1903560 - Firefox's MPRIS implementation does not properly integrate with GNOME media-controls, causing issues with media playback control, unlike in Chromium-based browsers.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1659199

(WebExtensions :: Untriaged, defect)

Description

[bob]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:127.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/127.0

Steps to reproduce:

1. Installed a media-control extension in GNOME (GNOME media-controls https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4470/media-controls/).
2. Opened Firefox and navigated to a media-playing website (e.g., YouTube).
3. Played a video or audio in Firefox.
4. Playback details on media controls show up incomplete (position in video is not reflected, shown as 00:00 to 00:00)

Actual results:

The MPRIS implementation in Firefox did not work properly with the GNOME media-controls extension. Playback details appeared incomplete, with the position in the video always shown as 00:00 and the total duration also shown as 00:00. As a result, media playback could not be controlled using the GNOME media-controls extension. This issue does not occur in Chromium-based browsers, where the media controls work as expected.

Expected results:

The position in the video should have been reflected accurately, with the current playback time and total duration correctly displayed based on information from MPRIS.

It is an issue with Firefox and the developer of the extension told me to report it here: https://github.com/sakithb/media-controls/issues/156

MPRIS integration should be working in Firefox but there is clearly some sort of defect/issue.

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

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