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@elwood: Thanks for the info! I'll try to debug this now while UPF is live.

@elwood: Hey, thanks for the heads up! I haven't gotten any other reports like this and I just quickly tuned into Run for the Hills while it was live to see if I could reproduce the issue but no joy, unfortunately. I'll sample some other livestreams this week to see if anything turns up but in the meantime you might be able to answer some of the following questions to help narrow it down:

• Does the livestream only cut out when you're casting to your TV or does it also happen using the in-app player?
• Have you tried playing a livestream in Safari and if so does it playback normally?
• Have you had trouble streaming any other content to that particular Chromecast device?

@ev77: Hey! Not sure if you've cracked this yet but I had the same issue with Bomb Cyclone so I might be able to point you in the right direction. I wasn't able to pinpoint the exact cause — mainly because `AVPlayer` logging is less than useless — but my best guess is that `AVFoundation` is tripping up on the HLS manifest file delivered by certain GB livestreams (specifically, subtitles). In any case, disabling the automatic application of media selection criteria on the `AVPlayer` instance should resolve the issue:

Hey, just wondering if there's an update on this? Not sure if this is related, but I've also noticed that some videos seem to be missing video URLs entirely. As an example, here's the JSON response for "The Lifeguard - Giant Bombcast Animated" (https://www.giantbomb.com/api/video/2970-21189/)

"low_url": null,

"high_url": null,

"hd_url": null,

Thanks!

@velimir_milosev: Hey there! Unfortunately this is an issue with the API, so there's not much I can do about it on the client side. I filled a bug report about this a few months ago but I'm not sure what the status is, so I'll follow up to see if there's been any progress.

Hey folks, version 1.9 should be rolling out now. This update refreshes the UI for iOS 15, adds Dynamic Type support (with some caveats; see below) and introduces context menus throughout the app. It also includes a workaround for the issue where some site livestreams are inaudible.

Re. Dynamic Type support: although text will now scale pretty well at normal font sizes, the app may still look a little strange at very large accessibility sizes. The reason for this is that, in order to properly support accessibility font sizes, I'd need to introduce alternative layouts that can better accommodate those size classes, which was beyond the scope of this release. I'm hoping to continue chipping away at this and other accessibility concerns in future releases though!

@humanity: Thanks, appreciate it!

I’ve had a couple of people ask about signing into the app using social media so I figured I’d post this here in case anyone else runs into this:

Some time ago Apple began mandating that apps offering social media sign in also include the ability to sign in with an Apple ID. Since Giant Bomb doesn’t currently support Sign In with Apple — and, let’s be real, probably won't anytime soon — I’ve had to manually hide those buttons in the web view and only allow users to sign in with an email address and password. This unfortunately makes it much more difficult for anyone who relies on social media to sign in through the app.

Fortunately, there’s a workaround*! All you need to do is sign into GB in the browser of your choice, navigate to https://www.giantbomb.com/app/bomb%20cyclone/, and copy the link code. You can then paste this code into Bomb Cyclone on the registration screen without needing to sign in through the app.

If this continues to be a problem I might add the ability to enter your API key manually and skip the registration process entirely, but this should do in the meantime.

* Unfortunately Apple's Lovecraftian App Store Guidelines prevent me from just linking out to Safari, although this may change when some new rules come into effect next year.

Hey folks, thanks for the info! I was able to reproduce this during the Bombcast this week. I'm still not sure what exactly the root issue is, but it seems like something in the HLS stream is tripping up iOS's media selection criteria (subtitles, specifically). Fortunately I've found a workaround and there's a TestFlight build available now: https://testflight.apple.com/join/gkC8SfAg

Just a heads up: this build is still a bit rough in spots because I was in the middle of updating the app for iOS 15, but I'm making it available anyway to test the audio playback workaround and make sure there are no weird side effects.

Thanks for the heads up folks; I've gotten a couple of reports of this happening with the Bombcast specifically.

@joaquinadolfo Are you also on iOS/iPadOS 15?