videojs
Timed metadata not being triggered on iOS
Description
Timed metadata is not being triggered on iOS.
Steps to reproduce
- Open this page on an iOS device: https://codepen.io/matiasmovingimage/pen/zYyBawK
- Press the play button, play some seconds
Results
Expected
Open the same page on Chrome on desktop and you will see the console output below the player:
----Add track callback executed----
----Add track callback executed----
----Add track callback executed----
----Add track callback executed----
----Add track callback executed----
----Add track callback executed----
----Add track callback executed----
{"cues_":[{"frame":{"id":"TXXX","data":" *** THIS IS Timed MetaData @ -- 00:00:00.0 *** ","key":"TXXX","description":"","value":" *** THIS IS Timed MetaData @ -- 00:00:00.0 *** "},"value":{"id":"TXXX","data":" *** THIS IS Timed MetaData @ -- 00:00:00.0 *** ","key":"TXXX","description":"","value":" *** THIS IS Timed MetaData @ -- 00:00:00.0 *** "}}],"length_":1}
...
Current
On iOS, only the first part is printed on this "console", the timed metadata information is not printed. Active cues information is empty.
Error output
No errors
Additional Information
videojs-http-streaming version
Latest
videojs version
Latest
Browsers
Chrome, Safari
Platforms
iOS (iPhone 13)
Other Plugins
None
Other JavaScript
React
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Hey @mister-ben Yes, the stream was down. I started it again. Will try to keep it running the entire day
As an open source project with limited resources, it's very unlikely we will be able to investigate issues reported the same day (or week, or month). Is there a way you could capture part of the stream that reproduces the issue?
Also, on iOS, it seems unlikely that VHS is even in use since that platform does not support MSE.
Hey @mister-ben @misteroneill I changed a bit the issue, since I still don't have a Wowza recording I can share with you. In this case I used Apple's official HLS testing URLs to show an empty timed metadata cue. Please let me know if this is useful.
Happy holidays.
On iOS the track's mode starts out disabled. If you set it to hidden then cues are parsed and cuechange events occur. JSON.stringify() can't parse a native DataCue however.