more debugging work

ui/component/viewers/videoViewer/internal/plugins/videojs-mobile-ui/plugin.js

@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ const onPlayerReady = (player, options) => {
  *           Never shows if the endscreen plugin is present
  */
 const mobileUi = function(options) {
-  // if (videojs.browser.IS_ANDROID || videojs.browser.IS_IOS) {
-  if (videojs.browser.IS_ANDROID) {
+  if (videojs.browser.IS_ANDROID || videojs.browser.IS_IOS) {
+  // if (videojs.browser.IS_ANDROID) {
     this.ready(() => {
       onPlayerReady(this, videojs.mergeOptions(defaults, options));
     });

ui/component/viewers/videoViewer/internal/videojs.jsx

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ type Props = {
   userId: ?number,
   // allowPreRoll: ?boolean,
   shareTelemetry: boolean,
+  showAutoplayCountdown: boolean
 };
 
 // type VideoJSOptions = {
@@ -84,11 +85,12 @@ const VIDEO_JS_OPTIONS = {
   controls: true,
   html5: {
     vhs: {
-      overrideNative: !videojs.browser.IS_ANY_SAFARI,
+      overrideNative: true, // don't override on safari
     },
   },
 };
 
+// keys to bind to for keyboard shortcuts
 const SPACE_BAR_KEYCODE = 32;
 const SMALL_F_KEYCODE = 70;
 const SMALL_M_KEYCODE = 77;
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ const SEEK_BACKWARD_KEYCODE_5 = ARROW_LEFT_KEYCODE;
 const SEEK_STEP_5 = 5;
 const SEEK_STEP = 10; // time to seek in seconds
 
+// register videojs plugins
 if (!Object.keys(videojs.getPlugins()).includes('eventTracking')) {
   videojs.registerPlugin('eventTracking', eventTracking);
 }
@@ -197,6 +200,7 @@ export default React.memo<Props>(function VideoJs(props: Props) {
     userId,
     // allowPreRoll,
     shareTelemetry,
+    showAutoplayCountdown,
   } = props;
 
   const [reload, setReload] = useState('initial');
@@ -217,11 +221,7 @@ export default React.memo<Props>(function VideoJs(props: Props) {
       eventTracking: true,
       overlay: OVERLAY.OVERLAY_DATA,
     },
-    // fixes problem of errant CC button showing up on iOS
-    // the true fix here is to fix the m3u8 file, see: https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/6315
-    controlBar: {
-      subsCapsButton: false,
-    },
+    // bigPlayButton: false,
   };
 
   const tapToUnmuteRef = useRef();
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ export default React.memo<Props>(function VideoJs(props: Props) {
 
     switch (tapButton) {
       case TAP.NONE:
+        document.getElementsByClassName('video-js--tap-to-unmute')[0].style.visibility = 'hidden';
         setButtonVisibility(tapToUnmuteRef, false);
         setButtonVisibility(tapToRetryRef, false);
         break;
@@ -263,14 +264,18 @@ export default React.memo<Props>(function VideoJs(props: Props) {
     }
   }
 
+  // unmute video when player hits "Tap to unmute button"
   function unmuteAndHideHint() {
     const player = playerRef.current;
     if (player) {
+      // unmute the video
       player.muted(false);
+      // turn the volume all the way up if it's at 0
       if (player.volume() === 0) {
         player.volume(1.0);
       }
     }
+    // hide "Tap to unmute" button
     showTapButton(TAP.NONE);
   }
 
