Examine HTML5 Audio support in Google Play [$30] #91

jiri-janousek · 2015-04-08T20:09:31Z

Chromium can play without Flash plugin. Same for Electron-based apps, e.g. Kill Flash MarshallOfSound/Google-Play-Music-Desktop-Player-UNOFFICIAL-#60
HTML5 Audio works in Nuvola Player 3.1 in all supported distributions but only with accounts without All Access subscription. Make sure the Flash plugin is disabled (App menu/Gear menu → Format support → Web plugins → Toggle "Load web plugins (Flash)" off, then restart Nuvola Player) and MP3 decoder is installed (App menu/Gear menu → Format support → HTML5 Audio).
Media Source Extension (MSE) and Chrome's user agent are probably necessary for complete support. Not sure about Encrypted Media Extension (EME) though.

❤️ Two Nuvola Patrons are interested in this feature. Internal info: (1). GitHub: @brianredbeard

There is a $30 open bounty on this issue. Add to the bounty at Bountysource.

mcg · 2015-07-23T19:57:29Z

I know $15 isn't much, but I can't use Nuvola anymore as I've removed Flash from all my systems.

jiri-janousek · 2015-08-07T11:58:14Z

You could try Rdio. It supports HTML5 audio nicely.

mcg · 2015-08-07T13:05:26Z

Kind of invested in Google Play. HTML5 playback works in Chrome, but I am guessing it's, some DRM module Chrome is shipping.

jiri-janousek · 2015-10-01T17:15:22Z

Related ticket in Radiant Player: radiant-player/radiant-player-mac#335

jiri-janousek · 2016-03-23T10:24:07Z

HTML5 Audio seems to work in Nuvola Player 3.1 in Debian Jessie for songs in the library, not sure about All Access Music subscription. Can anybody interested investigate? First, disable the Flash plugin in App menu/Gear menu → Format support → Web plugins → Toggle "Load web plugins (Flash)" off, then restart Nuvola Player.

jnv · 2016-03-23T16:03:02Z

I have Nuvola Player 3.0.1 and All Access; unfortunately I cannot build version 3.1 now. With Flash Player disabled, Google Play insists on installing Flash Player and refuses to play anything (even my uploads).

However apparently it can be done with HTML5 audio. Google Play Music Desktop Player recently switched to Electron and got rid of Flash Player in the process: MarshallOfSound/Google-Play-Music-Desktop-Player-UNOFFICIAL-#60

jiri-janousek · 2016-03-23T17:17:30Z

Thanks @jnv. However, I'm particularly interested in a feedback about NP 3.1 as it contains, unlike NP 3.0.1, some tweaks for better support of HTML5 Audio.

KruyKaze · 2016-03-25T19:56:57Z

I'm using 3.1 i deactivated flash and restarted. Still complains about not
having flash for music in the library and can't toggle html5 in google
music settings.
Arch 64
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Thanks @jnv https://github.com/jnv. However, I'm particularly
interested in a feedback about NP 3.1 as it contains, unlike NP 3.0.1, some
tweaks for better support of HTML5 Audio.

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jiri-janousek · 2016-05-08T15:54:26Z

HTML5 Audio in Google Play Music works in Nuvola Player 3.1 in Ubuntu 14.04, 15.10 and 16.04, Debian Jessie and Fedora 23 with my account without All Access subscription. I'm going to check also Ubuntu 15.04, Fedora 22 and Arch Linux later and post here more details. Stay tuned :-)

bartlibert · 2016-05-09T13:15:27Z

Just confirming that HTML5 audio is not working with 3.1 in Debian Sid with All Access

Celti · 2016-05-14T04:51:32Z

HTML5 audio also fails with git HEAD on Arch Linux with All Access. In fact, the HTML5 toggle is greyed out in every browser I have access to. HTML5 audio works fine in Chromium, even with all plugins disabled (Pepper Flash, Native Client, Widevine Content Decryptor), fails in Firefox.

Some web sites may use user agent sniffing and it is necessary to disguise as a different browser. For example, Google Play Music & HTML5 Audio. Issue: #91 Signed-off-by: Jiří Janoušek <[email protected]>

Some web browsers (e.g. Chrome) have them already unprefixed. This may improve compatibility with Chrome-targeted websites, e.g. Google Play Music. Issue: #91 Signed-off-by: Jiří Janoušek <[email protected]>

Issue: tiliado/nuvolaplayer#91 Signed-off-by: Jiří Janoušek <[email protected]>

It may be necessary to add workarounds Issue: tiliado/nuvolaplayer#91 Signed-off-by: Jiří Janoušek <[email protected]>

