Try webrtc if enabled and mse fails with decoding error

web/src/components/player/MsePlayer.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   useRef,
   useState,
 } from "react";
+import { isIOS, isSafari } from "react-device-detect";
 
 type MSEPlayerProps = {
   camera: string;
@@ -311,8 +312,11 @@ function MSEPlayer({
         onPlaying?.();
       }}
       muted={!audioEnabled}
-      onProgress={
+      onProgress={() => {
-        onError != undefined
+        if (isSafari || isIOS) {
+          onPlaying?.();
+        }
+        return onError != undefined
           ? () => {
               if (videoRef.current?.paused) {
                 return;
@@ -329,8 +333,8 @@ function MSEPlayer({
                 }, 3000),
               );
             }
-          : undefined
+          : undefined;
-      }
+      }}
       onError={(e) => {
         if (
           // @ts-expect-error code does exist
@@ -339,6 +343,14 @@ function MSEPlayer({
           onError?.("startup");
         }
 
+        if (
+          // @ts-expect-error code does exist
+          e.target.error.code == MediaError.MEDIA_ERR_DECODE &&
+          (isSafari || isIOS)
+        ) {
+          onError?.("mse-decode");
+        }
+
         if (wsRef.current) {
           wsRef.current.close();
           wsRef.current = null;

web/src/types/live.ts

@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ export type LiveStreamMetadata = {
   consumers: LiveConsumerMetadata[];
 };
 
-export type LivePlayerError = "stalled" | "startup";
+export type LivePlayerError = "stalled" | "startup" | "mse-decode";

web/src/views/live/LiveCameraView.tsx

@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ export default function LiveCameraView({
 
   const [audio, setAudio] = useState(false);
   const [mic, setMic] = useState(false);
+  const [webRTC, setWebRTC] = useState(false);
   const [pip, setPip] = useState(false);
   const [lowBandwidth, setLowBandwidth] = useState(false);
 
@@ -199,6 +200,14 @@ export default function LiveCameraView({
   });
 
   const preferredLiveMode = useMemo(() => {
+    if (webRTC && isRestreamed) {
+      return "webrtc";
+    }
+
+    if (webRTC && !isRestreamed) {
+      return "jsmpeg";
+    }
+
     if (mic) {
       return "webrtc";
     }
@@ -208,7 +217,7 @@ export default function LiveCameraView({
     }
 
     return "mse";
-  }, [lowBandwidth, mic]);
+  }, [lowBandwidth, mic, webRTC, isRestreamed]);
 
   // layout state
 
@@ -426,7 +435,14 @@ export default function LiveCameraView({
                 pip={pip}
                 setFullResolution={setFullResolution}
                 containerRef={containerRef}
-                onError={() => setLowBandwidth(true)}
+                onError={(e) => {
+                  if (e == "mse-decode") {
+                    setWebRTC(true);
+                  } else {
+                    setWebRTC(false);
+                    setLowBandwidth(true);
+                  }
+                }}
               />
             </div>
             {camera.onvif.host != "" && (