Closed Bug 530421 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago

<audio> tag downloads file multiple times

Categories

(Core :: Audio/Video, defect, P2)

Product:
Core
Component:
Audio/Video
Version:
1.9.1 Branch
Platform:
x86_64
Linux
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 502894

People

(Reporter: craig, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091114 Gentoo Firefox/3.5.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091114 Gentoo Firefox/3.5.5

When I use the <audio> tag to make firefox play an ogg, it gets downloaded multiple times:

192.168.0.1 - - [22/Nov/2009:18:38:45 +0100] "GET /ogg.ogg HTTP/1.1" 206 5531945 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091114 Gentoo Firefox/3.5.5"
192.168.0.1 - - [22/Nov/2009:18:38:45 +0100] "GET /ogg.ogg HTTP/1.1" 206 4425 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091114 Gentoo Firefox/3.5.5"
192.168.0.1 - - [22/Nov/2009:18:38:45 +0100] "GET /ogg.ogg HTTP/1.1" 206 5538121 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091114 Gentoo Firefox/3.5.5"

The downloaded file "ogg.ogg" has 5603657 bytes.

I used wireshark to have a look at the headers (I was wondering, why there are three 206s!)

The first request does:
Range: bytes=0-

The second:
Range: bytes=5599232-

The third:
Range: bytes=32768-

That's the only difference. It's not nice to have about two times the traffic.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. tail -f access_log
2. sniff the traffic
3. download an ogg file
4. see three requests in the logs.


Expected Results:  
One request.
Priority: -- → P2
Version: unspecified → 3.5 Branch
Upon further research I noticed, this is related to the webservers reaction to the byte-range request: if the server just answers with a 200 instead of 206 code, there will only be one request, but then the seekbar does not behave normally. It will play the track, but it's always at the right side and displays the current position. You can skip backwards, but not forward; this changes after you downloaded the ogg for the first time, if you play it a second time, it's ok.
Related to Bug 502894 ?
Component: General → Video/Audio
Product: Firefox → Core
QA Contact: general → video.audio
Version: 3.5 Branch → 1.9.1 Branch
(In reply to comment #2)
> Related to Bug 502894 ?

Yes. See bug 502894 comment 1 for a description of what's going on.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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