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Enable TimedMediaHandler video player in articles on mobile (instead of hyperlink to unplayable video)
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Currently, on mobile, if you embed a video in an article, there will only be a link (called "Play media") and it directly links to the .ogv video, instead of using our ogv.js player.

Example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fireattack/sandbox/ogv_video

This causes problem on Chrome Android browser (which should be the dominant browser on this platform) since they don't have a native Theora decoder, nor do they plan to ship one. The users end up not be able to see the video.

The video plays fine when it's in-line of the "File:" page, because of the JS player I assume.

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StatusSubtypeAssignedTask
 ResolvedTheDJT217085 Enable TimedMediaHandler video player in articles on mobile (instead of hyperlink to unplayable video)
 Resolved• brionT100106 Replace Kaltura player with Video.js
 Resolved• brionT116064 Talk to Brightcove folks about improvements/plugins needed for VideoJS
 ResolvedTheDJT119048 Create OGV.js tech module for video.js
 Resolved• brionT131544 Support source switching with ogvjs videojs plugin
 Resolved• brionT134104 Update ogv.js to 1.1.0 release
 ResolvedTheDJT119049 Prototype a Video.JS audio skin
 ResolvedTheDJT132493 Video.js player needs a link to the description page
 ResolvedTheDJT138713 Support iframe mode
 ResolvedJdforrester-WMFT148103 Provide a desktop beta feature of replacing Kaltura player with Video.js
 Resolved• brionT111552 Create an API to serve subtitles
 Resolved• brionT136033 Allow server side parsing of the subtitles
 ResolvedTheDJT133228 Make video.js's loading of ogv.js conditional
 Resolved• brionT165817 BlockLevelPass matches "<track" to "<tr", causing missing <p> tags
 ResolvedTheDJT121387 Support subtitles for audio files
 ResolvedTheDJT226319 Adjust the amount of controls to the available space in the controlbar
 InvalidNoneT148586 TMH videojs mode has no fallback content for video and audio for IE 8
 ResolvedovasilevaT228339 VideoJS needs to be lazy-loaded on click before we can release it by default
 ResolvedLadsgroupT248418 Roll out videojs as the only video/audio player on all Wikimedia wikis
 ResolvedQuiddityT303406 CL support for videojs rollout
 ResolvedFeature• brionT303884 Show time-length for audio files by default in VideoJS
 ResolvedBUG REPORTTheDJT306836 Score audio players processed by videoJS are invisible
 ResolvedKrinkleT230505 ParserOutput cache issue with videojs

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fireattack created this task.Feb 25 2019, 7:49 PM
Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptFeb 25 2019, 7:49 PM
Jdlrobson edited projects, added TimedMediaHandler, Mobile; removed MobileFrontend.Feb 25 2019, 9:01 PM
• alexhollender_WMF triaged this task as Medium priority.Feb 25 2019, 9:01 PM
• alexhollender_WMF added a project: Web-Team-Backlog.
• alexhollender_WMF moved this task from Needs triage to Triaged on the Mobile board.
Jdlrobson moved this task from Incoming to Tracking on the Web-Team-Backlog board.Feb 25 2019, 9:03 PM
Jdlrobson edited projects, added Web-Team-Backlog (Tracking); removed Web-Team-Backlog.
TheDJ moved this task from To sort to Player on the TimedMediaHandler board.May 8 2019, 11:22 AM
TheDJ added a subtask: T100106: Replace Kaltura player with Video.js.May 20 2019, 1:06 PM
TheDJ subscribed.

This is blocked on finalizing the video.js player

Krinkle renamed this task from Use JS player for video playback on mobile when opening from an article, instead of directly linking to the video to Enable TimedMediaHandler video player in articles on mobile (instead of hyperlink to unplayable video).Jun 24 2019, 4:11 PM
• brion subscribed.Jun 24 2019, 5:34 PM

Note that with the "New video player" beta feature enabled, this can be tested in production -- just make sure you're logged in in the mobile browser and it will pick up the preference.

There may be control-size issues which still have to be worked out.

Jdforrester-WMF edited projects, added VideoJS player; removed TimedMediaHandler.Nov 7 2019, 4:18 PM
Jdlrobson subscribed.Jul 28 2020, 4:26 PM

This is becoming more of an issue as it's blocking the removal of the mobile targets system.

Note there are options that allow for fixing T235712 by changing the strategy for adding the module without making the underlying code work in mobile.

Jdlrobson mentioned this in T235712: Fix the most common "Module not loadable on target mobile" warnings (Oct 2019).Jul 28 2020, 4:38 PM
Jdlrobson moved this task from Untriaged to Untag on the Web-Team-Backlog (Tracking) board.Sep 21 2021, 8:49 PM
LGoto removed a project: Web-Team-Backlog (Tracking).Nov 9 2021, 4:23 PM
Iniquity moved this task from Backlog to New features on the VideoJS player board.Apr 28 2022, 9:05 AM
TheDJ closed this task as Resolved.May 19 2022, 5:49 PM
TheDJ claimed this task.

Fixed with the deploy of videojs

Jdforrester-WMF closed subtask T100106: Replace Kaltura player with Video.js as Resolved.May 25 2022, 12:50 PM
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