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Can't play on Firefox

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
api

Research direction

Reproduce the failure in Firefox 50.1 using the API Playground and the embedded player URL provided in the issue, then compare it with a working browser. Trace the player API entry point involved in loading the embed; done means the player loads and playback works in Firefox rather than showing only the gray logo.

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Description

Since the last week the player API won't work (even the embed won't play in fact) in Firefox.
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I can even reproduce it on the API Playground: https://w.soundcloud.com/player/api_playground.html
Or in the first embed I found on SC.com home: https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/252231083&auto_play=true&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true
The only things that shows is the gray logo, and nothing happens:
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Tested on Firefox 50.1

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JavaScript
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