728494 - Soup has no support for playing videos

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Web Apps :: Soup, defect, P2)

Description

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Steps:

1. Install Soup and install an app with an embedded video on their website
2. Launch the app
3. Launch the video on the app

Expected:

The video stream should play to the user.

Actual:

Sound will work, but the video will not play.

Apps affected by this issue include:

- Mixcloud
- The Vault
- Studio 1290

Comment 1

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Note: This issue applies both to flash video and HTML 5 Video.

Comment 2

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Blocking for MWC, as there are important apps that are planned for MWC that cannot be supported without video support.

Comment 3

[:Harald Kirschner :digitarald]

Commit pushed to master at https://github.com/mozilla/soup

https://github.com/mozilla/soup/commit/8b970c764ba3f550f716b1404c8ac886259bd225
Clicking videos plays them fullscreen (tested on youtube), fixes bug 728494.

Comment 4

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Some initial tests show that a video does play on "The Vault." Studio 1290 appears to be throwing some security warning from a wordpress plugin that does not allow access after the first page. Needs investigation if this an issue on our end or Studio 1290's end.

Comment 5

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Failed to be able to run videos on a Galaxy Nexus. Will post investigation results shortly.

Comment 6

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

Attachment: Studio 1290 (Galaxy Nexus 4.0.2)

On the Galaxy Nexus 4.0.2, Flash (latest update on Android), I just get a black frame on videos.

Comment 7

[Aaron Train [:aaronmt]]

(In reply to Aaron Train [:aaronmt] from comment #6)
> Created attachment 599701 [details]
> Studio 1290 (Galaxy Nexus 4.0.2)
> 
> On the Galaxy Nexus 4.0.2, Flash (latest update on Android), I just get a
> black frame on videos.

Works fine in the stock Android AOSP browser, I get full controls and ability to play.

Comment 8

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Attachment: Studio 1290 White No Render

During playing of a video, if I switch the display from vertical to horizontal on Studio 1290, I see a white lack of rendering of the page occur when the video is playing on a Galaxy S2.

Comment 9

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Attachment: The Vault Galaxy S2 No Video Render

On the vault going to 1995, I saw a case where the video did not render at all.

Comment 10

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

To limit scope for MWC (and knowing that video is a pain in terms of implementation), let's limit the scope for the fix to MWC devices only. Jen - Thoughts?

Comment 11

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Also: For tracking, for now, this bug is "resolved fixed" for MWC and needs verification on MWC devices only. As a whole, this bug is still open. Only the MWC test cases need to pass.

Comment 12

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Attachment: The Vault No Video Stream Tablet

Samsung Galaxy Tab: Did not pass verification. Video plays sound, but no stream is shown.

Comment 13

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Samsung Galaxy S2: Did not pass verification. Rendering problems for vertical to horizontal switch with video (see screenshot 599707).

Comment 14

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Rendering issue also shows up with Mixcloud when starting a song, panning down the UI away from the audio player, and going back to it.

Comment 15

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Attachment: The Vault Video Indexing Problem

Comment 16

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Video support for the MWC demo has been dropped. Switching this to a non mwc blocker.