diff --git a/src/helpers/audio.ts b/src/helpers/audio.ts
index ecb6d7481..2a6aad3c4 100644
--- a/src/helpers/audio.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/audio.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
-import { Readable } from 'node:stream';
+import { pipeline, Readable } from 'node:stream';
+import type { ReadableStream as NodeReadableStream } from 'node:stream/web';
 import { platform, versions } from 'node:process';
 import { checkFileSupport } from '../internal/uploads';
 
@@ -36,14 +37,27 @@ async function nodejsPlayAudio(stream: NodeJS.ReadableStream | Response | File):
     try {
       const ffplay = spawn('ffplay', ['-autoexit', '-nodisp', '-i', 'pipe:0']);
 
+      let source: NodeJS.ReadableStream;
       if (isResponse(stream)) {
-        (stream.body! as any).pipe(ffplay.stdin);
+        const body = stream.body! as NodeReadableStream | NodeJS.ReadableStream;
+        if ('pipe' in body && typeof body.pipe === 'function') {
+          source = body;
+        } else {
+          source = Readable.fromWeb(body as NodeReadableStream);
+        }
       } else if (isFile(stream)) {
-        Readable.from(stream.stream()).pipe(ffplay.stdin);
+        source = Readable.from(stream.stream());
       } else {
-        stream.pipe(ffplay.stdin);
+        source = stream;
       }
 
+      pipeline(source, ffplay.stdin, (error) => {
+        if (error) {
+          ffplay.kill();
+          reject(error);
+        }
+      });
+
       ffplay.on('close', (code: number) => {
         if (code !== 0) {
           reject(new Error(`ffplay process exited with code ${code}`));
diff --git a/tests/helpers/audio.test.ts b/tests/helpers/audio.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c2a3be87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/helpers/audio.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+jest.mock('node:child_process', () => ({ spawn: jest.fn() }));
+
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import { Readable, Writable } from 'node:stream';
+import { playAudio } from 'openai/helpers/audio';
+
+const spawnMock = spawn as jest.MockedFunction<typeof spawn>;
+
+function mockFfplay() {
+  const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+  const stdin = new Writable({
+    write(chunk, _encoding, callback) {
+      chunks.push(Buffer.from(chunk));
+      callback();
+    },
+  });
+  const ffplay = {
+    stdin,
+    kill: jest.fn(),
+    on: jest.fn(),
+  };
+
+  ffplay.on.mockImplementation((event: string, listener: (code: number) => void) => {
+    if (event === 'close') {
+      if (stdin.writableEnded) {
+        queueMicrotask(() => listener(0));
+      } else {
+        stdin.on('finish', () => listener(0));
+      }
+    }
+    return ffplay;
+  });
+  spawnMock.mockReturnValue(ffplay as any);
+
+  return { chunks, ffplay };
+}
+
+describe('playAudio', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.resetAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('pipes a Response Web ReadableStream body to ffplay', async () => {
+    const { chunks } = mockFfplay();
+
+    await playAudio(new Response('hello'));
+
+    expect(spawnMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('ffplay', ['-autoexit', '-nodisp', '-i', 'pipe:0']);
+    expect(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString()).toBe('hello');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps Node Readable response bodies on the Node stream path', async () => {
+    const { chunks } = mockFfplay();
+    const response = { body: Readable.from(['hello']) };
+
+    await playAudio(response as any);
+
+    expect(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString()).toBe('hello');
+  });
+
+  it('rejects and stops ffplay when a Response Web ReadableStream errors', async () => {
+    const { ffplay } = mockFfplay();
+    const response = new Response(
+      new ReadableStream({
+        start(controller) {
+          controller.error(new Error('stream failed'));
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    await expect(playAudio(response)).rejects.toThrow('stream failed');
+
+    expect(ffplay.kill).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});