How to add media player or audio play button in starlight?
#How to add media player or audio play button in starlight?
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To add a media player or audio play button in Starlight, you can use standard HTML tags within your Astro components. Although the knowledge sources do not provide a specific example for an audio player, they do provide an example of how to use a video player. You can use a similar approach for an audio player.
Here's an example of how you might add a video player:
<video controls="" autoplay="" transition:persist>
<source src="<https://ia804502.us.archive.org/33/items/GoldenGa1939_3/GoldenGa1939_3_512kb.mp4"> type="video/mp4">
</video>
(Source: Astro Documentation (https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/view-transitions#maintaining-state))
For an audio player, you can use the <audio> HTML tag in a similar way:
<audio controls>
<source src="path_to_your_audio_file.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
</audio>
Please replace "path_to_your_audio_file.mp3" with the actual path to your audio file.
Remember, you can add interactivity to your Astro components without using a UI framework like React, Svelte, Vue, etc. using standard HTML <script> tags. This allows you to send JavaScript to run in the browser and add functionality to your Astro components.