scottschiller/SoundManager2
A JavaScript Sound API supporting MP3, MPEG4 and HTML5 audio + RTMP, providing reliable cross-browser/platform audio control in as little as 12 KB. BSD licensed. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 6087
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1990
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
5080 stars · 755 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
SoundManager 2 is a JavaScript sound API that wraps HTML5 Audio and legacy Flash to provide reliable cross-browser audio playback control (MP3, MP4/AAC, OGG, RTMP) in as little as 12 KB. It exposes a single API for loading, playing, pausing, seeking, and volume control with rich event callbacks.
Use cases
- play mp3 audio from javascript in the browser
- add a play/pause button to audio links on a website
- build a custom web audio player UI
- support audio playback across desktop and mobile browsers
- stream audio with legacy flash/RTMP fallback
- read ID3 tags from mp3 files in the browser
When to choose
- you need a small, battle-tested cross-browser audio API with legacy browser/Flash fallback
- you want fine-grained playback events like whileloading, whileplaying, and onfinish
- you must support very old browsers or Flash-based RTMP streaming
When to avoid
- you only target modern browsers and can use the native HTML5 Audio or Web Audio API directly
- your project requires active maintenance or modern tooling, as the project is largely in maintenance mode with last release in 2021
- you need video playback or advanced Web Audio features like real-time synthesis
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
audio-processing developer-tools web-development frontend media browser cross-platform audio-api html5-audio flash-fallback mp3 javascript sound-playback legacy-flash-support audio
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/scottschiller/SoundManager2 · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6a5f34113859
- homepage: http://www.schillmania.com/projects/soundmanager2/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3071bf4ee813
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/soundmanager2 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5a9d0c472db6
- site_page: https://www.schillmania.com/projects/soundmanager2/doc · fetched 2026-08-29 · 036bf1989b8e
- site_page: https://www.schillmania.com/projects/soundmanager2/doc/generated/soundmanager2.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · b1c41d11efe2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| scottschiller/SoundManager2 | main | 32 |
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