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HTML5 video tag: why is FireFox requesting the same range multiple times?

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Basically, it's the question that I have asked here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47471982/html5-video-loads-slowly-on-firefox-but-its-pretty-fast-on-chrome

For some strange reason, when playing the video from start, FireFox's

Basically, it's the question that I have asked here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47471982/html5-video-loads-slowly-on-firefox-but-its-pretty-fast-on-chrome For some strange reason, when playing the video from start, FireFox's <video> tag repeatedly asks for the same range of the video multiple times; it asks for 'range: bytes=3276800-' 8 times, then asks for 'bytes=5668864-' four times and so on; as a result, the video takes a really long time before it starts to play. Does anyone have an idea of what could be causing this weird behavior?

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Good question. Will give the articles (at bottom) but since have taken that apart it might be best to file a bug report. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ Bug Writing Guidelines : https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/QA/Bug_writing_guidelines

Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} by holding down the <Shift> (Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox.

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh) and test. Is the problem still there?

To submit suggestions for new or changed features, may I suggest: Feedback: https://qsurvey.mozilla.com/s3/FirefoxInput/

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-common-audio-and-video-issues . https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-video-audio-problems-firefox-windows . https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/html5-audio-and-video-firefox

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