Firefox media resource file.wav could not be decoded

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Using Firefox 36.0.1
File type:

file.wav: setgid RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, ITU G.711 A-law, mono 8000 Hz

Firefox is failing to show <audio> tag, and in console complains as:

Media resource http://.../file.wav could not be decoded.

From Chrome it works.
Any suggestions?

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Looks like this question has been answered here: stackoverflow.com/questions/10404005/…. Make sure you use the proper bit rate, the lowest is 8 bit. You can also fallback to say an mp3 file per the audio html5 spec. Firefox MDN lists the audio and video specs pretty nicely here: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/… – Nathaniel Flick
Hi, thanks for response. Yes it is 8 bit sample rate. Unfortunately I have asked this long time ago and not working on it anymore, so can't do anymore tests. I guess I should close the question somehow maybe:) – mirkobrankovic

1 Answers

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From what you posted it looks like your audio file is at 8000 Hz Normally an audio file is at 48 Khz

try converting this wav file in a small program named Audacity, convert the file again in a wave and try again in your FireFox.