Currently, Qmmp for Linux doesn't include the following xdg formats:
audio/aac
audio/x-aac
audio/m4a
audio/x-m4a
So, although Qmmp can actually open these files, there's no default association with Qmmp. This should be included in both qmm.desktop and qmmp_enqueue.desktop
Fixed in [r7414].
Related
Commit: [r7414]