786065 - ig.com.br videos show as unavailable due to UA sniffing (only on Firefox/Android, works on FxOS)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Web Compatibility :: Site Reports, defect)

Description

[Lawrence Mandel [:lmandel] (use needinfo)]

ig.com.br videos do not play on Fennec due to what appears to be a UA sniffing issue.

STR:
1. On ig.com.br, scroll down on the home page to the Videos section. 
2. Select a video. 
3. The resulting page displays a message that, without understanding the language, appears to say that the video format is not supported.

Expected results:
The video should be available to play.

Actual results:
A message is displayed that the video format is not supported. Note that changing the UA to Android with Phoney results in the video being playable in Fennec.

Comment 1

[Hallvord R. M. Steen [:hallvors]]

http://tvig.ig.com.br/musica/agente-penitenciaria-surpreende-jurados-ao-cantar-sucesso-de-beyonce-5224b1db32154c070200004f.html plays on FxOS (no spoofing) but not in Firefox beta on Android (only a black box appears).

(I see Flash is installed on this Android device - disabling Flash and re-loading yields the same result)

Comment 2

[Hallvord R. M. Steen [:hallvors]]

Fx/An gets a VIDEO element w/o sources:
<video id="tvigVideoPlayer" class="tvigVideoPlayer vew" autobuffer="autobuffer" width="640" height="360"></video>
This is what the server sends, probably intended to be changed from this script:
http://js.statig.com.br/tvig/videoPubs.js

(Oh - right. This Fx doesn't seem to have H.264 playback. I guess I should test the Flash-based version then..)

TBC. Assigning to self for further debugging.

Comment 3

[Hallvord R. M. Steen [:hallvors]]

WFM with H.264 playback enabled