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Original comment by
on 
**Affected versions**
- Firefox 78.6.0 ESR
- Firefox 84.0
- Firefox 85.0a1

**Affected platforms**
- Ubuntu 20.04

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Launch Firefox
2. Access this [test page](https://www2.iis.fraunhofer.de/AAC/multichannel.html)
3. Click Play on any AAC audio

**Expected result**
- The audio file plays

**Actual result**
- The audio is not playing and the time lenght is changed to 0:00

**Regression range**
- Will see for a regression

**Additional notes**
- The issue can be seen in the attachment.
- Firefox Nightly and 84.0 will play only "Original Wave File" while ESR 78.6.0 will not play anything at all.

**Suggested severity**
- S2
Revision 1 by
on 
**Affected versions**
- Firefox 78.6.0 ESR
- Firefox 84.0
- Firefox 85.0a1

**Affected platforms**
- Ubuntu 20.04

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Launch Firefox
2. Access this [test page](https://www2.iis.fraunhofer.de/AAC/multichannel.html)
3. Click Play on any AAC audio

**Expected result**
- The audio file plays

**Actual result**
- The audio is not playing and the time lenght is changed to 0:00

**Regression range**
- Will see for a regression

**Additional notes**
- The issue can be seen in the attachment.
- Firefox Nightly and 84.0 will play only "Original Wave File" while ESR 78.6.0 will not play anything at all.
- Some errors are thrown in Web Console as well:
Media resource https://www2.iis.fraunhofer.de/AAC/ChID-BLITS-EBU-Narration.mp4 could not be decoded. multichannel.html
All candidate resources failed to load. Media load paused. multichannel.html
Media resource https://www2.iis.fraunhofer.de/AAC/ChID-BLITS-EBU-Narration.mp4 could not be decoded, error: Error Code: NS_ERROR_DOM_MEDIA_MEDIASINK_ERR (0x806e000b)
Details: OnMediaSinkAudioError

**Suggested severity**
- S2
Revision 2 by
on 
**Affected versions**
- Firefox 78.6.0 ESR (snap package)
- Firefox 84.0
- Firefox 85.0a1

**Affected platforms**
- Ubuntu 20.04

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Launch Firefox
2. Access this [test page](https://www2.iis.fraunhofer.de/AAC/multichannel.html)
3. Click Play on any AAC audio

**Expected result**
- The audio file plays

**Actual result**
- The audio is not playing and the time lenght is changed to 0:00

**Regression range**
- Will see for a regression

**Additional notes**
- The issue can be seen in the attachment.
- Firefox Nightly and 84.0 will play only "Original Wave File" while ESR 78.6.0 will not play anything at all.
- Some errors are thrown in Web Console as well:
Media resource https://www2.iis.fraunhofer.de/AAC/ChID-BLITS-EBU-Narration.mp4 could not be decoded. multichannel.html
All candidate resources failed to load. Media load paused. multichannel.html
Media resource https://www2.iis.fraunhofer.de/AAC/ChID-BLITS-EBU-Narration.mp4 could not be decoded, error: Error Code: NS_ERROR_DOM_MEDIA_MEDIASINK_ERR (0x806e000b)
Details: OnMediaSinkAudioError

**Suggested severity**
- S2
Revision 3 by
on 
**Affected versions**
- Firefox 78.6.0 ESR (snap package)
- Firefox 84.0
- Firefox 85.0a1

**Affected platforms**
- Ubuntu 20.04

**Steps to reproduce**
1. Launch Firefox
2. Access this [test page](https://www2.iis.fraunhofer.de/AAC/multichannel.html)
3. Click Play on any AAC audio

**Expected result**
- The audio file plays

**Actual result**
- The audio is not playing and the time lenght is changed to 0:00

**Regression range**
- Will see for a regression

**Additional notes**
- The issue can be seen in the attachment.
- Firefox Nightly and 84.0 will play only "Original Wave File" while ESR 78.6.0 will not play anything at all.
- Seems that [FLAC](http://tinyurl.com/zdxp4lu), [MP3](http://www.hochmuth.com/mp3/Vivaldi_Sonata_eminor_.mp3), [OGG](http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/audio/demos/beats1.ogg) audio files are affected too.
- Some errors are thrown in Web Console as well:
Media resource https://www2.iis.fraunhofer.de/AAC/ChID-BLITS-EBU-Narration.mp4 could not be decoded. multichannel.html
All candidate resources failed to load. Media load paused. multichannel.html
Media resource https://www2.iis.fraunhofer.de/AAC/ChID-BLITS-EBU-Narration.mp4 could not be decoded, error: Error Code: NS_ERROR_DOM_MEDIA_MEDIASINK_ERR (0x806e000b)
Details: OnMediaSinkAudioError

**Suggested severity**
- S2

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