[BUG] MediaElement does not support all formats

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Did you read the “Reporting a bug” section on Contributing file?

• I have read the “Reporting a bug” section on Contributing file: https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Maui/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#reporting-a-bug

Current Behavior

On iOS devices it seems that not all video formats are supported by the MediaElement. On Xamarin.Forms these worked (and when I understood it right, the AVPlayer was also used in Xamarin.Forms). In our concrete case, we are working with the .m3u8 format.

When running the reproduction repository and trying to playback the following video stream, we get the sound, but no video(pictures) is shown. https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/sintel/hls/playlist.m3u8

Expected Behavior

The video (pictures) should also be shown, not only the sound. In addition, the playback controls should be visible.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Open the solution from the public reproduction repository
2. Build & Run the app on an iOS simulator
3. Turn your volume on and hear the sound

Link to public reproduction project repository

https://github.com/TimLandskron/MediaElementVideoStreamFormatIssue

Environment

- .NET MAUI CommunityToolkit: current main branch
- OS: Mac OS X 13.4.0
- .NET MAUI: 7.0.86

Anything else?

No response

[brminnick]

Thanks Tim! The reproduction sample not only helps us reproduce the issue, but it also helps us confirm that we have indeed fixed the bug reported

[TimLandskron]

Public reproduction repository added https://github.com/TimLandskron/MediaElementVideoStreamFormatIssue