Bug 62617 – [Qt] Some/all audio/radio playing sites don't work.

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: INVALID
• Component: WebKit Qt

Created attachment 97059 [details]
Test Case

Hi. I am here to report an odd and possibly deep bug that is involved with flash/javascript and QtWebkit.
First, let me say this is tested using QtWebkit 2.2 Week 19.

Ok, so I am having major issues with two 'radio-building' sites. Meaning the main feature is that you can enter in your favorite artists and it plays them in random order with some similar artists. I am pretty certain it uses javascript, and possibly also flash, as well as whatever audio plugins it uses.

Now, the first bug:
http://pandora.com only loads the background image. It doesn't load the main radio player at all. It just loads the background image, and then thinks it is done. There is a huge radio component that it doesn't load.

Second bug:
http://jango.com - a website somewhat similar to pandora.com, plays music continuously. That means it plays one song, then chooses another one at random and plays that after the previous one ends. The problem is that when a song ends, i.e. gets to 0:00 duration left, it stays at that song without ever going to the next.

I am positive that these bugs do not occur in any major browser, and are QtWebkit issues.

The attached test case is a basic web browser that loads to a jango.com radio player by default. Listen to a song (or turn off the audio, whatever) until the end. You will notice that it does not go to the next song like it does in all other major browsers - it stays at the current song whilst it has 0:00 duration left. After you see that, try to navigate to http://pandora.com - you will notice the main component does not load, and all that loads is the background image.

This is a major nuisance to anyone who wants to use sites like this, so I hope it gets fixed soon. Thanks.

[Robert Hogan]

With a trunk build of WebKit trunk on Linux jango.com works fine for me.

I can't use pandora.com where I am so can't confirm that one.

[Robert Hogan]

Note I used the QtTestBrowser.

[Alexis Menard (darktears)]

(In reply to comment #0)
> Created an attachment (id=97059) [details]
> Test Case
> 
> Hi. I am here to report an odd and possibly deep bug that is involved with flash/javascript and QtWebkit.
> First, let me say this is tested using QtWebkit 2.2 Week 19.
> 
> Ok, so I am having major issues with two 'radio-building' sites. Meaning the main feature is that you can enter in your favorite artists and it plays them in random order with some similar artists. I am pretty certain it uses javascript, and possibly also flash, as well as whatever audio plugins it uses.
> 
> Now, the first bug:
> http://pandora.com only loads the background image. It doesn't load the main radio player at all. It just loads the background image, and then thinks it is done. There is a huge radio component that it doesn't load.
> 
> Second bug:
> http://jango.com - a website somewhat similar to pandora.com, plays music continuously. That means it plays one song, then chooses another one at random and plays that after the previous one ends. The problem is that when a song ends, i.e. gets to 0:00 duration left, it stays at that song without ever going to the next.
> 
> I am positive that these bugs do not occur in any major browser, and are QtWebkit issues.
> 
> The attached test case is a basic web browser that loads to a jango.com radio player by default. Listen to a song (or turn off the audio, whatever) until the end. You will notice that it does not go to the next song like it does in all other major browsers - it stays at the current song whilst it has 0:00 duration left. After you see that, try to navigate to http://pandora.com - you will notice the main component does not load, and all that loads is the background image.
> 
> This is a major nuisance to anyone who wants to use sites like this, so I hope it gets fixed soon. Thanks.

You have QtMultimedia?

(In reply to comment #3)
> You have QtMultimedia?

Hi. I added "QT += Multimedia" to my project and now http://jango.com switches songs fine. 
But - http://pandora.com still has the issue as to where it only shows the background image and not the main component.
Someone from the USA will probably have to test this, as http://pandora.com is currently only available in the USA.

[Noam Rosenthal]

(In reply to comment #0)
> Now, the first bug:
> http://pandora.com only loads the background image. It doesn't load the main radio player at all. It just loads the background image, and then thinks it is done. There is a huge radio component that it doesn't load.
> 
Pandora uses Flash, unless I'm missing something.