how to restart an mp3 file in javascript

Question

I am having trouble restarting an mp3 file. I have the following event handler set to trigger when the space key is pressed. I also have an audio tag element stored in aud :

var isPlaying=false;
var h=function(e){
  console.log('confirm event has triggered');
  if(e.keyCode==32){
    if(isPlaying){
      aud.pause();
      aud.currentTime=0;
      isPlaying=false;
    }else{
      aud.play();
      isPlaying=true;
    }
  }
};

The first time I press space the audio begins playing just fine. The second time I press space the audio pauses as expected. The third time I press space I am now expecting the audio to restart from the beginning, but instead it continues from the point that it paused. It is as if currentTime is unsupported. I am using chrome.

Answer 1

It turns out the problem was that my node server did not serve byte ranges. Apparently chrome ignores certain playback features unless the server is capable in this way.

Answer 2

I had this problem and a small change worked for me:

this.currentTime = 0;

instead of

 aud.currentTime=0;

My original source for this tip was: http://bioinfornetics.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-resetrestart-position-of-html5.html