What's the best way to mute a HTML5 audio element? I don't want the browser's custom controls, so I've been looking at the javascript instead. Unfortunately it just doesn't seem to work for me :( I'm undoubtedly doing something very wrong.
<audio id="background_audio" autoplay="autoplay">
<source src="static/audio/clip.ogg" type="audio/ogg" />
<source src="static/audio/clip.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" />
</audio>
<a href="#" onclick="document._video.muted=true; return false">mute sound</a>
Still getting my head around this. Thanks!