Bug 271229 – [GStreamer][MSE] Video playback hangs on srf.ch videos

• Component: Platform
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Philippe Normand]

This one for instance, plays for a few seconds, then stops.
https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/dok/video/im-reich-der-taliban---ein-schoenheitschirurg-auf-humanitaerer-mission?urn=urn:srf:video:03583575-4416-4274-8218-e71f6fc1157d

[Julian]

More example videos can be found here (most others are geoblocked): https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/sendung/tagesschau?id=ff969c14-c5a7-44ab-ab72-14d4c9e427a9

[Philippe Normand]

Here with vah264dec playback works. With libav, decoding errors...

Please provide a debug log, see https://docs.webkit.org/Ports/WebKitGTK%20and%20WPE%20WebKit/Multimedia.html#layout-tests

and set GST_DEBUG="3,webkit*:9,videodec*:6"

[Philippe Normand]

I mean, https://docs.webkit.org/Ports/WebKitGTK%20and%20WPE%20WebKit/Multimedia.html#minibrowser

[Julian]

Created attachment 470943 [details]
log

[Julian]

The log you requested has been attached.

[Julian]

srf.ch plays videos using HLS, which has been disabled since WebKitGTK version 2.39.4 https://webkitgtk.org/2023/01/16/webkitgtk2.39.4-released.html. This bug should be closed.

[Michael Catanzaro]

Too bad.

[Philippe Normand]

(In reply to Julian from comment #6)
> srf.ch plays videos using HLS, which has been disabled since WebKitGTK
> version 2.39.4
> https://webkitgtk.org/2023/01/16/webkitgtk2.39.4-released.html. This bug
> should be closed.

HLS is a workaround. If there is a bug in our MSE backend, it should be fixed.

[Julian]

By changing the user agent to remove Safari, videos now play on srf.ch, rts.ch, and playsuisse.ch (they all have the same issue otherwise).

There are still issues with the video playback though. When starting the playback, it stays still after a few seconds (you need to seek a little little bit back), seeking (more) at any time causes the video to now longer be playable, and it's not possible to resume it.

[Julian]

This should be closed. The issue in the description seems to no longer be one. The website also made changes and no longer requires HLS, which won't be added to WebKitGTK anyway. In short, the issue is not up-to-date.