Detect the audio type of a Buffer/Uint8Array
npm install audio-type> Detect the audio type of a ArrayBuffer/Uint8Array
``sh`
$ npm i audio-type
##### Node.js
`js
import readChunk from 'read-chunk'; // npm install read-chunk
import audioType from 'audio-type';
var buffer = readChunk.sync('meow.wav', 0, 12);
audioType(buffer);
//=> wav
`
##### Browser
`js
import audioType from './audio-type.js'
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', 'meow.flac');
xhr.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
xhr.onload = function () {
audioType(this.response);
//=> flac
};
xhr.send();
`
Returns: 'mp3', 'oga', 'flac', 'wav', 'm4a', 'opus', 'qoa'
#### buffer
Type: buffer (Node.js), arrayBuffer, uint8array`
It only needs the first 12 bytes.
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