AVPlayer will not stream M4A over HTTP Live Streaming - avplayer

I am writing an iOS app and I need to stream m4a files over HTTP Live Streaming. I am using AVPlayer and a HLS Simple Media Playlist file.
If I link AVPlayer directly to an mp3 or m4a, it streams with no issues.
URL = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://fembotics.com/bells.m4a"];
item = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithURL:URL];
player = [AVPlayer playerWithPlayerItem:item];
[player play];
The problem happens when I set URL to a HLS playlist. Strangely, mp3 works and m4a does not.
http://fembotics.com/basicmp3.m3u8 - Working
#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:5220
#EXTINF:20.0,
/bells.mp3
#EXT-X-ENDLIST
http://fembotics.com/basicm4a.m3u8 - Broken
#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:5220
#EXTINF:20.0,
/bells.m4a
#EXT-X-ENDLIST
I tried using absolute URLs in the playlists and it makes no difference.
Has anyone seen this type of issue before? Should I try other sources for my m4a files? (I tried one purchased from iTunes and one transcoded from wav by MediaHuman Audio Converter).

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