I think the problem is the fact that at least one of the decoders needed is
proprietary so costs money to include which makes it difficult for free
browsers, if not backed by mega corporations. Of course, I could well be
wrong (again) but it is a shame when Mozilla loses it's position as the
most standard compliant browser, especially when it impacts audio.
Dave
On 22 October 2015 at 13:44, David Pickett <d...@fugato.com> wrote:
> Bruce Wiggins' webpage on browsers that play surround recordings using the
> HTML5 <audio> tag is 3.5 years old.
>
> http://www.brucewiggins.co.uk/?p=265
>
> I dont use IE, and Firefox doesnt play ball at all on the PC, so I use
> Chrome for multi-channel aac files.
>
> http://www.fugato.com/pickett/surround-tests.shtml
>
> But it is disappointing to think that no other browsers have caught up in
> the last three years.
>
> Has anyone tested any others with multi-channel files?
>
> David
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Dave Malham
Honorary Fellow, Department of Music
The University of York
York YO10 5DD
UK
'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio'
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