No effect in IE8

[shuxge]

I thought it was my problem, but I use your demos ... still the same does not work, I hope to be resolved

[FlashJunior]

@johndyer see also #1040 #987 #1024

[johndyer]

Yes, there are multiple IE8 error reports, and I'm checking if it's a VM issue or a real issue with IE8 since I can't replicate it on my VM

[FlashJunior]

see also #1061. there you can see combinations where we have problems. let me know if i can test something for you.

[FlashJunior]

any update?

[shuxge]

no

[johndyer]

Were either of you guys able to find a previous version of MediaElement.js that worked with your particular IE8/Flash/VM combination?

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any update?

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[andrejpavlovic]

I had a similar issue and what I noticed was that the "embed" tag was being used instead of the "object" to embed the flash file. Then I looked at the IE detection code and it seems that IE is not being detected correctly.

t.isIE = (nav.appName.toLowerCase().match(/trident/gi) !== null);

"trident" is usually found in the user-agent string, not the appName from what I understand. So I changed the above line of code to:

t.isIE = (ua.match(/trident/gi) !== null);

And the video and video controls started working in IE8 just fine.

[FlashJunior]

@johndyer
if you compere 2.13.0...2.13.1 you see there was a change from
t.isIE = (nav.appName.toLowerCase().indexOf("microsoft") != -1);
to
t.isIE = (nav.appName.toLowerCase().match(/trident/gi) !== null);

there is a comment from 5months ago from @jefferyto what could help.
t.isIE = (nav.appName.match(/microsoft/gi) !== null) || (ua.match(/trident/gi) !== null);

[jefferyto]

@FlashJunior I opened a pull request (#1018) that was merged about 2 months ago. Perhaps you can try testing the latest version from master (if you haven't already)?

[FlashJunior]

@jefferyto but if you look @ https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/blob/master/build/mediaelement-and-player.js in the master you see just t.isIE = (nav.appName.toLowerCase().match(/trident/gi) !== null);

[FlashJunior]

i build a test-page.
http://www.onebyte.ch/preview/mediaelementjs/

2.13.1: is not working with IE8 and older flashplayer then 11.9

• example: http://www.onebyte.ch/preview/mediaelementjs/v2_13_1/demo/mediaelementplayer.html ist black
• example: http://www.onebyte.ch/preview/mediaelementjs/v2_13_1/demo/mediaelementplayer-audio.html ist black

2.13.0: is working with IE8 and older flashplayer then 11.9

• example: http://www.onebyte.ch/preview/mediaelementjs/v2_13_0/demo/mediaelementplayer.html
• example: http://www.onebyte.ch/preview/mediaelementjs/v2_13_0/demo/mediaelementplayer-audio.html

2.12.0: is working with IE8 and older flashplayer then 11.9

• example: http://www.onebyte.ch/preview/mediaelementjs/v2_12_0/demo/mediaelementplayer.html
• example: http://www.onebyte.ch/preview/mediaelementjs/v2_12_0/demo/mediaelementplayer-audio.html

compared: 2.13.0...2.13.1

Screenshot and more: #1040 (comment)

[jefferyto]

@FlashJunior The files in build are built from files in src. If you clone the repo on your local machine and run src/Builder.py (you'll need Python and Java installed), the files in build should be updated.

[FlashJunior]

ah, i see. in https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/blob/master/src/js/me-featuredetection.js is en other detection. so @johndyer should update the build folder :-/

[johndyer]

Yes. I only update the build folder when a release is done. I haven't been able to do this until the IE8 issue is 100% resolved.

JD

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ah, i see. in https://github.com/johndyer/mediaelement/blob/master/src/js/me-featuredetection.js is en other detection. so @johndyer should update the build folder :-/

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[FlashJunior]

@johndyer if you like i can test for you with an old win XP IE8 where i get the errors on 2.13.1 version. Send me the compiled version to fj@flashjunior.ch

[johndyer]

@FlashJunior Just checking here as well. My IE8 works with video on http://www.onebyte.ch/preview/mediaelementjs/v2_13_0/demo/mediaelementplayer.html but I'm still getting a strange error on the audio. I think it might be my Flash install or the fact that I'm using Flash 12.0

[johndyer]

Could you try to updated 2.13.2?

[FlashJunior]

i updated http://www.onebyte.ch/preview/mediaelementjs/
2.13.2 (http://www.onebyte.ch/preview/mediaelementjs/v2_13_2/demo/mediaelementplayer-audio.html) is now working on my test-pc where 2.13.1 (http://www.onebyte.ch/preview/mediaelementjs/v2_13_1/demo/mediaelementplayer-audio.html) fails. thx @johndyer

2.13.1...2.13.2