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HTML HTML Video and Audio (Retired) Media Basics The Audio Element

Antonio Montalvo
Antonio Montalvo
10,549 Points
Posted by Antonio Montalvo
Antonio Montalvo
10,549 Points

I can't pass this step on the HTML Audio challenge.

I believe my code is correct. Any ideas on what is wrong?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>HTML Video and Audio</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito:400,300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css">
  </head>
  <body>

    <h1>HTML Video and Audio</h1>

    <div class="wrapper">

      <!-- Add your code below this line -->

      <audio>
      <source src = "http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/html-video-and-audio/bridge-audio.mp3">
      </audio>
    </div>

  </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

change

<source src = "http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/html-video-and-audio/bridge-audio.mp3">

to

<source src="http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/html-video-and-audio/bridge-audio.mp3">

(in other words, no spaces between 'src', '=' and the link to the URL.)

Austin Dsilva
Austin Dsilva
2,516 Points
Austin Dsilva
Austin Dsilva
2,516 Points

Hi Antonio,

Try this

 <audio src="http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/html-video-and-audio/bridge-audio.mp3"></audio>
Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hi Antonio,

First off, you have a space before and after the = sign in your src attribute.

Second, source isn't an actual HTML tag. When the challenge asked you to add the src attribute to the <audio> tag, it meant within the opening tag. The audio is the tag and the src is the attribute inside the tag that provides the needed information for the tag... in this case, the url to the audio file.

So, your code should look like this: 

<audio src="http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/html-video-and-audio/bridge-audio.mp3"></audio>

I hope that makes sense. Keep Coding! :)