gistfile1.js

/**
 * Clean way of testing for HTML5 audio support for jQuery.
 * 
 * Example:
 * if(jQuery.support.audio.mp3){
 *     alert('Thanks guy.  Enjoy the mp3 party in your browser.');
 * } else {
 *     alert('MP3 native playback not supported.');
 * }
 *
 */
(function() {
    var a = document.createElement("audio");
    function t(m){
        return (a && jQuery.isFunction(a.canPlayType) && a.canPlayType(m) != "" && a.canPlayType(m) != "no");
    };
    jQuery.extend(jQuery.support, {audio:{mp3: t('audio/mpeg'), aac: t('audio/aac'), ogg: t('audio/ogg')}});
})();