v.redd.it videos are not Displaying Properly

[MetalNeo]

Some v.redd.it videos are not playing video. The audio plays, but the video stays black.

Example

Slide version: 6.7.1 Android version: 11

[newhinton]

This seems to be an issue with the exoplayer.

Using the demo application with those entries yields the same result:

      {
        "name": "reddit",
        "uri": "https://v.redd.it/0n1otu272k971/DASH_720.mp4"
      },
      {
        "name": "reddit2",
        "uri": "https://v.redd.it/buksivkk5q081/DASH_1080.mp4"
      }

[newhinton]

As stated in the linked issue in exoplayer, this will not be fixed in exoplayer. So to fix this issue, slide would need to supply it's own decoder for dolby-vision content.

@ccrama Is it reasonable to add a converter infront of dolby-vision content?

[Alexendoo]

This is something reddit really needs to fix, chrome can't even play these videos properly. dolby vision is a proprietary codec so shipping an implementation of it may not be possible