Music player does not work on iOS

[Caobita9]

I have installed HoloPlay on my server and when I access through my iOS device, the music does not play.

I have tried Safari and Edge, neither works, I think all browsers on iOS work under Web-Kit, maybe that is the problem, but I read that HoloPlay was compatible with iOS devices.

Can you please confirm this for me?

Also, I take advantage of this thread to ask something, is it normal that the thumbnails take a long time to load? Sometimes they don't even load, sometimes they load very fast and sometimes they load slowly.

Thank you for your help.

[stephane-r]

Hi @Caobita9

I don't have an iPhone, but HoloPlay is supposed to work on Apple environments (I've seen it work several times on different iPhones). If I'm not saying anything stupid, @maboroshin uses HoloPlay with an iPhone.

Unfortunately for you, "doesn't work" doesn't give me much guidance.

Do you have more explicit information like :

• What is happening ? Are you trying to play a video?
• do you have an error notification?
• URL of your invidious instance
• if possible, the URL of your HoloPlay instance (this is not always possible)

About tunmbnails loading, it's depending the server (if you can, share it).

Thank you 😃

[maboroshin]

The official instance works on iPhone iOS 17 or the old iOS 15: https://app.holoplay.io/

[Caobita9]

Hi,

I'm using the official instance now and it doesn't work either, the problem is that the music doesn't play, the interface loads correctly, but when I select a video/song, the player opens but doesn't play, I click pause and hit play again, it still doesn't play. No error appears.

Today, researching, I realized something, the only way I have managed to make it work is as follows:

• I select a song.
• In the player, I click on the option "Open video".
• I play the video and close it after 3-5 seconds.
• Automatically the song is played from the beginning through the player.

I am using iOS 17.4 on an iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Thanks.

[maboroshin]

@Caobita9 Information on the instances used is also requested.

[Caobita9]

As I said in the last comment, I am using the official instance https://app.holoplay.io/

If this is not what you need, I don't know what you mean, forgive my ignorance.

[maboroshin]

@Caobita9 You can check your Invidious instance from the settings.

[stephane-r]

@Caobita9 You can check your Invidious instance from the settings.

Yes, like this

Also, can you share one of video you try to play ?

Example : https://app.holoplay.io/?v=Vj4jojjA8ug

Thank you @Caobita9 💪

[Caobita9]

@stephane-r I am using the same instance as you, "invidious.fdn.fr" but I have tried others and they don't work neither.

I share some links of songs that I try to play:

https://app.holoplay.io/?v=AwSFuXm5wxg https://app.holoplay.io/?v=Mr6FX6azSAc https://app.holoplay.io/?v=wBUeg1Fed_o

Thanks

[Caobita9]

@stephane-r I attach a video where you see that the player is not working and also showing what I said above, clicking on "Watch Video", playing it, stopping it, and it automatically starts the song in the player.

https://github.com/stephane-r/holoplay-pwa/assets/153455962/2aaaf505-7d74-4dfb-8f1f-392184640dcd

[stephane-r]

Thank you @Caobita9 :)

Mmmm, if the video player start automatically, this means that there is an error in the network request for the video.

I will see about adding a notification at this time in order to have a little more information on this usecase 👍

Just for information, are you able to try on another device (mobile or desktop), on the same network ?

[Caobita9]

@stephane-r Yes, I can use it normally on my Windows 11 desktop computer, and also on another Ubuntu computer, all connected to the same network.

However, I don't think my network is the problem, I have tried using it from my iPhone with the mobile network and it doesn't work either.

It seems to be a problem with iOS, at least with the 17.4 beta version.

[Caobita9]

Hi @stephane-r @maboroshin

Solved.

It seems it was a problem with version 17.4 beta, I have upgraded to version 17.4 beta 2 and now it works correctly.

Thanks for your help.

[stephane-r]

Very strange, good to know!

Thank you for your feedback and good listening 🎶 !