error handling video player

src/components/layout/ErrorBoundary.tsx

@@ -30,17 +30,22 @@ interface ErrorMessageProps {
     description: string;
     path: string;
   };
+  localSize?: boolean;
   children?: React.ReactNode;
 }
 
 export function ErrorMessage(props: ErrorMessageProps) {
   return (
-    <div className="flex min-h-screen w-full flex-col items-center justify-center px-4 py-12">
+    <div
+      className={`${
+        props.localSize ? "h-full" : "min-h-screen"
+      } flex w-full flex-col items-center justify-center px-4 py-12`}
+    >
       <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-start text-center">
         <IconPatch icon={Icons.WARNING} className="mb-6 text-red-400" />
         <Title>Whoops, it broke</Title>
         {props.children ? (
-          props.children
+          <p className="my-6 max-w-lg">{props.children}</p>
         ) : (
           <p className="my-6 max-w-lg">
             The app encountered an error and wasn&apos;t able to recover, please

src/components/video/DecoratedVideoPlayer.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { PauseControl } from "./controls/PauseControl";
 import { ProgressControl } from "./controls/ProgressControl";
 import { TimeControl } from "./controls/TimeControl";
 import { VolumeControl } from "./controls/VolumeControl";
+import { VideoPlayerError } from "./parts/VideoPlayerError";
 import { VideoPlayerHeader } from "./parts/VideoPlayerHeader";
 import { useVideoPlayerState } from "./VideoContext";
 import { VideoPlayer, VideoPlayerProps } from "./VideoPlayer";
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ export function DecoratedVideoPlayer(
 
   return (
     <VideoPlayer autoPlay={props.autoPlay}>
+      <VideoPlayerError title={props.title} onGoBack={props.onGoBack}>
         <BackdropControl onBackdropChange={onBackdropChange}>
           <div className="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center">
             <LoadingControl />
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ export function DecoratedVideoPlayer(
           </CSSTransition>
         </BackdropControl>
         {props.children}
+      </VideoPlayerError>
     </VideoPlayer>
   );
 }

src/components/video/VideoPlayer.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import { useGoBack } from "@/hooks/useGoBack";
 import { forwardRef, useContext, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import { VideoErrorBoundary } from "./parts/VideoErrorBoundary";
 import { VideoPlayerContext, VideoPlayerContextProvider } from "./VideoContext";
 
 export interface VideoPlayerProps {
@@ -35,6 +37,9 @@ const VideoPlayerInternals = forwardRef<
 export function VideoPlayer(props: VideoPlayerProps) {
   const playerRef = useRef<HTMLVideoElement | null>(null);
   const playerWrapperRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+  const goBack = useGoBack();
+
+  // TODO move error boundary to only decorated, <VideoPlayer /> shouldn't have styling
 
   return (
     <VideoPlayerContextProvider player={playerRef} wrapper={playerWrapperRef}>
@@ -42,11 +47,13 @@ export function VideoPlayer(props: VideoPlayerProps) {
         className="relative h-full w-full select-none overflow-hidden bg-black"
         ref={playerWrapperRef}
       >
+        <VideoErrorBoundary onGoBack={goBack}>
           <VideoPlayerInternals
             autoPlay={props.autoPlay ?? false}
             ref={playerRef}
           />
           <div className="absolute inset-0">{props.children}</div>
+        </VideoErrorBoundary>
       </div>
     </VideoPlayerContextProvider>
   );

src/components/video/hooks/controlVideo.ts

@@ -108,19 +108,36 @@ export function populateControls(
     initPlayer(sourceUrl: string, sourceType: MWStreamType) {
       this.setVolume(getStoredVolume());
 
+      // TODO test HLS errors
       if (sourceType === MWStreamType.HLS) {
         if (player.canPlayType("application/vnd.apple.mpegurl")) {
           player.src = sourceUrl;
         } else {
           // HLS support
-          if (!Hls.isSupported()) throw new Error("HLS not supported"); // TODO handle errors
+          if (!Hls.isSupported()) {
+            update((s) => ({
+              ...s,
+              error: {
+                name: `Not supported`,
+                description: "Your browser does not support HLS video",
+              },
+            }));
+            return;
+          }
 
           const hls = new Hls();
 
           hls.on(Hls.Events.ERROR, (event, data) => {
-            // eslint-disable-next-line no-alert
+            if (data.fatal) {
-            if (data.fatal) alert("HLS fatal error");
+              update((s) => ({
-            console.error("HLS error", data); // TODO handle errors
+                ...s,
+                error: {
+                  name: `error ${data.details}`,
+                  description: data.error?.message ?? "Something went wrong",
+                },
+              }));
+            }
+            console.error("HLS error", data);
           });
 
           hls.attachMedia(player);

src/components/video/hooks/useVideoPlayer.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ export type PlayerState = {
   hasInitialized: boolean;
   leftControlHovering: boolean;
   hasPlayedOnce: boolean;
+  error: null | {
+    name: string;
+    description: string;
+  };
 };
 
 export type PlayerContext = PlayerState & PlayerControls;
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@ export const initialPlayerState: PlayerContext = {
   hasInitialized: false,
   leftControlHovering: false,
   hasPlayedOnce: false,
+  error: null,
   ...initialControls,
 };
 
