HTML5 Audio not working in ie7 or ie8

Question

When testing in IE7/8 my script crashes and I get this error...

SCRIPT438: Object doesn\'t support property or method \'play\'

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Answer 1

Many older browsers including IE7/8 do not (fully) support HTML 5.

You can use Modernizr to detect whether the current browser supports audio.

There are polyfills for many features including audio that can add support for missing features

https://github.com/Modernizr/Modernizr/wiki/HTML5-Cross-browser-Polyfills

(scroll down to the Audio section for options)

The polyfills work on a wide range of supported browsers and browser versions.