mega.nz - Mega calls are unsupported on Firefox

[5un17]

URL: https://mega.nz/fm/chat/c/IS22-iabsOw

Browser / Version: Firefox 107.0
Operating System: Linux
Tested Another Browser: Yes Chrome

Problem type: Something else
Description: A banner is shown that group audio calls are not supported in Firefox, and asks the user to use Chrome, Opera or Edge instead
Steps to Reproduce:
In the group chat section in Mega, it shows a banner that audio calls are not supported in my browser (Firefox) and suggests me to use Chrome, Opera or Edge instead. I tried in Chrome and other chromium browsers and the banner was not present and I could use calls perfectly

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[softvision-oana-arbuzov]

Thanks for the report, I was able to reproduce the issue.
After signing into my account and navigating to the Chat section https://mega.nz/fm/chat/c/WlWqtYJq71c the banner is shown.

Note: The issue is not reproducible on Chrome.

Tested with:
Browser / Version: Firefox Nightly 107.0a1 (2022-10-05), Firefox Release 105.0.2
Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04.2

Moving to Needsdiagnosis for further investigation.

[qa_40/2022]

[ksy36]

One of the features that mega is relying on is createEncodedStreams, which Firefox doesn't support. This method has been removed from the spec though and the plan is to provide this functionality in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631263 through the RTCRtpScriptTransform API (that is in the standard now).

There might be other features missing, so we should probably contact mega once it's implemented.

Also for reference meganz/webclient#101 (comment) and https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1793464

[jan-ivar]

... the RTCRtpScriptTransform API (that is in the standard now).

Just an update that this API is now available in Firefox and Safari. You can try it out here https://jsfiddle.net/jib1/wb2c0hr1/

[ksy36]

... the RTCRtpScriptTransform API (that is in the standard now).

Just an update that this API is now available in Firefox and Safari. You can try it out here https://jsfiddle.net/jib1/wb2c0hr1/

Thanks for the update!

I've tried logging in and visited the chat section and don't get the unsupported message anymore.
@5un17 wonder if you could check whether it's still displayed for you?

[jan-ivar]

The issue is meetings. Here's Firefox (though I get the same message in Safari):

Chromium uses a non-standard API that exposes media on the main-thread, whereas Firefox and Safari implement the standards-track API mentioned in #111751 (comment).

[5un17]

@ksy36 I just checked with Firefox Nightly 122.0a1 (05 Dec 2023) and sadly the issue is still there.

[ksy36]

Moved to bugzilla as https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1904141.