@@ -61,6 +66,7 @@ function readState(player: HTMLVideoElement, update: SetPlayer) {
   state.buffered = handleBuffered(player.currentTime, player.buffered);
   state.isLoading = false;
   state.hasInitialized = true;
+  state.error = null;
 
   update((s) => ({
     ...state,
@@ -131,6 +137,19 @@ function registerListeners(player: HTMLVideoElement, update: SetPlayer) {
       isFirstLoading: false,
     }));
   };
+  const error = () => {
+    console.error("Native video player threw error", player.error);
+    // TODO check if these errors are actually fatal
+    update((s) => ({
+      ...s,
+      error: player.error
+        ? {
+            description: player.error.message,
+            name: `Error ${player.error.code}`,
+          }
+        : null,
+    }));
+  };
 
   player.addEventListener("pause", pause);
   player.addEventListener("playing", playing);
@@ -143,6 +162,7 @@ function registerListeners(player: HTMLVideoElement, update: SetPlayer) {
   player.addEventListener("progress", progress);
   player.addEventListener("waiting", waiting);
   player.addEventListener("canplay", canplay);
+  player.addEventListener("error", error);
 
   return () => {
     player.removeEventListener("pause", pause);
@@ -156,6 +176,7 @@ function registerListeners(player: HTMLVideoElement, update: SetPlayer) {
     player.removeEventListener("progress", progress);
     player.removeEventListener("waiting", waiting);
     player.removeEventListener("canplay", canplay);
+    player.removeEventListener("error", error);
   };
 }
 

src/components/video/parts/VideoErrorBoundary.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { ErrorMessage } from "@/components/layout/ErrorBoundary";
+import { Link } from "@/components/text/Link";
+import { conf } from "@/setup/config";
+import { Component, ReactNode } from "react";
+import { VideoPlayerHeader } from "./VideoPlayerHeader";
+
+interface ErrorBoundaryState {
+  hasError: boolean;
+  error?: {
+    name: string;
+    description: string;
+    path: string;
+  };
+}
+
+interface VideoErrorBoundaryProps {
+  children?: ReactNode;
+  title?: string;
+  onGoBack?: () => void;
+}
+
+export class VideoErrorBoundary extends Component<
+  VideoErrorBoundaryProps,
+  ErrorBoundaryState
+> {
+  constructor(props: VideoErrorBoundaryProps) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      hasError: false,
+    };
+  }
+
+  static getDerivedStateFromError() {
+    return {
+      hasError: true,
+    };
+  }
+
+  componentDidCatch(error: any, errorInfo: any) {
+    console.error("Render error caught", error, errorInfo);
+    if (error instanceof Error) {
+      const realError: Error = error as Error;
+      this.setState((s) => ({
+        ...s,
+        hasError: true,
+        error: {
+          name: realError.name,
+          description: realError.message,
+          path: errorInfo.componentStack.split("\n")[1],
+        },
+      }));
+    }
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    if (!this.state.hasError) return this.props.children;
+
+    // TODO make responsive, needs to work in tiny player
+
+    return (
+      <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-denim-100">
+        <div className="pointer-events-auto absolute inset-x-0 top-0 flex flex-col py-6 px-8 pb-2">
+          <VideoPlayerHeader
+            title={this.props.title}
+            onClick={this.props.onGoBack}
+          />
+        </div>
+        <ErrorMessage error={this.state.error} localSize>
+          The video player encounted a fatal error, please report it to the{" "}
+          <Link url={conf().DISCORD_LINK} newTab>
+            Discord server
+          </Link>{" "}
+          or on{" "}
+          <Link url={conf().GITHUB_LINK} newTab>
+            GitHub
+          </Link>
+          .
+        </ErrorMessage>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}

src/components/video/parts/VideoPlayerError.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { IconPatch } from "@/components/buttons/IconPatch";
+import { Icons } from "@/components/Icon";
+import { Title } from "@/components/text/Title";
+import { ReactNode } from "react";
+import { useVideoPlayerState } from "../VideoContext";
+import { VideoPlayerHeader } from "./VideoPlayerHeader";
+
+interface VideoPlayerErrorProps {
+  title?: string;
+  onGoBack?: () => void;
+  children?: ReactNode;
+}
+
+export function VideoPlayerError(props: VideoPlayerErrorProps) {
+  const { videoState } = useVideoPlayerState();
+
+  const err = videoState.error;
+
+  if (!err) return props.children as any;
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <div className="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col items-center justify-center bg-denim-100">
+        <IconPatch icon={Icons.WARNING} className="mb-6 text-red-400" />
+        <Title>Failed to load media</Title>
+        <p className="my-6 max-w-lg">
+          {err.name}: {err.description}
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div className="pointer-events-auto absolute inset-x-0 top-0 flex flex-col py-6 px-8 pb-2">
+        <VideoPlayerHeader title={props.title} onClick={props.onGoBack} />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}

src/index.tsx

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ if (key) {
 }
 
 // TODO video todos:
-//  - error handling
 //  - captions
 //  - mobile UI
 //  - safari fullscreen will make video overlap player controls
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ if (key) {
 
 // TODO general todos:
 //  - localize everything
+//  - add titles to pages
 
 ReactDOM.render(
   <React.StrictMode>

src/views/media/MediaView.tsx

@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ export function MediaView() {
   }, [exec, params.media]);
 
   // TODO watched store
-  // TODO error page with video header
 
   if (loading) return <MediaViewLoading onGoBack={goBack} />;
   if (error) return <MediaFetchErrorView />;