Hi, I just purchased the pro version of your plugin and I'm using m3u8 files, they play nicely on mobile devices but they don't work on desktop. 

The reason I'm using m3u8 is because they play instantly on mobile devices even if people are not using wifi or they have slow connections, I tried using mp3, AAC, I used different bitrates and file sizes and it takes around 5 to 7 seconds to load if you are not on wifi using your plugin. I also tried different devices and had friends on different countries testing it out and we got the same result. M3u8 plays right away on mobiles when not on wifi. 

The other reason I'm using m3u8 files is that they are not easy to download, even if they use inspector tools or browser extensions. So if you are selling music this is a plus. 

One solution I have in mind is to create two playlist. one with mp3 files and one with m3u8 and only display the m3u8 on mobile and mp3 on desktop, not an elegant solution and double the work but I could live with that until there is a fix for it.

Is there any implementation I can do to make it work on desktop? 

Thanks again for your time, I attached a website with the player with three m3u8 songs.

https://kimibeats.com/  

That makes sense because I'm using apple devices and they are m3u8 supported.

if I'm using mp3 files, what's the best implementation to make the songs play faster? 

I've tried using amazon object storage with cloudfront cdn to serve the mp3 using external links on your plugin and still takes around 5 to 7 seconds to play without wifi.  I'm also using cloudflare + some optimizations and I still get the same results with the mp3 but I've seen a lot of different websites serving mp3 files and they play fast, so at this point I'm running out of ideas. 

I've tried a lot of  audio player plugins and yours it's the best so far, it has everything I need.  I'm just trying to find the best solution for faster playback on mobile. 

any thoughts? thanks

I will give a try.

One last thing about m3u8,there is a acript for playing HLS/m3u8 files natively on all browsers that supports media source extensions ( all browsers ) according to caniuse.com

It's an open source script called hls.js 

i figured it out because there is another audio player for wordpress offering livestream and m3u8 support, I asked them and that is how they do it. 

Hopefully that could be an implementation for your plugin.

Github:

https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/

and the other plugin I told you is using jsdeliver to serve the script:

Jsdeliver:

https://www.jsdelivr.com/package/npm/hls.js

hope it helps 👍🏻