diff --git a/src/components/engine/audio/element.js b/src/components/engine/audio/element.js
index 796857ae..0f7ca0c0 100644
--- a/src/components/engine/audio/element.js
+++ b/src/components/engine/audio/element.js
@@ -191,7 +191,17 @@ class AudioEngine extends BroadcastableDiffuseElement {
    * @type {Actions["pause"]}
    */
   pause({ audioId }) {
-    this.#withAudioNode(audioId, (audio) => audio.pause());
+    this.#withAudioNode(audioId, (audio, item) => {
+      audio.pause();
+      // Set `isPlaying` to false optimistically, mirroring `play()`. The
+      // `pause` event would normally do this via `pauseEvent`, but when
+      // `play()` was called before the audio had buffered enough to start
+      // (e.g. readyState < HAVE_FUTURE_DATA) the browser may never fire a
+      // `pause` event — leaving `isPlaying` stuck on the optimistic `true`
+      // that `play()` set. It also prevents `canplayEvent`'s retry-on-ready
+      // logic from restarting playback after an explicit pause.
+      item.$state.isPlaying.set(false);
+    });
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/components/metadata/common.js b/src/components/metadata/common.js
index 3dd8eb48..3ff247dd 100644
--- a/src/components/metadata/common.js
+++ b/src/components/metadata/common.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { parseBlob, parseFromTokenizer, parseWebStream } from "music-metadata";
+import { parseBuffer, parseFromTokenizer, parseWebStream } from "music-metadata";
 import * as URI from "fast-uri";
 import { HttpClient } from "@tokenizer/http";
 import { tokenizer as rangeTokenizer } from "@tokenizer/range";
@@ -12,6 +12,42 @@ import { removeUndefinedValuesFromRecord } from "~/common/utils.js";
 
 // 🛠️
 
+/**
+ * Maps the audio MIME types music-metadata's loaders register to the
+ * extension `findLoaderForExtension` recognises. Used for blob URLs, which
+ * carry no filename, so the parser can be picked by extension instead of
+ * by content-type (whose matcher is broken in the browser bundle).
+ *
+ * @type {Record<string, string>}
+ */
+const MIME_TO_EXT = {
+  "audio/mpeg": "mp3",
+  "audio/mp3": "mp3",
+  "audio/aac": "aac",
+  "audio/aacp": "aacp",
+  "audio/mp4": "m4a",
+  "audio/m4a": "m4a",
+  "audio/ogg": "ogg",
+  "audio/opus": "opus",
+  "audio/speex": "spx",
+  "audio/flac": "flac",
+  "audio/aiff": "aiff",
+  "audio/aif": "aif",
+  "audio/aifc": "aifc",
+  "audio/wav": "wav",
+  "audio/wave": "wav",
+  "audio/vnd.wave": "wav",
+  "audio/x-wav": "wav",
+  "audio/webm": "webm",
+  "audio/ape": "ape",
+  "audio/monkeys-audio": "ape",
+  "audio/musepack": "mpc",
+  "audio/wavpack": "wv",
+  "audio/asf": "asf",
+  "audio/ms-wma": "wma",
+  "audio/dsf": "dsf",
+};
+
 /**
  * @param {{ includeArtwork?: boolean; mimeType?: string; stream?: ReadableStream; urls?: Urls; }} _
  * @returns {Promise<Extraction>}
@@ -30,7 +66,20 @@ export async function musicMetadataTags({
 
   if (urls?.get.startsWith("blob:")) {
     const blob = await fetch(urls.get).then((r) => r.blob());
-    meta = await parseBlob(blob, { skipCovers: !includeArtwork });
+    // Blob URLs carry no filename, so `filename` above is just the blob's UUID.
+    // Without a path or a recognised MIME-type music-metadata falls back to
+    // content-sniffing, whose content-type matcher is broken in the browser
+    // bundle (the `content-type` CJS interop leaves `default` undefined, so
+    // `findLoaderForContentType` always throws — see the range-tokenizer
+    // branch below for the same issue). Derive a filename from the blob's
+    // MIME type so the parser is picked by extension instead.
+    const ext = MIME_TO_EXT[blob.type];
+    const buffer = new Uint8Array(await blob.arrayBuffer());
+    meta = await parseBuffer(
+      buffer,
+      ext ? { path: `file.${ext}` } : undefined,
+      { skipCovers: !includeArtwork },
+    );
   } else if (urls) {
     const httpClient = new HttpClient(urls.head, {
       resolveUrl: false,
diff --git a/src/facets/themes/tidal/player/element.js b/src/facets/themes/tidal/player/element.js
index c77426e3..4f1e1573 100644
--- a/src/facets/themes/tidal/player/element.js
+++ b/src/facets/themes/tidal/player/element.js
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class Player extends DiffuseElement {
         }
         const mime = detectMime(bytes);
         const url = URL.createObjectURL(
-          new Blob([bytes], { type: mime }),
+          new Blob([/** @type {BlobPart} */ (bytes)], { type: mime }),
         );
         this.#artUrl.value = url;
       });
@@ -313,10 +313,14 @@ class Player extends DiffuseElement {
   // RENDER
 
