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cbsnews.com videos not playing - follow up to #3562

See original GitHub issue

Follow up to https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/3562

Important: Very likely this issue is only reproducible in certain regions(Europe - gdpr)

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Clean install
  2. Open https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-rally-live-stream-vermont-senator-holds-brooklyn-campaign-event-today-2019-03-02/
  3. Play the video

Actual result:

Unable to play the video

Note: disabling Shields fixes the issue

Expected result:

Able to play the video

Reproduces how often:

Easily reproduced

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave 0.61.47 Chromium: 73.0.3683.39 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
Revision cc53b0e12fcaf42e4bab8d6c23bd4fb7aae99f6c-refs/branch-heads/3683@{#413}
OS Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Build 7601.24312

The issue is not reproducible on Linux as described by @srirambv: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/3562#issuecomment-470167093

Website problems only:

  • Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? yes
  • Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? no

cc @bbondy @brave/legacy_qa

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 5 years ago
  • Comments:14 (6 by maintainers)

github_iconTop GitHub Comments

1reaction
ryanbrcommented, Jun 6, 2019

If I block all cookies, it’ll break this site.

Tested from a UK, US and NZ IP;

UK VPN / UBO=OFF / Sheilds ON (Block Ads, Block 3rd party Cookies, Block All fingerprint)  = Good.

UK VPN / UBO=OFF / Sheilds ON (Block Ads, Block All Cookies, Block All fingerprint) = Bad

Tested in Brave Nightly.

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LaurenWagscommented, Jul 29, 2019

Verified passed with

Brave 0.67.119 Chromium: 76.0.3809.72 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision 5a04c669126f657f98824b436555cae41b8f4146-refs/branch-heads/3809@{#897}
OS Mac OS X
  • Verified video is able to be played with default shields

Verification passed on

Brave 0.67.119 Chromium: 76.0.3809.72 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision 5a04c669126f657f98824b436555cae41b8f4146-refs/branch-heads/3809@{#897}
OS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • Verified video is able to be played with default shields

Verification PASSED on Win 10 x64 using the following build:

Brave 0.67.119 Chromium: 76.0.3809.72 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision 5a04c669126f657f98824b436555cae41b8f4146-refs/branch-heads/3809@{#897}
OS Windows 10 OS Version 1809 (Build 17763.615)
  • ensured that the original STR worked without any issues
  • ensured videos under https://www.cbsnews.com worked with default shield settings
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