Investigate iOS playback

[trueChazza]

Media not playing on iOS.

Please provide the following info to assist this:

• iOS version
• Media info (container, video codec, audio codec)
• Browser
• Browser version

Thank you!

[parer55]

IOS version : 15.0.1.
Model : IPad 2021.
Media info : any media, h264 or h265, all mkv.
Browser : tested on latest Safari and brave.

[parer55]

It stays like this forever.

[parer55]

https://pastebin.com/NwhC0Ekq

[trueChazza]

Awesome thank you! I’ll look into this and get back to you asap

[trueChazza]

Thank you for your patience with this one. After some testing it seems iOS doesn't support mkv
mp4 play just fine.

[trueChazza]

https://pastebin.com/NwhC0Ekq

Logs look fine. It's the client (iOS) in this case that doesn't support the container (mkv)

[parer55]

Oh. So no way to enable it in the futur? At all? Such a shame... ☹

[trueChazza]

I do have an issue #210 to look into audio transcoding at the server level for next release. Maybe while I'm there I could also look into what it will take to remux or encode mkv to mp4 on the fly too?

That way you can set what the output container and audio will be from your sever settings.

[trueChazza]

#258

Tagged for next release v2.1.0 I'll keep you updated 😄

[trueChazza]

Hi @parer55
I'm happy to announce this is now in v2.1.0-beta.6

You'll find a new "Test" button, next to the "Play" button for your media.
Any feedback is appreciated 😄 thanks.

[parer55]

Hello,
Thanks for the new beta version. Doesn't seem to do the trick however. Below a paste of my logs. Ask if you want me to give you anything else.

https://pastebin.com/r9RL0gTD

[parer55]

This is what happens after a few seconds of loading.

[parer55]

Ok now i've managed to get sound on this file for a few minutes :
https://pastebin.com/t2GrusZZ

[trueChazza]

Awesome thank you for sending this through. I’ll look into it further and get back to you.

[parer55]

If you need anything, knock on my door!

[trueChazza]

I’ve tracked down the issue. Aiming to have a fix up over the next few days. Thanks for testing this out!

[trueChazza]

This is exciting by the way! Up until now Midarr has only served media as is.
Remuxing on the fly opens up alot of new possibilities like on demand transcoding for example.

Super exciting, so thank you again for bringing this up and helping push this forward!

[trueChazza]

v2.1.0-beta.7

Give this build a go 😄

[trueChazza]

Ok now i've managed to get sound on this file for a few minutes : https://pastebin.com/t2GrusZZ

This is a 4K video too, which I'm not sure if iOS Safari supports. Remember this update is only allowing the container i.e. mkv, to be remuxed on the fly to a wider supported container i.e. mpeg-ts, for playback.

Could you also try a 1080p video?

[trueChazza]

https://github.com/midarrlabs/midarr-server/discussions/292

@parer55 special thanks for helping with this release.