   /**
-   * @param {RenderArg} { html }
+   * @param {RenderArg} _
    */
   render({ html }) {
     const artUrl = this.#artUrl.value;
+    const currentTrack = this.$controller.value?.currentTrack();
+    const isFav = currentTrack
+      ? this.$favourites.value?.isFavourite(currentTrack) ?? false
+      : false;
 
     return html`
       <link rel="stylesheet" href="vendor/@phosphor-icons/web/bold/style.css" />
@@ -338,34 +342,19 @@ class Player extends DiffuseElement {
           </div>
           <div class="td-player__meta">
             <span class="td-player__title">
-              ${this.$controller.value?.currentTrack()?.tags?.title ?? ""}
+              ${currentTrack?.tags?.title ?? ""}
             </span>
             <span class="td-player__artist">
-              ${this.$controller.value?.currentTrack()?.tags?.artist ?? ""}
+              ${currentTrack?.tags?.artist ?? ""}
             </span>
           </div>
           <button
-            class="td-player__fav ${this.$controller.value?.currentTrack() &&
-              this.$favourites.value?.isFavourite(
-                this.$controller.value.currentTrack(),
-              )
-              ? `td-player__fav--active`
-              : ""}"
+            class="td-player__fav ${isFav ? `td-player__fav--active` : ""}"
             @click="${this.toggleFavourite}"
-            title="${this.$controller.value?.currentTrack() &&
-              this.$favourites.value?.isFavourite(
-                this.$controller.value.currentTrack(),
-              )
-              ? `Remove from favourites`
-              : `Add to favourites`}"
-            ?disabled="${!this.$controller.value?.currentTrack()}"
+            title="${isFav ? `Remove from favourites` : `Add from favourites`}"
+            ?disabled="${!currentTrack}"
           >
-            <i class="${this.$controller.value?.currentTrack() &&
-              this.$favourites.value?.isFavourite(
-                this.$controller.value.currentTrack(),
-              )
-              ? `ph-fill ph-heart`
-              : `ph-bold ph-heart`}"></i>
+            <i class="${isFav ? `ph-fill ph-heart` : `ph-bold ph-heart`}"></i>
           </button>
         </div>
 
diff --git a/tests/components/configurator/input/test.ts b/tests/components/configurator/input/test.ts
index 3730599f..468f5007 100644
--- a/tests/components/configurator/input/test.ts
+++ b/tests/components/configurator/input/test.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe("components/configurator/input", () => {
       ]);
     });
 
-    expect(result["ipfs"]?.available).toBe(false);
+    expect(result["ipfs"]?.available).toBe("no");
     expect(result["ipfs"]?.uris).toEqual(["ipfs://QmA", "ipfs://QmB"]);
   });
 
diff --git a/tests/components/input/ephemeral-cache/test.ts b/tests/components/input/ephemeral-cache/test.ts
index 9b008fc8..cb810c48 100644
--- a/tests/components/input/ephemeral-cache/test.ts
+++ b/tests/components/input/ephemeral-cache/test.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe("components/input/ephemeral-cache", () => {
 
     expect(result.supported).toBe(true);
     if (result.supported) {
-      expect(result.consult).toBe(false);
+      expect(result.consult).toBe("no");
     }
   });
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ describe("components/input/ephemeral-cache", () => {
 
     expect(result.supported).toBe(true);
     if (result.supported) {
-      expect(result.consult).toBe(true);
+      expect(result.consult).toBe("yes");
     }
   });
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ describe("components/input/ephemeral-cache", () => {
       return result;
     });
 
-    expect(result["ephemeral+cache"]?.available).toBe(true);
+    expect(result["ephemeral+cache"]?.available).toBe("yes");
     expect(result["ephemeral+cache"]?.uris).toEqual([
       "ephemeral+cache://bafkgroupcached",
     ]);
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ describe("components/input/ephemeral-cache", () => {
       ]);
     });
 
-    expect(result["ephemeral+cache"]?.available).toBe(true);
+    expect(result["ephemeral+cache"]?.available).toBe("yes");
     expect(result["ephemeral+cache"]?.uris).toEqual([]);
   });
 
diff --git a/tests/components/orchestrator/scoped-tracks/test.ts b/tests/components/orchestrator/scoped-tracks/test.ts
index 4573c77d..e8aed504 100644
--- a/tests/components/orchestrator/scoped-tracks/test.ts
+++ b/tests/components/orchestrator/scoped-tracks/test.ts
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ describe("components/orchestrator/scoped-tracks – disabled sources", () => {
         SCHEME = "test";
         sources() { return []; }
         async groupConsult(uris: string[]) {
-          return { all: { available: true, scheme: "test", uris } };
+          return { all: { available: "yes", scheme: "test", uris } };
         }
       }
       customElements.define("di-test-input-1", TestInput);
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ describe("components/orchestrator/scoped-tracks – disabled sources", () => {
         SCHEME = "test";
         sources() { return []; }
         async groupConsult(uris: string[]) {
-          return { all: { available: true, scheme: "test", uris } };
+          return { all: { available: "yes", scheme: "test", uris } };
         }
       }
       customElements.define("di-test-input-2", TestInput);
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ describe("components/orchestrator/scoped-tracks – disabled sources", () => {
         SCHEME = "test";
         sources() { return []; }
         async groupConsult(uris: string[]) {
-          return { all: { available: true, scheme: "test", uris } };
+          return { all: { available: "yes", scheme: "test", uris } };
         }
       }
       customElements.define("di-test-input-3", TestInput);
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ describe("components/orchestrator/scoped-tracks – disabled sources", () => {
         SCHEME = "test";
         sources() { return []; }
         async groupConsult(uris: string[]) {
-          return { all: { available: true, scheme: "test", uris } };
+          return { all: { available: "yes", scheme: "test", uris } };
         }
       }
       customElements.define("di-test-input-4", TestInput);
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ describe("components/orchestrator/scoped-tracks – disabled sources", () => {
         SCHEME = "test";
         sources() { return []; }
         async groupConsult(uris: string[]) {
-          return { all: { available: true, scheme: "test", uris } };
+          return { all: { available: "yes", scheme: "test", uris } };
         }
       }
       customElements.define("di-test-input-5", TestInput);