How to avoid the lag when playing sound 1st time?

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MikeHart(Posted 2011) [#1]
Hi folks,

right now I experience a lag on FireFox 3.n when I play a sound the first time? Do you have any tips to avoid that or is it unavoidable?

And yes, I am pre loading it. Maybe I will try to play it silently at the beginning but I wonder what else could help this. Ah, and I am using wav files.

Cheers
Michael


Canardian(Posted 2011) [#2]
I would use ogg files, since HTML5 supports them natively (no need for any browser codecs or plugins). Ogg supports also streaming, so you don't have to load the sound before playing it. NCH WavePad is a free tool to create and edit ogg files.


MikeHart(Posted 2011) [#3]
Thanks for the tip.