HTML5 surround audio mobile Safari

Hi there, I've made a HTML5 audio player which serves surround sound files (mp4). Works perfect on Safari desktop, (if only stereo available, downmixes to 2.0). In iOS Safari the files won't play. Is the mobile Safari unable to play/downmix multichannel files? cheers Henry

Hello,
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http://www.schillmania.com/projects/soundmanager2/

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