I’m currently building a Rails app, where a user can upload an mp3 and listen to it. I’m using paperclip for the data upload, but I’m not sure how I’d arrange the playback of the soundfile, so that it can be used on a mobile phone as well (so no flash).
Thoughts?
The two main cross-browser media playback frameworks are jPlayer and SoundManager.
Both will handle playback of your audio, regardless of device. Both will play the audio using either HTML5 or Flash according to