Bug 227904

Summary:	[GStreamer] RTSP playback broken
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	Philippe Normand <pnormand>
Component:	Platform	Assignee:	Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	Normal	CC:	philn
Priority:	P2
Version:	WebKit Nightly Build
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified

Description Philippe Normand 2021-07-13 06:06:14 PDT

player doesn't start. See also https://github.com/Igalia/meta-webkit/issues/293

Comment 1 Philippe Normand 2021-11-29 01:45:59 PST

Workaround:

diff --git a/Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/gstreamer/MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer.cpp b/Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/gstreamer/MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer.cpp
index b6911dff7994..ba5c2412f796 100644
--- a/Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/gstreamer/MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer.cpp
+++ b/Source/WebCore/platform/graphics/gstreamer/MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer.cpp
@@ -2348,8 +2348,7 @@ void MediaPlayerPrivateGStreamer::updateStates()
         else if (m_currentState == GST_STATE_PLAYING)
             m_isPaused = false;
-        if (!m_isPaused && m_playbackRate)
-            changePipelineState(GST_STATE_PLAYING);
+        changePipelineState(GST_STATE_PLAYING);
         m_networkState = MediaPlayer::NetworkState::Loading;
         break;

Comment 2 Philippe Normand 2024-04-19 07:39:55 PDT

Also requires network access from WebProcess...

I'm inclined to WONTFIX this.

Comment 3 Philippe Normand 2024-04-19 07:40:29 PDT

There are alternatives, such as https://github.com/deepch/RTSPtoWebRTC