HTML5 audio starts from the wrong position in Firefox

Question

I\'m trying to play an mp3 file and I want to jump to specific location in the file. In Chrome 33 on Windows, the file jumps the correct position (as compared with VLC play

Answer 1

The problem lies in the VBR encoding of the mp3.

Download that mp3 to disk and convert it to fixed bit rate, say with Audacity.

Run the example from disk:

Jump to 10 secs "...be with us in, er, 1 minute...  ok" 

and it works fine for me.

So my suggestion for workaround is is to upload an alternative fixed-bit mp3 file in place of the one you are using. Then it should work in the current FFx.