feat: Add Airplay support when overriding native HLS in Safari/iOS (#…

…1543)

package.json

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     "video.js": "^7 || ^8"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "video.js": "^8.14.0"
+    "video.js": "^8.19.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/cli": "^7.21.0",

src/videojs-http-streaming.js

@@ -1079,7 +1079,19 @@ class VhsHandler extends Component {
 
     this.mediaSourceUrl_ = window.URL.createObjectURL(this.playlistController_.mediaSource);
 
-    this.tech_.src(this.mediaSourceUrl_);
+    // If we are playing HLS with MSE in Safari, add source elements for both the blob and manifest URLs.
+    // The latter will enable Airplay playback on receiver devices.
+    if ((
+      videojs.browser.IS_ANY_SAFARI || videojs.browser.IS_IOS) &&
+      this.options_.overrideNative &&
+      this.options_.sourceType === 'hls' &&
+      typeof this.tech_.addSourceElement === 'function'
+    ) {
+      this.tech_.addSourceElement(this.mediaSourceUrl_);
+      this.tech_.addSourceElement(this.source_.src);
+    } else {
+      this.tech_.src(this.mediaSourceUrl_);
+    }
   }
 
   createKeySessions_() {

test/videojs-http-streaming.test.js

@@ -3121,6 +3121,45 @@ QUnit.test(
   }
 );
 
+QUnit.test('uses source elements when overriding native HLS in Safari/iOS', function(assert) {
+  const origIsAnySafari = videojs.browser.IS_ANY_SAFARI;
+  const addSourceElementCalls = [];
+  let srcCalls = 0;
+
+  videojs.browser.IS_ANY_SAFARI = true;
+
+  const player = createPlayer({ html5: { vhs: { overrideNative: true } } });
+
+  player.tech_.addSourceElement = function(url) {
+    addSourceElementCalls.push(url);
+  };
+
+  player.tech_.src = function() {
+    srcCalls++;
+  };
+
+  player.src({
+    src: 'http://example.com/manifest/main.m3u8',
+    type: 'application/x-mpegURL'
+  });
+
+  this.clock.tick(1);
+
+  assert.equal(addSourceElementCalls.length, 2, '2 source elements added');
+  assert.equal(srcCalls, 0, 'tech.src() not called');
+
+  const blobUrl = addSourceElementCalls[0];
+  const manifestUrl = addSourceElementCalls[1];
+
+  assert.ok(blobUrl.startsWith('blob:'), 'First source element is a blob URL');
+  assert.equal(manifestUrl, 'http://example.com/manifest/main.m3u8', 'Second source element is the manifest URL');
+
+  // Clean up and restore original flags
+  player.dispose();
+
+  videojs.browser.IS_ANY_SAFARI = origIsAnySafari;
+});
+
 QUnit.test('re-emits mediachange events', function(assert) {
   let mediaChanges = 0;