@@ -296,29 +301,29 @@ export default React.memo<Props>(function VideoJs(props: Props) {
     // as the listener to update static texts.
     const player = playerRef.current;
     if (player) {
-      const controlBar = player.getChild('controlBar');
+      // const controlBar = player.getChild('controlBar');
       switch (e.type) {
         case 'play':
-          controlBar.getChild('PlayToggle').controlText(__('Pause (space)'));
+          // controlBar.getChild('PlayToggle').controlText(__('Pause (space)'));
           break;
         case 'pause':
-          controlBar.getChild('PlayToggle').controlText(__('Play (space)'));
+          // controlBar.getChild('PlayToggle').controlText(__('Play (space)'));
           break;
         case 'volumechange':
-          controlBar
-            .getChild('VolumePanel')
-            .getChild('MuteToggle')
-            .controlText(player.muted() || player.volume() === 0 ? __('Unmute (m)') : __('Mute (m)'));
+          // controlBar
+          //   .getChild('VolumePanel')
+          //   .getChild('MuteToggle')
+          //   .controlText(player.muted() || player.volume() === 0 ? __('Unmute (m)') : __('Mute (m)'));
           break;
         case 'fullscreenchange':
-          controlBar
-            .getChild('FullscreenToggle')
-            .controlText(player.isFullscreen() ? __('Exit Fullscreen (f)') : __('Fullscreen (f)'));
+          // controlBar
+          //   .getChild('FullscreenToggle')
+          //   .controlText(player.isFullscreen() ? __('Exit Fullscreen (f)') : __('Fullscreen (f)'));
           break;
         case 'loadstart':
           // --- Do everything ---
-          controlBar.getChild('PlaybackRateMenuButton').controlText(__('Playback Rate (<, >)'));
-          controlBar.getChild('QualityButton').controlText(__('Quality'));
+          // controlBar.getChild('PlaybackRateMenuButton').controlText(__('Playback Rate (<, >)'));
+          // controlBar.getChild('QualityButton').controlText(__('Quality'));
           resolveCtrlText({ type: 'play' });
           resolveCtrlText({ type: 'pause' });
           resolveCtrlText({ type: 'volumechange' });
@@ -329,7 +334,7 @@ export default React.memo<Props>(function VideoJs(props: Props) {
           // (2) We'll have to get 'makeSelectClientSetting(SETTINGS.VIDEO_THEATER_MODE)'
           // as a prop here so we can say "Theater mode|Default mode" instead of
           // "Toggle Theater mode".
-          controlBar.getChild('Button').controlText(__('Toggle Theater mode (t)'));
+          // controlBar.getChild('Button').controlText(__('Toggle Theater mode (t)'));
           break;
         default:
           if (isDev) throw Error('Unexpected: ' + e.type);
@@ -340,6 +345,7 @@ export default React.memo<Props>(function VideoJs(props: Props) {
 
   function onInitialPlay() {
     const player = playerRef.current;
+    // show the unmute button if the video is muted
     if (player && (player.muted() || player.volume() === 0)) {
       // The css starts as "hidden". We make it visible here without
       // re-rendering the whole thing.
@@ -357,6 +363,7 @@ export default React.memo<Props>(function VideoJs(props: Props) {
   }
 
   function onError() {
+    console.log('error!');
     const player = playerRef.current;
     showTapButton(TAP.RETRY);
 
@@ -493,6 +500,7 @@ export default React.memo<Props>(function VideoJs(props: Props) {
     wrapper.setAttribute('data-vjs-player', 'true');
     const el = document.createElement(isAudio ? 'audio' : 'video');
     el.className = 'video-js vjs-big-play-centered';
+
     wrapper.appendChild(el);
 
     container.appendChild(wrapper);
@@ -625,10 +633,11 @@ export default React.memo<Props>(function VideoJs(props: Props) {
       window.removeEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDown);
 
       const player = playerRef.current;
-      if (player) {
+      player.pause()
       player.dispose();
+      window.oldPlayer = window.player;
       window.player = undefined;
-      }
+
     };
   }, [isAudio]);
 
@@ -666,6 +675,8 @@ export default React.memo<Props>(function VideoJs(props: Props) {
     });
   }, [source, reload]);
 
+  console.log('RUNNING HERE VIDEOJS!');
+
   return (
     // $FlowFixMe
     <div className={classnames('video-js-parent', { 'video-js-parent--ios': IS_IOS })} ref={containerRef}>

ui/component/viewers/videoViewer/view.jsx

@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ function VideoViewer(props: Props) {
   breaks because some browsers (e.g. Firefox) block autoplay but leave the player.play Promise pending */
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
 
+  const IS_IOS =
+    (/iPad|iPhone|iPod/.test(navigator.platform) ||
+      (navigator.platform === 'MacIntel' && navigator.maxTouchPoints > 1)) &&
+    !window.MSStream;
+
+  console.log("RUNNING HERE PARENT VIEW.")
+
   // force everything to recent when URI changes, can cause weird corner cases otherwise (e.g. navigate while autoplay is true)
   useEffect(() => {
     if (uri && previousUri && uri !== previousUri) {
@@ -203,7 +210,17 @@ function VideoViewer(props: Props) {
     playerReadyDependencyList.push(desktopPlayStartTime);
   }
 
