UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:47.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/47.0

Example URL:

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Unzip attached small test case
2. cd to its directory
3. npm install
4. npm start (note: this opens a browser window pointed at the test page)
5. listen to the audio play
6. Wait 30 seconds to the clip to replay (this clip won't be heard but it goes through the various playing states correctly)
7. Switch to the HTML5 audio test case by clicking the link at the bottom of the page, then repeat steps 5 and 6, where for step 6 the audio will be heard in this case.

What is the expected behavior?
The audio should be able to be heard when the clip is replayed after the browser tab has been idle for 30 seconds

What went wrong?
The repeated plays of the audio file are not audible after the tab has been idle for 30 seconds

Did this work before? Yes Chrome 51

Is it a problem with Flash or HTML5? HTML5

Does this work in other browsers? Yes 

Chrome version: 52.0.2743.82 (64-bit)  Channel: stable
OS Version: OS X 10.11
Flash Version: Shockwave Flash 21.0 r0
 

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