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Bug 719436 - Cannot play videos from www.nba.com
Cannot play videos from www.nba.com
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Backend
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal major
: ---
Assigned To: Xan Lopez
Epiphany Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-11-27 17:22 UTC by Sergio Villar
Modified: 2018-08-03 20:09 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---



Description Sergio Villar 2013-11-27 17:22:10 UTC
- Steps to reproduce:

1- Go to http://www.nba.com
2- The front page shows several tiles with videos
3- Click play in one of them
4- A new page is opened showing a video player

- Expected outcome:

the video is played

- Actual outcome:

no video shown. It eventually shows a plugin error inside the video canvas

I guess it's a matter of activating some setting because MiniBrowser nicely plays the videos.
Comment 1 Ishaan 2013-12-15 11:02:44 UTC
My browser (epiphany) does play videos from http://www.nba.com. You should try to update/install flash on your system.

Screenshot: http://imagebin.org/282359
Comment 2 Sergio Villar 2013-12-16 09:48:06 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> My browser (epiphany) does play videos from http://www.nba.com. You should try
> to update/install flash on your system.
> 
> Screenshot: http://imagebin.org/282359

This has nothing to do with installing flash, because it works in the other browsers. It likely works for you because you're using the package provided by your distribution. I'm talking about epiphany and WebKit built from the repositories.
Comment 3 Michael Catanzaro 2018-03-25 17:48:24 UTC
This is a mass NEEDINFO of all Epiphany bugs with no activity in the past three years. I'm going to be automatically closing old bugs to help us focus on current problems. If you feel this bug is still relevant with Epiphany 3.26 or newer, then please leave any comment here so that I know not to close this one.
Comment 4 Sergio Villar 2018-03-26 09:35:17 UTC
Tried today with https://watch.nba.com/video/channels/highlights/48eb143c-c77a-42ed-9450-a4c95acee11a.nba?category=latestnbavideos and still no luck, the bug is there.
Comment 5 Sergio Villar 2018-03-26 09:37:53 UTC
(In reply to Sergio Villar from comment #4)
> Tried today with
> https://watch.nba.com/video/channels/highlights/48eb143c-c77a-42ed-9450-
> a4c95acee11a.nba?category=latestnbavideos and still no luck, the bug is
> there.

Correction, works fine with MiniBrowser but totally fails with Debian's

ephy 3.28.0.1
webkitgtk 2.20.0
libsoup 2.62.0
glib-networking 2.56.0
Comment 6 Michael Catanzaro 2018-03-26 15:36:11 UTC
If it works in MiniBrowser but not Epiphany, then try disabling the adblocker.

First error in the web inspector is related to an ad:

[Error] ERROR
TypeError: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'window.nbaAdSidebar.init')
(anonymous function) — adInit.js:4
onInvokeTask — vendor.bundle.js:1:261798
runTask — polyfills.bundle.js:1:40411
invokeTask — polyfills.bundle.js:1:46338
(anonymous function) — polyfills.bundle.js:1:60527
nrWrapper — morning-tip-mailbag-march-26-2018:10:11786
	Lt (vendor.bundle.js:1:244825)
	handleError (vendor.bundle.js:1:245019)
	next (vendor.bundle.js:1:267655)
	(anonymous function) (vendor.bundle.js:1:260535)
	__tryOrUnsub (vendor.bundle.js:1:154579)
	next (vendor.bundle.js:1:153865)
	_next (vendor.bundle.js:1:152934)
	next (vendor.bundle.js:1:152606)
	next (vendor.bundle.js:1:519938)
	emit (vendor.bundle.js:1:260309)
	run (polyfills.bundle.js:1:39716)
	onHandleError (vendor.bundle.js:1:262165)
	runTask (polyfills.bundle.js:1:40466)
	invokeTask (polyfills.bundle.js:1:46338)
	(anonymous function) (polyfills.bundle.js:1:60527)
	nrWrapper (morning-tip-mailbag-march-26-2018:10:11786)

Other errors:

[Error] Failed to load resource: Error resolving “cvpdev.turner.com”: No address associated with hostname (cvp.min.js.map, line 0)

[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 (Forbidden) (bWVzc2FnaW5nLmpz.map, line 0)

[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 (Forbidden) (Ym9vdHN0cmFwLmpz.map, line 0)
Comment 7 Michael Catanzaro 2018-03-26 15:37:24 UTC
I doesn't play at all in Fedora's MiniBrowser, but that might be a codecs issue I guess.
Comment 8 Michael Catanzaro 2018-03-26 15:39:02 UTC
It fails to play for me even with adblocker disabled.

I don't have any other guesses for why it might be working in MiniBrowser but not Epiphany.
Comment 9 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-08-03 20:09:29 UTC
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