From a1ea3d06ae8488ca673bbabc4c214a697c17e2b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordan Rushing <jordanmichaelrushing@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:54:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Disable Audio Normalization in iOS to fix pitch and speed
 issues

---
 src/components/playbackSettings/playbackSettings.js          | 1 +
 .../playbackSettings/playbackSettings.template.html          | 2 +-
 src/plugins/htmlAudioPlayer/plugin.js                        | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/playbackSettings/playbackSettings.js b/src/components/playbackSettings/playbackSettings.js
index 62843a0958..56d4a83de2 100644
--- a/src/components/playbackSettings/playbackSettings.js
+++ b/src/components/playbackSettings/playbackSettings.js
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ function loadForm(context, user, userSettings, systemInfo, apiClient) {
     context.querySelector('.chkEnableHi10p').checked = appSettings.enableHi10p();
     context.querySelector('.chkEnableCinemaMode').checked = userSettings.enableCinemaMode();
     context.querySelector('#selectAudioNormalization').value = userSettings.selectAudioNormalization();
+    context.querySelector('.fldAudioNormalization').classList.toggle('hide', browser.iOS);
     context.querySelector('.chkEnableNextVideoOverlay').checked = userSettings.enableNextVideoInfoOverlay();
     context.querySelector('.chkRememberAudioSelections').checked = user.Configuration.RememberAudioSelections || false;
     context.querySelector('.chkRememberSubtitleSelections').checked = user.Configuration.RememberSubtitleSelections || false;
diff --git a/src/components/playbackSettings/playbackSettings.template.html b/src/components/playbackSettings/playbackSettings.template.html
index c1abd3c645..ef97baa7a7 100644
--- a/src/components/playbackSettings/playbackSettings.template.html
+++ b/src/components/playbackSettings/playbackSettings.template.html
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ <h2 class="sectionTitle">
             ${HeaderAudioAdvanced}
         </h2>
 
-        <div class="selectContainer">
+        <div class="selectContainer fldAudioNormalization">
             <select is="emby-select" id="selectAudioNormalization" label="${LabelSelectAudioNormalization}">
                 <option value="Off">${Off}</option>
                 <option value="TrackGain">${LabelTrackGain}</option>
diff --git a/src/plugins/htmlAudioPlayer/plugin.js b/src/plugins/htmlAudioPlayer/plugin.js
index 8016253321..53a80de2b4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/htmlAudioPlayer/plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugins/htmlAudioPlayer/plugin.js
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ class HtmlAudioPlayer {
             let val = options.url;
             console.debug('playing url: ' + val);
             import('../../scripts/settings/userSettings').then((userSettings) => {
+                if (browser.iOS) {
+                    // createMediaElementSource breaks playbackRate and pitch on iOS WebKit
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 let normalizationGain;
                 if (userSettings.selectAudioNormalization() == 'TrackGain') {
                     normalizationGain = options.item.NormalizationGain