fix: use an audio element in listen mode so playback continues on iOS in the background - #4265
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…ontinues on iOS in the background iOS pauses <video> elements when a PWA is backgrounded or the screen locks, even when the video track itself is disabled via manifest.disableVideo. <audio> elements are exempt from this restriction, so listen mode now renders an <audio> element instead of a <video> element with a disabled track.
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 10 included reviews per hour; 7 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe player uses an audio element for non-livestream listen mode and a video element otherwise. Shaka configuration, legacy MP4 fallback selection, and picture-in-picture controls use the computed audio-only state. ChangesAudio-only playback
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Listen mode now uses an audio element to support background playback on iOS, but the current implementation still carries two concrete playback risks: switching elements may interrupt playback handling, and a fallback stream may not contain audio. These should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant VideoPlayer
participant PlayerUtils
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VideoPlayer->>PlayerUtils: evaluate shouldUseAudioOnlyElement
PlayerUtils-->>VideoPlayer: return audio-only state
VideoPlayer->>PlayerUtils: selectLegacyStream(videoStreams, isAudioOnly)
PlayerUtils-->>VideoPlayer: return legacy stream
VideoPlayer->>Shaka: render audio or video element
VideoPlayer->>Shaka: configure disableVideo from audio-only state
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In `@src/components/VideoPlayer.vue`:
- Around line 9-17: Update VideoPlayer’s media-element transition when
isAudioOnly changes so the existing currentTime is preserved, Shaka and its UI
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loadVideo() listeners are restored for the new element.
- Line 17: Update the VideoPlayer logic around the videoEl loadeddata listener
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…layback HTMLAudioElement does not implement requestPictureInPicture, so listen mode would throw when PiP was triggered via the loadeddata listener, the alt+p hotkey, or the overflow menu. Guard all three against isAudioOnly.
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9-17: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winSelect an audio-capable fallback for audio-only playback.
When the fallback selects a
videoStreamsentry withcodec == nullandvideoOnly == true,loadVideo()passes its video-only URL andmime = "video/mp4"to the<audio>element. The element cannot produce audio from that resource. Select fromprops.video.audioStreamsand preservemimeType, or requirevideoOnly === falseand test the no-muxed-stream case.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/components/VideoPlayer.vue`:
- Around line 9-17: Select an audio-capable stream in the loadVideo fallback for
audio-only playback: use an entry from props.video.audioStreams and preserve its
mimeType, or restrict the existing selection to streams with videoOnly ===
false. Also handle the case where no muxed audio-capable stream exists so the
audio element is never given a video-only URL with a video MIME type.
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…ck fallback The final loadVideo() fallback (used when MSE, DASH, HLS, and LBRY are all unavailable) only filtered on codec == null, without excluding video-only streams. Filter those out explicitly so the selected stream is guaranteed to carry audio, which matters now that this URI can be handed to an <audio> element in listen mode.
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In `@src/components/VideoPlayer.vue`:
- Line 679: Update the fallback stream lookup in loadVideo() so videoOnly
streams are excluded only when isAudioOnly is true, while preserving them for
normal playback. Guard the findLast() result before accessing url, and fall back
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…ayback Excluding video-only streams from the legacy playback fallback should only apply in listen mode; normal video playback still needs the previous, broader stream selection. Fall back to the original selection when no audio-capable stream is found so an audio-only selection failure can't crash the load.
…egacyStream Pulls the fallback stream-selection condition out of loadVideo() into a small pure function in PlayerUtils.js, matching how shouldUseAudioOnlyElement is already isolated. No behavior change.
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Fixes #1314
Problem
On iOS, Safari (including installed PWAs) pauses
<video>elements assoon as the app is backgrounded or the screen locks. Listen mode
(the headphones toggle) currently still renders a
<video>elementand only disables the video track via
manifest.disableVideoin theShaka Player config; the underlying HTML element stays
<video>.Since iOS keys this restriction off the element type, not whether a
video track is actually rendering, listen mode still stops playback
in the background on iOS, exactly as reported in #1314.
Fix
When listen mode is active, the player now renders an
<audio>element instead of a
<video>element.<audio>elements are exemptfrom iOS's background-pause restriction, so playback continues
normally when the app is backgrounded or the screen locks.
The element-selection logic is extracted into a small pure function
(
shouldUseAudioOnlyElement) so the same condition drives both theelement choice and the existing
disableVideoconfig, instead ofbeing duplicated.
Testing
Verified manually on iOS Safari, both as a regular tab and installed
as a PWA:
app or locking the screen, stops playback (reproducing [IOS] background autoplay next video #1314).
Also verified normal (non-listen) video playback, and switching
listen mode on/off mid-playback still behave as before.
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