# Audio in HTML - it doesn't play

**URL:** <https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/audio-in-html-it-doesnt-play/385009>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [May 7, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/audio-in-html-it-doesnt-play/385009 "2020-05-07T06:53:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![maxi1225](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/maxi1225/32/133570_2.png) [@maxi1225](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/maxi1225)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/audio-in-html-it-doesnt-play/385009/1 "2020-05-07T06:53:42Z")

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Hi everyone,

I have the next problem:

I have an audio file in my google drive account and i want to link it with my html file with command \< audio \>, the problem is that the share link that gave me google for this file doesn’t ends in “.mp3” ([https://drive.google.com/open?id=1EKBRxHsv4XuZZwrThXuQ1p44oeHP-DsA](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1EKBRxHsv4XuZZwrThXuQ1p44oeHP-DsA)).

I think this is why it doesn’t work.  
How can i do this ?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Naomi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/naomi/32/422181_2.png) [@Naomi](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/Naomi)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/audio-in-html-it-doesnt-play/385009/2 "2020-05-07T07:18:37Z")

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I believe Google Drive stopped supporting webhosting. You’ll have to use another platform to host the file.

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**Author:** ![maxi1225](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/maxi1225/32/133570_2.png) [@maxi1225](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/maxi1225)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/audio-in-html-it-doesnt-play/385009/3 "2020-05-07T07:33:56Z")

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Do you know about anyone that actually works in audio ?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![jatinrao](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/jatinrao/32/147179_2.png) [@jatinrao](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/jatinrao)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/audio-in-html-it-doesnt-play/385009/4 "2020-05-07T07:36:27Z")

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**Soundcloud** is the best online platform which you can use to manage a lot of **audio files**. It allows you to create a Title, Description, Keyword Tags, Genre for easy searchability of each **audio file** you upload. You can also manage the **audio files** through public or private playlists, or embed them to any webpage.

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**Author:** ![mizanmahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/mizanmahi/32/129621_2.png) [@mizanmahi](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/mizanmahi)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/audio-in-html-it-doesnt-play/385009/5 "2020-05-07T07:44:22Z")

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Soundcloud could be a better solution I guess

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**Author:** ![ILM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ilm/32/363239_2.png) [@ILM](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ILM)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/audio-in-html-it-doesnt-play/385009/6 "2021-06-01T18:55:30Z")

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Closed on June 1, 2021, 6:55pm UTC