Advantages Audio Sprites

[Vivern]

What advantages give audio sprites in html5 games (whether necessarily)?. Download speed will be faster sounds, what else?

[rich]

Audio Sprites are generally a 'hang over' from pre-Web Audio days, where they were literally the only way to have multiple sound effects / music in a game. However they're still pretty useful even for web audio playback, as it means less http requests and mostly retains compatibility with older devices that still don't support Web Audio, or browsers like IE that don't at all either.

[Vivern]

Thanks.

 

Another wanted to clarify.
How to do a check:

If( device support WebAudio ) {    Play background music + play game sounds (click, explodes, etc.)} else {    Only play background music}

?

[rich]

if (game.device.webAudio) {...}