ALAC encoded files not playing

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The Problem

Hi there!

I used Howler in an app of mine and was warned that not all M4A files were playing. However, Howler's website says that Howler "Supports all browser-ready files: MP3, ..., M4A, ...".

After investigating for a bit, here's what I learned - not quite sure it's right, but let's hope so :)

• Tracks encoded with ALAC and AAC use the same file extension: .m4a.
• Tracks encoded with AAC play without any errors.
• Tracks encoded with ALAC won't play - error code 4 is raised.
• Error code 4 means that "The media resource indicated by the src attribute or assigned media provider object was not suitable." (quoting from the documentation).

Here's what I'd like to know:

• Is this a known issue with Howler? If so, how might I get around it?
• Error code 4 is also raised when the file doesn't exist in the specified track. If there really is no way to fix this issue, how can I distinguish between the file not existing and the file type not being supported?

I'm using Howler with Node. The issue is happens in both Windows and Ubuntu (couldn't test it on Mac).

Yours,
M7kra

Here are two sample files:

• File encoded with AAC, working
• File encoded with ALAC, not working.

Reproducible Example

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Reproduction Steps

const howl = new Howl({
    src: ['file://' + track.path],
    html5: true,
    autoplay: true,
    onloaderror: (id, err) => {
        // Logging error
    }
})

Possible Solution

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Context

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Howler.js Version

v2.2.3

Affected Browser(s)/Versiuon(s)

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