Title: Problems with audio block
Last modified: October 2, 2021

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# Problems with audio block

 *  [Antipole](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antipole/)
 * (@antipole)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-audio-block/)
 * I am having problems with the audio block.
 * Please see the page referred to, which has three audio recordings near the end.
   
   Because of these problems, I have resorted to the classic audio shortcode: `<
   p>[audio mp3="https://.....mp3"]</p>` These blocks appear with a black background
   and work fine.
 * **Issue 1**
    I have attempted to repeat the first recording using the audio block.
   It shows as grey and, as you can, see reports an error.
 * **Issue 2**
    If I edit the audio block in any way and then press page update,
   it fails to complete the update reporting
 * > Updating failed. The response is not a valid JSON response.
 * NB This is a clone of the live site. I know that when editing this page the first
   output is an error message to do with Stripe not being set up correctly. This
   does not occur on the live site but the problem does exist on the live site.
 * Any help is appreciated.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fproblems-with-audio-block%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-audio-block/#post-14931485)
 * > Issue 1
   >  I have attempted to repeat the first recording using the audio block.
   > It shows as grey and, as you can, see reports an error.
 * The audio block’s audio (gray player) plays fine for me… no error!
 * I can’t record a video now, but as you can see from the screenshot below, I’m
   about 2 minutes 21 seconds into the audio playback.
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/i.snipboard.io/YhfO7n.jpg?ssl=1)
 * No clue about your second issue though.
 *  Thread Starter [Antipole](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antipole/)
 * (@antipole)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-audio-block/#post-14931495)
 * Mmm… I have just tried using Firefox and it is OK for me too.
 * But I get the error using Sarafi on MacOSand on iOS devices.
    It looks like a
   Safari issue?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Antipole](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antipole/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-audio-block/#post-14931495)
 * Status: not resolved

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