Bug 18553

Summary: swfdec fails on most video sites
Product: swfdec Reporter: Valent Turkovic <valent.turkovic>
Component: libraryAssignee: swfdec ml <swfdec>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: swfdec ml <swfdec>
Severity: normal    
Priority: medium CC: lionel
Version: 0.6.0   
Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
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Description Valent Turkovic 2008-11-16 12:28:44 UTC
I posted this bug few months ago to fedora bugzilla here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=430629

This is an update of that bug:

http://www.fedoratv.com - site down?!?

http://www.ted.com - front page isn't rendered correctly, individual videos
just don't start

http://www.youtube.com/ - you need to click on video in order to see controls
but it works ok! Rewinding to uncached part doesn't work (it works with Adobe
Flash 9 and 10 player)

http://www.blip.tv - frontpage video works but other videos I click I see totem
plugin loading instead of swfdec

http://video.google.com/ - it works now.  Rewinding to uncached part doesn't
work (it works with Adobe Flash 9 and 10 player)

http://www.redtube.com NSFW - videos don't play (looks also like buffering)

http://www.metacafe.com - doesn't even start.

http://www.videojug.com - it works now (but looong wait for buffering)

http://sclipo.com/ - doesn't even start

http://www.dailymotion.com - audio and video not in sync?!?

http://crackle.com - doesn't even start

http://www.revver.com - doesn't even start

http://www.veoh.com - video plays but "loading" message that shows
buffering stays overlayed over the video the whole time

http://video.msn.com - doesn't even start


tested with swfdec 0.6.0 on Fedora 10 and Firefox 3.0.4
Comment 1 Valent Turkovic 2008-11-16 12:29:55 UTC
There is a typo, not tested on Fedora 10 but on Fedora 9.
Comment 2 Valent Turkovic 2008-11-16 12:32:14 UTC
installed packages:
swfdec-mozilla-0.6.0-1.fc9.i386
swfdec-gtk-0.6.8-1.fc9.i386
swfdec-0.6.8-1.fc9.i386
Comment 3 Valent Turkovic 2008-11-17 03:51:33 UTC
http://www.godtube.com - shows "loading", video doesn't start.
Comment 4 Valent Turkovic 2008-11-17 03:57:16 UTC
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/events/video/gallery - fails to start video
Comment 5 Riccardo Magliocchetti 2008-11-17 11:19:00 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> I posted this bug few months ago to fedora bugzilla here:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=430629

first of all, as already said in rh bug you have to update to latest stable version 0.8.2 which should be available for your distro. 

> http://www.fedoratv.com - site down?!?

can't help with this :)

> http://www.ted.com - front page isn't rendered correctly, individual videos
> just don't start

already in bugzilla

> http://www.youtube.com/ - you need to click on video in order to see controls
> but it works ok! Rewinding to uncached part doesn't work (it works with Adobe
> Flash 9 and 10 player)

clicking before playing is how swfdec plugin worked before 0.8.0 which have an autoplaying feature that remembers your latest choices. 

> http://www.blip.tv - frontpage video works but other videos I click I see totem
> plugin loading instead of swfdec

works for me, if you see totem they probably aren't flash files

> http://video.google.com/ - it works now.  Rewinding to uncached part doesn't
> work (it works with Adobe Flash 9 and 10 player)

the rewind problem has already a bugzilla entry against youtube.com

> http://www.redtube.com NSFW - videos don't play (looks also like buffering)

confirm, doesn't work with latest git

> http://www.metacafe.com - doesn't even start.

flash 9, swfdec currently does not handle that. Bug for these already in bugzilla though.

> http://www.videojug.com - it works now (but looong wait for buffering)

this works with some issues with latest git 

> http://sclipo.com/ - doesn't even start

this does not work with latest git

> http://www.dailymotion.com - audio and video not in sync?!?

we already have a bug for this in bugzilla

> http://crackle.com - doesn't even start

flash 9.

> http://www.revver.com - doesn't even start

this hangs my browser.

> http://www.veoh.com - video plays but "loading" message that shows
> buffering stays overlayed over the video the whole time

flash 9.

> http://video.msn.com - doesn't even start

flash 9.

> tested with swfdec 0.6.0 on Fedora 10 and Firefox 3.0.4

Really, please upgrade before further testing. Thank you.
Comment 6 Riccardo Magliocchetti 2008-11-17 11:22:10 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> http://www.godtube.com - shows "loading", video doesn't start.

confirm that does not work with latest git


> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/events/video/gallery - fails to start video

it's actually down
Comment 7 Riccardo Magliocchetti 2008-11-17 11:32:22 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #0)
>
> > http://www.revver.com - doesn't even start
> 
> this hangs my browser.

well, tried 3 files with firefox: 2 works, 1 no video but fine audio so this could be a video codec issue.
Comment 8 Riccardo Magliocchetti 2008-11-17 11:33:43 UTC
(In reply to comment #6)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > http://www.linuxfoundation.org/events/video/gallery - fails to start video
> 
> it's actually down

flash 9 stuff

Comment 9 Riccardo Magliocchetti 2008-11-17 11:38:53 UTC
So to make things clearer that's what is not working or doesn't have a bugzilla entry:

- http://www.redtube.com - NSFW
- http://sclipo.com
- http://www.godtube.com
- http://www.revver.com - looks like there could be some video codec issues
Comment 10 Riccardo Magliocchetti 2008-11-17 11:53:54 UTC
(In reply to comment #9)
> - http://www.revver.com - looks like there could be some video codec issues

revver issue is bug 18821 so we are down to 3 :) Last post for today!
Comment 11 Valent Turkovic 2008-11-18 03:41:00 UTC
http://www.hulu.com - video doesn't start
Comment 12 Riccardo Magliocchetti 2008-12-27 03:19:40 UTC
(In reply to comment #10)
> (In reply to comment #9)
> > - http://www.revver.com - looks like there could be some video codec issues
> 
> revver issue is bug 18821 so we are down to 3 :) Last post for today!

argh i meant bug 18221

Comment 13 Valent Turkovic 2009-06-11 17:05:48 UTC
any fixes in this bug? do you need some more user feedback?
Comment 14 mermoric 2014-05-18 00:21:37 UTC
(In reply to comment #9)
> So to make things clearer that's what is not working or doesn't have a
> bugzilla entry:
> 
> - http://www.redtube.com - NSFW
> - http://sclipo.com
> - http://www.godtube.com
> - http://www.revver.com - looks like there could be some video codec issues

I have same problem and same error message when opening http://www.eroticvideosex.com/

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