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Could javascript convert an mp3 to a wav that any browser can play on the fly? I'm sure someone could make that.

The question is speed.

Given how awesome it would be for music sites on the iphone and other flashless mobile browsers, I'd love to see sometime try.

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here's the answer:

http://dev.w3.org/html5/html-author/#the-video-element http://dev.w3.org/html5/html-author/#the-audio-element

... but with the exception of IE (unless someone write some kind of activex to support it)

I'm sure it would be relatively trivial to make an activex plugin to support <video> and <audio>. The trick is getting the IE drones to actually install it... most of them are still using IE6, which is now 2 versions behind as of a few weeks ago.

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