No sound on Safari in MAME

[zhuowei]

The Archive.org in-browser emulation of the Game Boy (powered by MAME) doesn't play any sound in macOS 10.14.5/Safari 12.1.1.

To reproduce:

1. Visit https://archive.org/details/demo_is_that_a_demo_in_your_pocket_2015
2. Press Play
3. There's no sound
4. Tapping the Mute button doesn't do anything.

This doesn't happen in Firefox 67.0.4 on the same computer: sound works fine there.

[Guy-Sowden]

i don't think this rom has sound.

[LeonisX]

There is no sound in Safari. I also ran into this winter. At first I was sad, and then I realized that there are alternative browsers.

Is That a Demo in Your Pocket? by Snorpung has soundъ

[gingerbeardman]

Safari requires sound only be activated after the first user interaction.

emscripten-ports/SDL2#19

[db48x]

Thanks Matt, I haven’t had time to look into this. In fact I don’t even have a Mac to run Safari on. But if anyone wants to fix this and send me a patch, I’ll be able to get it tested and merged fairly quickly.

[gingerbeardman]

I'll look into it. No idea where to start, but I'll look into it.

The HyperCard Stacks collection have another problem in that they require a system with QuickTime installed to have sound. I've got in touch with the curator, Andrew, about that.