Play WAV files in IE

Question

I am stuck on trying to make IE to play a WAV file. I have only WAV files (a big amount) and can't convert them because of server disk space.

On W3Schools it is stated that IE doesn't support WAV format for HTML5 <audio> tag. (I tried - really doesn't).

I have tried it with mediaelement.js and jPlayer - none of them present the pure solution. mediaelement.js just doesn't play it and jPlayer simply needs mp3.

I would like to omit using QuickTime plugin as users rarely have it and it's really frustrating to get a plugin missing error.

Is there any other way to play it?

Solution

You can try using the bgsound tag (only available for IE). The thing about bgsound is that it pretty much just autoplays, so only set the source when you want to play the file.

http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/mark/audio/play5.htm

Explore that site, they also mention several other methods you can try using, including a wav-compatable Flash player.