+  let alreadyRunning = false;
+
   const onPlayerReady = useCallback((player: Player) => {
+    console.log('already running');
+    console.log(alreadyRunning)
+    console.log(new Date())
+    alreadyRunning = true;
+
+
+    console.log("PLAYER READY CALLBACK")
+
     if (!embedded) {
       player.muted(muted);
       player.volume(volume);
@@ -212,23 +229,52 @@ function VideoViewer(props: Props) {
     }
 
     const shouldPlay = !embedded || autoplayIfEmbedded;
+
+    // console.log('should play');
+    // console.log(shouldPlay);
+
+    // TODO: this is causing issues with videos starting randomly
     // https://blog.videojs.com/autoplay-best-practices-with-video-js/#Programmatic-Autoplay-and-Success-Failure-Detection
     if (shouldPlay) {
-      const playPromise = player.play();
-      const timeoutPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
-        setTimeout(() => reject(PLAY_TIMEOUT_ERROR), PLAY_TIMEOUT_LIMIT)
-      );
+      console.log('starting video!');
 
-      Promise.race([playPromise, timeoutPromise]).catch((error) => {
-        if (typeof error === 'object' && error.name && error.name === 'NotAllowedError') {
-          if (player.autoplay() && !player.muted()) {
-            // player.muted(true);
-            // another version had player.play()
+      (async function() {
+        try {
+          console.log('is playing already');
+          console.log(isPlaying);
+          console.log('player');
+          console.log(player);
+          // console.log('is paused!');
+          // console.log(player.paused());
+
+          const isAlreadyPlaying = isPlaying;
+          setIsPlaying(true);
+
+          if (!isAlreadyPlaying) {
+            console.log('STARTING PLAYER')
+            const playerResponse = player.play();
+            const isPaused = player.paused();
+            // console.log(playerResponse)
+            // await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 2000));
+            // console.log(playerResponse);
+            if (IS_IOS && isPaused) {
+              document.getElementsByClassName('video-js--tap-to-unmute')[0].style.visibility = 'visible';
+              player.muted(true);
+              const iosResponse = player.play();
+
+              await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 2000));
+              console.log(iosResponse);
             }
+          } else {
+            console.log('ALREADY HAVE PLAYER, DISPOSING!!')
+            player.dispose()
           }
-        setIsLoading(false);
-        setIsPlaying(false);
-      });
+          console.log('\n\n')
+
+        } catch (err) {
+          console.log(err);
+        }
+      })();
     }
 
     setIsLoading(shouldPlay); // if we are here outside of an embed, we're playing
@@ -261,6 +307,7 @@ function VideoViewer(props: Props) {
         changeMute(player.muted());
       }
     });
+
     player.on('ratechange', () => {
       const HAVE_NOTHING = 0; // https://docs.videojs.com/player#readyState
       if (player && player.readyState() !== HAVE_NOTHING) {
@@ -289,7 +336,7 @@ function VideoViewer(props: Props) {
       {isEndededEmbed && <FileViewerEmbeddedEnded uri={uri} />}
       {embedded && !isEndededEmbed && <FileViewerEmbeddedTitle uri={uri} />}
       {/* disable this loading behavior because it breaks when player.play() promise hangs */}
-      {isLoading && <LoadingScreen status={__('Loading')} />}
+      {/* {isLoading && <LoadingScreen status={__('Loading')} />} */}
 
       {!isFetchingAd && adUrl && (
         <>
@@ -336,6 +383,7 @@ function VideoViewer(props: Props) {
           userId={userId}
           allowPreRoll={!embedded && !authenticated}
           shareTelemetry={shareTelemetry}
+          showAutoplayCountdown={autoplaySetting}
         />
       )}
     </div>

ui/scss/component/_videojs.scss

@@ -150,3 +150,10 @@
 .bottom-gradient {
   background-image: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 0%, transparent 72px);
 }
+
+.vjs-big-play-button {
+  // if the user is using a mouse
+  @media (pointer: none), (pointer:coarse) {
+    display: none !important;
+  }
+}