBuffer('video/webm; codecs="vorbis,vp8"');
logger.log('mediaSource readyState: ' + this.readyState);
GET(FILE, function(uInt8Array) {
logger.log('byteLength:' + uInt8Array.byteLength );
sourceBuffer.appendBuffer(uInt8Array);
});
}
mediaSource.addEventListener('sourceopen', callback, false);
// mediaSource.addEventListener('webkitsourceopen', callback, false);
//
// mediaSource.addEventListener('webkitsourceended', function(e) {
// logger.log('mediaSource readyState: ' + this.readyState);
// }, false);
function GET(url, callback) {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', url, true);
xhr.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
xhr.send();
xhr.onload = function(e) {
if (xhr.status != 200) {
alert("Unexpected status code " + xhr.status + " for " + url);
return false;
}
callback(new Uint8Array(xhr.response));
};
}
</script>
<script>
function Logger(id) {
this.el = document.getElementById('log');
}
Logger.prototype.log = function(msg) {
var fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
fragment.appendChild(document.createTextNode(msg));
fragment.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));
this.el.appendChild(fragment);
};
Logger.prototype.clear = function() {
this.el.textContent = '';
};
var logger = new Logger('log');
</script>
</body>
</html>
Thanks.

How to stop other sounds until one finishes (Js, HTML)

I need to include some sound files on a website, i recorded them and used the super complicated:
<a href="seo.html" onmouseover="new Audio('sounds/seo.mp3').play()">
to play them when the user scrolls over with the mouse. There are a total of four links on the website.
The problem is, when i mouse over one of them it starts playing, and then if i mouse over another it plays that one as well. If i move the mouse really fast accross the links i end up getting Giberish because all files are being played at the same time. How do i stop this ??
Ideal would be that the others CANNOT be played until the current playing is finished :)

An approch below.
Note, untested ;-)
HTML
a sound link -
a sound link -
a sound link -
a sound link
JS
var links = document.querySelectorAll('a.onmousesound');
var currentPlayedAudioInstance = null;
var onHoverPlaySound = function(element) {
if (currentPlayedAudioInstance &&
currentPlayedAudioInstance instanceof Audio) {
// is playing ?
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8029391/how-can-i-tell-if-an-html5-audio-element-is-playing-with-javascript
if (!currentPlayedAudioInstance.paused && !currentPlayedAudioInstance.ended && 0 < currentPlayedAudioInstance.currentTime) {
return false;
}
}
var file = element.getAttribute('data-file');
currentPlayedAudioInstance = new Audio(file);
currentPlayedAudioInstance.play();
};
for (var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
link.addEventListene('onmouseover', function() {
onHoverPlaySound(links[i]);
});
};

Html5 video plays only for some times

Before I go into the problem I would like to say that this is the first time I'm trying to write javascript using OOP. So please bear with me and guide me if I doing anything wrong.
As title says I am using HTML5 video to play videos in my application and here is the code which I wrote.
I have created an object Screens where I have a video tag.
var Screens = {
getVideoScreen:function(){
return "<div id=\"celebration\"><video id=\"myvideo1\" width=\"300px\" ><source src=\"video/winning.mp4\" type=\"video/mp4\"></video></div> ";
},
getVideoElement:function() {
return $("#celebration");
}
};
This is an object where I actually control video.
var obj = Object.create(Screens);
obj.playVideo = (function() {
var videoFile = "";
var play = false;
function start() {
$("body").append(obj.getVideoScreen());
document.getElementById("myvideo1").play();
document.getElementById("myvideo1").addEventListener("ended",function(){
end(); console.log("end");
}, false);
}
function end() {
obj.getVideoElement().remove();
}
return {
startVideo:function(flag) {
play = flag;
if(play) {
start();
}
else {
end();
}
}
}
})();
I have a button and on click it plays video,
$("#start").click(function() {
obj.playVideo.startVideo(true);
});
This works fine for around 5 to 10 times and later on it doesn't work. Doesn't work mean I get a white screen and video doesn't play. I inspected the page and video tag is there but doesn't play the video. I really don't have any idea about what is going wrong. I saw few posts and that didn't help. Looking ahead for a help....
EDIT :
I am using chrome Version 26.0.1410.64 m. And I'm concerned only about this browser.
You can see this page.