I have written some code stream video over a websocket so a sourcebuffer
which works in Chrome and Edge.
However, when I run this in Firefox, the video never plays back, just a spinning wheel animation is displayed. When I check the <video>
statistics, It reads HAVE_METADATA
as the ready state and NETWORK_LOADING
as the network state.
The code looks follows:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8"/>
</head>
<body>
<video controls></video>
<script>
var mime = 'video/mp4; codecs="avc1.4D401E,mp4a.40.2"';
var address = 'ws://localhost:54132'
/* Media Source */
var source = new MediaSource();
var video = document.querySelector('video');
video.src = URL.createObjectURL(source);
source.addEventListener('sourceopen', sourceOpen);
/* Buffer */
var buffer;
var socket;
var queue = [];
var offset = -1;
var timescale;
// When the media source opens:
function sourceOpen() {
buffer = source.addSourceBuffer(mime);
buffer.addEventListener('updateend', processQueue);
socket = new WebSocket(address);
socket.binaryType = 'arraybuffer';
socket.onmessage = onMessage;
}
// When more data is received.
function onMessage(event) {
queue.push(event.data);
processQueue();
}
// Process queue if possible.
function processQueue() {
if ((queue.length == 0) || (buffer.updating)) {
return;
}
var data = queue.shift();
if (offset === -1) {
var parsed = parseMP4(data);
if (parsed.hasOwnProperty('moov')) {
timescale = parsed.moov.mvhd.timescale;
} else if (parsed.hasOwnProperty('moof')) {
offset = 0 - (parsed.moof.traf[0].tfdt.baseMediaDecodeTime / this.timescale - 0.4);
buffer.timestampOffset = offset;
}
}
// console.log('appending ' + data.byteLength + ' bytes');
buffer.appendBuffer(data);
}
// Parse out the offset.
function parseMP4(data) {
// SNIP for brevity
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Could not reproduce
<video>
element not playing at firefox 47.Merged approaches at Mocking Websocket Message Events to create mock
WebSocket
events;bufferAll.html
demo at Let's Make a Netflix An Intro to Streaming Media on the Web forMediaSource
usage pattern.Included
<progress>
andprogress
event to notify user of media loading status.plnkr http://plnkr.co/edit/RCIqDXTB2BL3lec9bhfz