499031 - Screencasts -- OGG file doesn't play in Safari 4 on Mac OS X.

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(support.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Summary: OGG file doesn't play in Safari 4 on Mac OS X

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Using Safari Version 4.0 (5530.17) on Mac OS X 10.5, load https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How+to+make+Firefox+the+default+browser?bl=n, which contains both OGG and FLV, I think.
2. Click on the "Watch a video of these instructions" link
3. Click the Play button (>) on the controls

Expected Results:

OGG file plays

Actual Results:

Doesn't play; you have to switch to the Flash version to get it to work

(When I first tested this, I tested Safari 4 in my VM on Windows, which doesn't try to play the OGG file at all, and correctly drops support down to play the Flash file -- my mistake!)

Screencast: http://screencast.com/t/ojDp1ODsN

Comment 1

[E. Cooper [:ecooper]]

Attachment: v1

So, this uses the canPlayType function defined at <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/video.html#dom-navigator-canplaytype>.

We may need to expand the codecs in the future.

Comment 2

[Laura Thomson :laura]

How do I test this patch?

Comment 3

[E. Cooper [:ecooper]]

If you don't have Safari 4, the new ogg detection can still be tested between 3.0.X and 3.5.

The current issue can't be replicated without Safari 4, however.

Comment 4

[E. Cooper [:ecooper]]

I won't be able to commit this until this afternoon. If that's going to be a problem (for QA time), please let me know.

Comment 5

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Early or late afternoon?  The earlier the better, so I can fit it in-between my other projects' testing -- maybe Laura can commit?

Comment 6

[E. Cooper [:ecooper]]

r28022/r28023

Early afternoon EST. ;)

Comment 7

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified FIXED on https://support-stage.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/flvandogg?login, which contains both FLV and OGG -- using Safari 4 on Mac, we only play back the FLV.

I also regression-tested using:

https://support-stage.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/SWFandOGG
https://support-stage.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/SWF
https://support-stage.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/just+flv