From eb34b0470887132e0e16938ecec2f42254320eee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jared Vititoe <jjvititoe1@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 22:44:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat(audio): play m.file audio messages inline like m.audio

Audio frequently arrives as m.file (bridges, other clients, or when the browser
reported a non-audio/* mime on upload) and only got a download button. Detect
audio in the m.file branch (by info.mimetype or filename extension) and render
the existing MAudio inline player, falling back to the file card otherwise.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/app/components/RenderMessageContent.tsx | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/app/components/RenderMessageContent.tsx b/src/app/components/RenderMessageContent.tsx
index a68ee4733..0abfd3a6e 100644
--- a/src/app/components/RenderMessageContent.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/RenderMessageContent.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,29 @@ import { ImageViewer } from './image-viewer';
 import { PdfViewer } from './Pdf-viewer';
 import { TextViewer } from './text-viewer';
 import { testMatrixTo } from '../plugins/matrix-to';
-import { IImageContent } from '../../types/matrix/common';
+import { IAudioContent, IFileContent, IImageContent } from '../../types/matrix/common';
+
+// Audio is frequently sent as m.file (bridges/other clients, or when the browser
+// reported a non-audio/* mime on upload). Detect that so we can play it inline
+// like m.audio instead of showing only a download button.
+const AUDIO_EXT_MIME: Record<string, string> = {
+  mp3: 'audio/mpeg',
+  m4a: 'audio/mp4',
+  aac: 'audio/aac',
+  oga: 'audio/ogg',
+  ogg: 'audio/ogg',
+  opus: 'audio/ogg',
+  wav: 'audio/wav',
+  flac: 'audio/flac',
+  weba: 'audio/webm',
+};
+const resolveInlineAudioMime = (content: IFileContent): string | undefined => {
+  const mime = content.info?.mimetype;
+  if (typeof mime === 'string' && mime.startsWith('audio')) return mime;
+  const name = content.filename ?? content.body ?? '';
+  const ext = name.split('.').pop()?.toLowerCase();
+  return ext ? AUDIO_EXT_MIME[ext] : undefined;
+};
 
 type RenderMessageContentProps = {
   displayName: string;
@@ -276,6 +298,29 @@ export function RenderMessageContent({
   }
 
   if (msgType === MsgType.File) {
+    // If an m.file is actually audio, play it inline (like m.audio) instead of
+    // only offering a download. MAudio falls back to renderFile if playback fails.
+    const audioMime = resolveInlineAudioMime(getContent<IFileContent>());
+    if (audioMime) {
+      const fileContent = getContent<IFileContent>();
+      const audioContent = {
+        ...fileContent,
+        info: { ...(fileContent.info ?? {}), mimetype: audioMime },
+      } as unknown as IAudioContent;
+      return (
+        <>
+          <MAudio
+            content={audioContent}
+            renderAsFile={renderFile}
+            renderAudioContent={(props) => (
+              <AudioContent {...props} renderMediaControl={(p) => <MediaControl {...p} />} />
+            )}
+            outlined={outlineAttachment}
+          />
+          {renderCaption()}
+        </>
+      );
+    }
     return renderFile();
   }