InitWebWorker signal is going to be emitted after DOM document is loaded and it's too late for unprefixing. Issue: #91 Signed-off-by: Jiří Janoušek <[email protected]>

jiri-janousek · 2016-06-09T10:58:18Z

❤️ Another Nuvola Patron is interested in this feature.

jiri-janousek · 2017-08-14T16:33:45Z

Could you please attach a full log from flatpak run eu.tiliado.NuvolaAppGooglePlayMusic//master -D? There might be something helpful.

excieve · 2017-08-14T18:47:01Z

Here it is:
nuvola_debug.txt

jiri-janousek · 2017-08-15T07:01:38Z

It asks about audio/mp4; codecs="mp4a.40.2" :

CONSOLE LOG Audio.canPlayType: audio/mp4; codecs="mp4a.40.2" => probably;
  audio/mp4; codecs="mp4a.40.2" => probably
CONSOLE LOG audio/mp4; codecs="mp4a.40.2":
  MediaSource.isTypeSupported => true; Audio.canPlayType => probably;
  result => true

excieve · 2017-08-15T10:29:55Z

Well, that's the only difference I can spot to separate playing and crashing songs. Please let me know if there's any way I can help debugging this.

excieve · 2017-08-15T11:40:02Z

I've downloaded a first 4s chunk of the stream for one of the songs. I can test it with something minimal to check if that has to do with one of the components (such as WebKitGtk). Here's the related codec info of this chunk:

Stream #0:0(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 0 kb/s (default)

jiri-janousek · 2017-09-06T12:48:41Z

I'll try to port Nuvola to use CEF instead of WebKitGTK. There should be no issues with MSE.

jiri-janousek · 2017-12-11T21:46:10Z

Any volunteer to test the work-in-progress CEF backend with Google Play Music? Se also a draft of a blog post Status of Chromium-based Port of Nuvola.

excieve · 2017-12-11T23:19:03Z

@fenryxo Great stuff! I'll be happy to test it soon.

KruyKaze · 2017-12-12T00:57:34Z

I'll be happy to help. Where do I get it?

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jiri-janousek · 2017-12-12T10:14:59Z

Install the master branch of Nuvola Core Developer Kit, but skip any subsequent set-up instructions.
Then run flatpak run --command=Cefium eu.tiliado.NuvolaCdk --disable-flash --url="https://play.google.com/music/"

excieve · 2017-12-12T12:06:46Z

Works great for me! Although UI feels a little sluggish (no GPU acceleration?)

jiri-janousek · 2017-12-12T12:24:44Z

Although UI feels a little sluggish (no GPU acceleration?)

Reticketed as tiliado/valacef#1

KruyKaze · 2017-12-12T12:48:08Z

Runs here with no slowdown but I can't use multimedia hotkeys or nuvolactl Thanks

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jiri-janousek · 2017-12-12T13:43:29Z

Runs here with no slowdown but I can't use multimedia hotkeys or nuvolactl

That's because it is not Nuvola but Cefium - a demo web browser to test ValaCEF functionality. Once ValaCEF is complete, it will be used by Nuvola instead of WebKitGTK.

Issue: tiliado/nuvolaplayer#91 Signed-off-by: Jiří Janoušek <[email protected]>

jiri-janousek · 2017-12-31T12:34:48Z

Blog post: Status of Chromium-based Port of Nuvola

jiri-janousek · 2018-01-06T21:28:51Z

Users with Nuvola Basic/Premium/Patron account will be invited to test development builds soon.
-- Status of Chromium-based Port of Nuvola

All Nuvola Patron & Premium user have been invited to test Nuvola with working Chromium backend, Nuvola Basic users will follow in a week.

KruyKaze · 2018-01-07T00:33:20Z

Looking forward to it!

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On Sat, Jan 6, 2018, 14:28 Jiří Janoušek ***@***.***> wrote: *Users with Nuvola Basic/Premium/Patron account will be invited to test development builds soon.* -- Status of Chromium-based Port of Nuvola <https://medium.com/nuvola-news/nuvola-chromium-port-status-3b1648b29c77> All Nuvola Patron & Premium user have been invited to test Nuvola with working Chromium backend, Nuvola Basic users will follow in a week. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#91 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAES4WACjKAe7Z9Kyd5dyWox9CdP7NQ7ks5tH-WUgaJpZM4D8uLt> .

jiri-janousek · 2018-01-16T21:13:20Z

Users with Nuvola Basic/Premium/Patron account will be invited to test development builds soon.
-- Status of Chromium-based Port of Nuvola

All Nuvola Patron & Premium user have been invited to test Nuvola with working Chromium backend, Nuvola Basic users will follow in a week.

Nuvola Basic users have also been invited.

jiri-janousek · 2018-04-04T17:51:25Z

Playback without Flash plugin available in Nuvola 4.10.23 & Google Play Music 6.0.5

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