Modern browsers provide full support for music and video playback through HTML5 and JavaScript. However, it may take some time to implement all the specifications and study all the APIs.
Also, building cross-browser music components is not a trivial task. That's why I strongly recommend that you look for existing third-party components—freeware or commercial—that already encapsulate the features we need to use.
For our project, we are going to use AmplitudeJS, the HTML5 audio player for the modern era. It requires no external dependencies:
Follow these steps to add a music player component:
- First, install the AmplitudeJS JavaScript library using the following NPM command:
npm i amplitudejs
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