How to Add Audio Files on README .md File in a GitHub Repository From the Local System?

Last Updated : 07 Jun, 2024

Adding audio files to your README.md file in a GitHub repository can make your project more engaging and informative. This guide will walk you through the steps to embed audio files in your README.md file using your local system.

Steps to Add Audio Files

In order to add an audio file to the README file from the local system, follow the steps mentioned below where we illustrated to add an audio file in the README.md file.

Step 1: Open the Github website

Step 2: Now click on the top right corner to create a new repository.

Step 3: Now click on "Your repositories".

Step 4: Click on the "New" option. This will redirect us to fill in details for our new repository.

Here, a new page will open which is depicted, Below are sample repositories for a custom user.

Step 5: Enter the details for your repository and click on the “Create repository” button to create a new repository. For illustration purposes, we are creating a public repository by the name "GeeksforGeeks". We have given a description to our repository as "Adding an audio to README.md". Also check the checkbox, "Add a README file". It will automatically append the README along with the repository.

imageedit167158906361 — Create Repository

Now we have successfully created a new repository by the name "GeeksforGeeks". For now, our README file has the following contents.

Step 6: Click on the pencil icon button to edit the README.md file.

imageedit184648971399 — Add ReadMe.md file

Step 7: Drag and drop the audio that you want to add to the README file.

imageedit203330427785 — Create ReadMe.md file

The audio will be appended with the necessary codes as depicted below as follows:

imageedit228235997151 — Audio attached to Readme.md file

Step 8: Click on the "Commit changes" button.

imageedit249133459933 — Commit the changes

Now look carefully we are done to get the desired final outcome as follows as mentioned in red block where we have successfully added the audio successfully. Likewise, we can any audio to the README.md file.