I want to use HE-AAC v2 (Parametric Stereo) audio files in one of my applications, but it appears that iOS (as of the latest version) does not support it – those files play back as if they were mono, presumably because the decoder doesn't understand the Parametric Stereo information stored in the file, and cannot reconstitute the two-channel stereo spread.
I've done some Googling around but it's tricky to find specific information on the v2 codec (as opposed to just HE-AAC v1, which does not allow Parametric Stereo), and I'm wondering if there are any valid third-party software decoders available which would allow me to use HE-AAC v2 files in full stereo on iOS.
Alternatively, is there any other feasible solution to this problem, asides from simply using the v1 (non-Parametric) version of the codec to encode my audio files?