playcanvas / playcanvas/editor
MP4s can't be played in Safari launch page
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Description
In Safari on macOS, load the Video Texture tutorial scene and hit play:
https://playcanvas.com/project/405850/overview/tutorial-video-textures
The video won't play back. But if you run a published build, it works.
In the launch page, the video is retrieved via the REST API. But in a published build, it's served directly from S3. This difference seems to be causing the problem somehow.
Anybody got any more thoughts as to how this could be fixed maybe?
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in Safari on macOS with the Video Texture tutorial scene from the linked PlayCanvas project. Compare how the launch page retrieves the MP4 through the REST API with how a published build serves it from S3; done means the video plays in the launch page as it does in the published build.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- api, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100