Videos are no longer playable
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	ARamadan-WMF
	Nov 29 2023, 4:23 PM

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Videos are not playing anymore after the recent update.

All the videos are currently unplayable. It takes several minutes to play, whereas in the previous updates, it was faster than ever!
Unfortunately, due to the recent update, it became unplayable.

Screenrecording_20231129_235600.mp42 MBDownload

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Mentioned In: T352114: Android Regression Test - 2.7.50462-r-2023-12-04

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ARamadan-WMF created this task.Nov 29 2023, 4:23 PM

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Dbrant renamed this task from Issue with Unplayable Videos and Timelapse Reversal after Recent Update to Videos are no longer playable.Dec 1 2023, 8:57 PM

Dbrant triaged this task as Medium priority.

Dbrant claimed this task.Dec 1 2023, 9:40 PM

Dbrant moved this task from Needs Triage to Android Release - FY2023-24 on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog board.

Dbrant edited projects, added Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2023-24); removed Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog.

Dbrant moved this task from Epics in Progress to Code Review on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2023-24) board.

cooltey moved this task from Code Review to QA signoff on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2023-24) board.Dec 4 2023, 8:11 PM

cooltey mentioned this in T352114: Android Regression Test - 2.7.50462-r-2023-12-04.Dec 4 2023, 8:16 PM

I was able to play some videos, I also found some videos that do not play. I looked here to find articles with videos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_video_clips?from=Oa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Oakley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-rumped_thornbill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mortal_Storm

Testing on 2.7.50462-r-2023-12-04