Re: Video 1080p on youtube and similars

[Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro igalia com>]

On Mon, 2016-08-08 at 20:28 +0200, Gianvito Cavasoli wrote:
> Hello,
> anyone can explain me why i can't view videos (html5) at 1080p on 
> Youtube with Epiphany/Web? I can only at 720p... I've tried to
> change 
> the user agent and set it to Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer
> with 
> OS Windows 10 or OSX, but nothing is changed...
> I have to file a bug on Bugzilla?
>
> Thanks,
> Gianvito

OK, it's come to my attention that YouTube has recently begun to
require media stream extensions (MSE) for higher-quality video
playback. It seems some users are able to play 480p and 720p videos,
while others (including myself) are stuck with only 360p videos. I'm
not sure why it's different for different users.

WebKit does not support MSE yet. We have experimental MSE code under
active development, but it's not compiled unless you set a hidden build
option (-DENABLE_MEDIA_STREAM). I'm CCing one of the developers who
might be able to give us an update on progress there.

Michael