www.wsj.com - Unable to play video in Firefox for Android

[snorp]

URL: http://www.wsj.com/articles/obamas-appearance-at-indias-republic-day-sends-message-to-china-1422245039
Browser / Version: Firefox 38.0
Operating System: Android
Problem type: Looks like the website has a bug.
Site owner: No

Steps to Reproduce

1. Navigate to: http://www.wsj.com/articles/obamas-appearance-at-indias-republic-day-sends-message-to-china-1422245039
2. Try to play the video
3. Observe a message stating my browser does not support HTML5 video

Expected Behavior: Play the video
Actual Behavior: Error

It looks like WSJ is doing some user agent sniffing here. If I view the page with the Fennec UA in desktop I am able to get the same message.

[karlcow]

that seems to be a duplicate of https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1125892

[hallvors]

Indeed same issue as bug 1125892.

            var ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
            var is_firefox = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('firefox') > -1;
            var isIpad = ua.match(/(ipad|iphone|ipod)/i);
            var isAndroid = ua.match(/(android)/i);
            var canPlay =  false;
            if ( isIpad || (ua.match(/(android)/i) && parseFloat(ua.slice(ua.indexOf("android")+8)) >= 4.0)){
              settings.disableHtmlControls = true;
              canPlay = true;
            }

I guess we can close the bugzilla one and keep this one open..

[karlcow]

Maybe @MALRMALR can help. He doesn't seem to work directly on WSJ site, but maybe he can put us in contact with the right persons.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelalross

[MALRMALR]

@karlcow is correct, I do not work directly on the WSJ site, but might be able to identify someone you could speak to concerning this issue. However, before I do, I was able to successfully view this video on firefox for android (Nexus 6 running Lollipop). Are you still seeing this issue?

[snorp]

Yup, working here now too. Guess they fixed it, woo!

[karlcow]

Very cool. Thanks to both of you.

[karlcow]

fixed.