Bug 258567 – REGRESSION (Safari 16.x?): MediaRecorder ondataavailable outputs Blobs with size:0 type:""

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: FIXED
• Component: Media

[Omer Okcuoglu]

Created attachment 466831 [details]
Example js file to test bug.

Hi,

MediaRecorder ondataavailable outputs Blobs with size:0 type:""

This issue is introduced with Safari 16. I can not pin point the version. MediaRecorder works flawlessly with Safari 15 on Intel and in any other browser.

Problem is consistent with both of these streams:
1- audioContext.createMediaStreamDestination
2- navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ audio: true }) 


I am attaching a js file for you to test. It only requires you to insert a button in your html. It will output ondataavailable Blobs every second upon click.

[Radar WebKit Bug Importer]

<rdar://problem/111393489>

[Omer Okcuoglu]

iPadOS webkit seems to be working as expected; so this seems to be an osX Safari specific issue.

Made the following test via using StreamDestination, triggering sounds during recording.

If no sound is played following the initial playback;

1) Chrome reports a consistent Blob size of 238, each second.

2) Firefox reports a Blob size of 0 that spikes at 1047 in every 3-4 seconds.

3) iPad test is done within "Koder App". Assuming it uses webkit, it reports fluctuating Blob sizes of 0 - 604 - 1148 - 544 - 1208. Seems to be the least stable. Perhaps this report does not effect the recorded audio output, I was simply checking the signal flow for this test. Also during sound playback, block size is reported as 0 many times.

[youenn fablet]

Here is a jsfiddle that should show the issue: https://jsfiddle.net/m80q97yn/
@Omer, can you confirm you are able to reproduce this issue?
Which platform do you have issues with? Testing locally on my macStudio, it seems to work fine.

[Omer Okcuoglu]

@Youenn issue is still the same. Blob return is 0.

Below is the output until I hit stop:

starting
mimeType: audio/mp4
data captured size: 0
data captured size: 0
data captured size: 0
data captured size: 0
data captured size: 0
captured: NaN

I am on 
Hardware: m1 Pro Macbook Pro 16"
osX: Ventura 13.4.1
Safari: 16.4

https://jsfiddle.net/m80q97yn/ works fine on iOS.

If I recall correctly, I did not experience this issue with Safari 16.2.

[Omer Okcuoglu]

Edit:

using Safari version 16.5.1

[youenn fablet]

(In reply to Omer Okcuoglu from comment #4)
> @Youenn issue is still the same. Blob return is 0.
> 
> Below is the output until I hit stop:
> 
> starting
> mimeType: audio/mp4
> data captured size: 0
> data captured size: 0
> data captured size: 0
> data captured size: 0
> data captured size: 0
> captured: NaN
> 
> I am on 
> Hardware: m1 Pro Macbook Pro 16"
> osX: Ventura 13.4.1
> Safari: 16.4
> 
> https://jsfiddle.net/m80q97yn/ works fine on iOS.
> 
> If I recall correctly, I did not experience this issue with Safari 16.2.

Can you try on latest Safari Tech Preview.
I am not able to reproduce on my macBookPro, but Sonoma...

[Omer Okcuoglu]

Problem continues with Safari Tech Preview version 173.

I will try your link in an Apple Store that are likely to have m2 macbook pros with Ventura with whatever Safari version they have.

[Omer Okcuoglu]

Problem solved!

It is about the system Sampling Rate. Mine was set to 96kHz and switching back to 48kHz has made  the MediaRecorder stream working again as expected. 

Apparently this also solves my other previously submitted bug: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=249970

With Safari 16.4 these pops started to happen more often rather than just the initial pops. Keeping sample rate at 48kHz has eliminated the pops too!

[youenn fablet]

The issue is that we are not able to create a AudioConverterNew:
2023-06-30 12:46:29.299606+0300 0x364661   Error     0x0                  57221  com.apple.WebKit.GPU: (WebCore) [com.apple.WebKit:MediaStream] AudioSampleBufferCompressor AudioConverterNew failed with 1718449215

I tried switching to 96KHz on my setup and media recorder works for me. Maybe OS support is different.

@Omer, how did you change to 96KHz and back to 48KHz?

[Omer Okcuoglu]

Once I set the Sampling Rate on Audio MIDI Setup from 96k to 48k and vice versa; I reload the page. Then the 48k works and 96k does not work. If I change the sampling rate and not reload the page, the MediaRecorder keeps its respective behaviour.


My OS is 13.4.1
Safari: 16.5.1

[Omer Okcuoglu]

I can add one more note which might be important. The sampling rate change in Audio/MIDI setup needs be made on Audio Output like MacbookPro Speakers. Interestingly changing Sampling rate on Microphone Input has no effect. System Output sampling rate determines whether it works or not.

I have checked this problem and same approach with Intel Macbook Pro on Safari 15 and managed to reproduce the problem.

[youenn fablet]

Pull request: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/15880

[EWS]

Committed 266130@main (8c01a9fbfd35): <https://commits.webkit.org/266130@main>

Reviewed commits have been landed. Closing PR #15880 and removing active labels.