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All modern browsers will play video ([[w:Theora|Theora]] and [[w:WebM|WebM]]) and audio ([[w:Vorbis|Vorbis]] and [[w:MP3|MP3]]) files from {{SITENAME}}, no modifications needed. 

On [[w:iOS|iOS]], [[w:iPadOS|iPadOS]], and older [[w:macOS|macOS]] devices, software decoding will be used. This might be a bit slow compared to what you are used to on such devices. [[w:Internet Explorer|Internet Explorer]] is NOT supported.

== Playing the files ==
You can try your player using the [[commons:Category:Sound|Wikimedia Commons Sound]] and [[commons:Category:Video|Video files]].

== Creating media files ==
To learn how to create video or audio files for Wikipedia and its sister projects, check [[GSD:Creation and usage of media files]].

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[[Category:GSD features|Media help (Ogg)]]