streaming video service audio only, no video while using Steam Link
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(Core :: Audio/Video: Playback, defect)
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(Reporter: matt, Unassigned)
Details
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:123.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/123.0
Steps to reproduce:
Use Steam Link hardware to stream PC A/V output to another screen on the same LAN. In this case, to my TV in the living room.
Attempt to stream content from any paid streaming service. Services that are affected based on testing are: Netflix, Hulu, and HBO/Max. YouTube (Premium) is unaffected by this issue.
Actual results:
Audio streams fine, but there is no accompanying video. Instead, screen is black. Controls/UI load fine, and the rest of the site's features seem to work without issue (thumbnails, search, etc.).
If the content is watched on the host PC, there is no issue, even while streaming to the Steam Link. (Read: the A/V streams as expected on local PC, even while the screen shows black on the TV in the living room.)
Expected results:
Audio and video should stream as expected, no matter which screen is displaying the content. This expected behavior was exactly what happened for years in Firefox, and is still the case in other (Chromium-based) browsers like Chrome, Opera, and Brave.
I did notice an update to version 123.0.1 available. Updating to that to see if there are any changes, just in case.
Also went through the settings to see if anything jumped out at me, but switching either/both "play DRM content" and "use hardware acceleration" on and/or off had no effect.
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Comment 2•11 months ago
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The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Core::Audio/Video: Playback' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.
(In reply to matt from comment #1)
I did notice an update to version 123.0.1 available. Updating to that to see if there are any changes, just in case.
Also went through the settings to see if anything jumped out at me, but switching either/both "play DRM content" and "use hardware acceleration" on and/or off had no effect.
This had no effect.
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Comment 4•11 months ago
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I think this is an expected behavior (unfortunately) for not allowing to capture DRM video, which we didn't do in the past versions of Firefox. Please go to bug 1866638 for the further discussion. Thank you for your understanding.
That's unfortunate. Thank you, I will look at those referenced threads, add anything I can there, if applicable.
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