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<Audio>

Using this component, you can add audio to your video. All audio formats which are supported by Chromium are supported by the component.

API​

src​

Put an audio file into the public/ folder and use staticFile() to reference it.

tsx
import { AbsoluteFill, Audio, staticFile } from "remotion";
 
export const MyVideo = () => {
  return (
    <AbsoluteFill>
      <Audio src={staticFile("audio.mp3")} />
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};
tsx
import { AbsoluteFill, Audio, staticFile } from "remotion";
 
export const MyVideo = () => {
  return (
    <AbsoluteFill>
      <Audio src={staticFile("audio.mp3")} />
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

volume​

The component also accepts a volume props which allows you to control the volume of the audio in it's entirety or frame by frame. Read the page on using audio to learn more.

tsx
import { AbsoluteFill, Audio, interpolate, staticFile } from "remotion";
 
export const MyVideo = () => {
  return (
    <AbsoluteFill>
      <Audio volume={0.5} src={staticFile("background.mp3")} />
      <Audio
        volume={(f) =>
          interpolate(f, [0, 30], [0, 1], { extrapolateLeft: "clamp" })
        }
        src={staticFile("voice.mp3")}
      />
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};
tsx
import { AbsoluteFill, Audio, interpolate, staticFile } from "remotion";
 
export const MyVideo = () => {
  return (
    <AbsoluteFill>
      <Audio volume={0.5} src={staticFile("background.mp3")} />
      <Audio
        volume={(f) =>
          interpolate(f, [0, 30], [0, 1], { extrapolateLeft: "clamp" })
        }
        src={staticFile("voice.mp3")}
      />
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

startFrom / endAt​

<Audio> has two more helper props you can use:

  • startFrom will remove a portion of the audio at the beginning
  • endAt will remove a portion of the audio at the end

In the following example, we assume that the fps of the composition is 30.

By passing startFrom={60}, the playback starts immediately, but with the first 2 seconds of the audio trimmed away.
By passing endAt={120}, any audio after the 4 second mark in the file will be trimmed away.

The audio will play the range from 00:02:00 to 00:04:00, meaning the audio will play for 2 seconds.

tsx
import { AbsoluteFill, Audio, staticFile } from "remotion";
 
export const MyVideo = () => {
  return (
    <AbsoluteFill>
      <Audio src={staticFile("audio.mp3")} startFrom={60} endAt={120} />
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};
tsx
import { AbsoluteFill, Audio, staticFile } from "remotion";
 
export const MyVideo = () => {
  return (
    <AbsoluteFill>
      <Audio src={staticFile("audio.mp3")} startFrom={60} endAt={120} />
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

playbackRate​

Available from v2.2

You can use the playbackRate prop to control the speed of the audio. 1 is the default and means regular speed, 0.5 slows down the audio so it's twice as long and 2 speeds up the audio so it's twice as fast.

While Remotion doesn't limit the range of possible playback speeds, in development mode the HTMLMediaElement.playbackRate API is used which throws errors on extreme values. At the time of writing, Google Chrome throws an exception if the playback rate is below 0.0625 or above 16.

tsx
import { AbsoluteFill, Audio, staticFile } from "remotion";
 
export const MyVideo = () => {
  return (
    <AbsoluteFill>
      <Audio src={staticFile("audio.mp3")} playbackRate={2} />
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};
tsx
import { AbsoluteFill, Audio, staticFile } from "remotion";
 
export const MyVideo = () => {
  return (
    <AbsoluteFill>
      <Audio src={staticFile("audio.mp3")} playbackRate={2} />
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

muted​

Available from v2.0

The muted prop will be respected. It will lead to no audio being played while still keeping the audio tag mounted. It's value may change over time, for example to only mute a certain section of the audio.

tsx
import { AbsoluteFill, Audio, staticFile, useCurrentFrame } from "remotion";
 
export const MyVideo = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();
  return (
    <AbsoluteFill>
      <Audio src={staticFile("audio.mp3")} muted={frame < 30} />
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};
tsx
import { AbsoluteFill, Audio, staticFile, useCurrentFrame } from "remotion";
 
export const MyVideo = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();
  return (
    <AbsoluteFill>
      <Audio src={staticFile("audio.mp3")} muted={frame < 30} />
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

loop​

Available from v3.2.29

You can use the loop prop to loop audio.

tsx
import { AbsoluteFill, Audio, staticFile, useCurrentFrame } from "remotion";
 
export const MyVideo = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();
  return (
    <AbsoluteFill>
      <Audio loop src={staticFile("audio.mp3")} />
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};
tsx
import { AbsoluteFill, Audio, staticFile, useCurrentFrame } from "remotion";
 
export const MyVideo = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();
  return (
    <AbsoluteFill>
      <Audio loop src={staticFile("audio.mp3")} />
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};

acceptableTimeShiftInSeconds​

Available from v3.2.42

During Preview or in the Remotion Player, Remotion will seek the audio if it gets too much out of sync with Remotion's internal time - be it due to the audio loading or the page being too slow to keep up in real-time. By default, a seek is triggered if 0.45 seconds of time shift is encountered. Using this prop, you can customize the threshold.

See also​