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Why don't I see controls for embedded audio?

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Firefox is mangling embedded audio files. Is there some setting that will fix this?

Firefox is mangling embedded audio files. Is there some setting that will fix this?
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tracking protection and adblocking is turned off for this site.

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Can you post a link to a publicly accessible page (i.e. no authentication or signing on required)?

What code is used to play this file if you check this in the Inspector ?

You can also check the Web Console for possible (error) messages.

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web console doesn't show anything unusual

code:

<figure data-attachids="112" contenteditable="false">

<audio src="https://carkiller.com/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/180164413/112-funwillnowcommence.wav" controls="" alt="funwillnowcommence" title="funwillnowcommence"></audio>

</figure>

url: https://carkiller.com/scottykilmer/qa/jeep-wrangler/#post-32602

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Firefox doesn't support this audio format.

Web Console:

Cannot play media. No decoders for requested formats: audio/x-wav
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Firefox doesn't play the most basic, common, and ancient audio file format.

Some browser.

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There are no licensing fees for WAV. It's unencumbered. Why would Mozilla not include this??

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This seems to be only a problem with the width of the player bar. I can play the WAV file via the right-click context menu.

You can use a JavaScript bookmarklet or run the code in the Web Console to set a usable width for this element.

  • javascript:void(document.getElementsByTagName("audio")[0].style.width="300px");
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I see, so ff DOES support wav.

it's just like I said. ff is mangling the UI.

Thanks for workaround, but this is a bug right?

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It is not really a bug, but about the CSS code the website uses for this element that isn't working properly in Firefox as it sets no width explicitly.

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if no width is specified, then obviously Firefox should render in such a way that the entire control is visible. Same as the other browsers. This is just ... garbage.