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I think this is impossible to do if the audio is being played via java/flash/etc as the plugin bypasses the browser completely. Here's a comment from the google chrome team from a while back: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gdyun/iama_we_are_thre...

It should however be possible for webpages that use browser APIs to play audio (e.g. via HTML5).



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