[Bug 14817] There is no required audio or video codec in the specification. However, I think that recommending the use of the AU file format to be supported by <audio> would be a good idea, since none of the vendors have patent issues with the format.

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=14817

--- Comment #5 from Andrew Faulds <ajfweb@googlemail.com> 2011-11-14 12:46:32 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> The uncompressed format that several browsers already support is RIFF WAVE PCM.

It seems I overlooked that. It is quite odd that Internet Explorer doesn't
support it, considering Windows has always used RIFF WAVE files for raw audio,
and Windows has built-in decoders for it.

In that case, I suggest the spec should say browser vendors should support RIFF
WAVE PCM as a base minimum.

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