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Chocobozzz / PeerTube

ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser
https://joinpeertube.org/
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Poor loading on mobile #2952

Closed Halfwren closed 4 years ago

Halfwren commented 4 years ago

Hello there, I am new to peertube so I apologize in advance for any n00bery.

I'm developing a website designed primary for use on mobile, and this site includes links to videos that are hosted off-site (I was originally just going to link to youtube videos, but I would rather expose people to something more decentralized if possible).

In my test (in browser on iphone), the link leads to the video on peertube just fine, but whether or not the video loads in any kind of timely manner is incredibly inconsistent. It usually stays a black screen and only pulls up even a short video maybe 1 in 15 or 20 loads. This is the case from multiple browsers (and in any case I want consistency from as many mobile browsers as possible, naturally). As you can imagine, this would make most people abandon the site before learning enough to put up with this level of issue.

Is this inconsistency on mobile a noted problem with peertube, or with WebRTC in general? Is this problem something that is instance-specific (and if so, I would love if someone could break down what tweaks might make a peertube instance work more consistently on mobile).

Thank you in advance for any help!

rigelk commented 4 years ago

Hi @Halfwren, we cannot debug without video URL where you noticed the issue. Could you provide examples?

Chocobozzz commented 4 years ago

If the peertube instance uses the webtorrent player, enabling HLS could help

Halfwren commented 4 years ago

@rigelk Sorry about the delay here, the mobile version of this link is one that never seemed to load on mobile with any consistency https://peertube.fidonet.io/videos/watch/f895d4b0-2292-4b4c-845c-7975b2ea3e0c

rigelk commented 4 years ago

What mobile and browser version have you tested this on?

Halfwren commented 4 years ago

iPhone 10, safari and firefox. It isn't my instance, by the way. If you're not encountering the same issue, I don't want to waste too much of your time on this, as it seems I should be able to set something up...on looking further it seems the problem might be entirely on my end

Chocobozzz commented 4 years ago

@Halfwren Sorry but I could not reproduce the issue using browser stack. Maybe related to your network? Closing this issue, don't hesitate to comment if you find something new.