Media handler does not support HTTP range requests

[matrixbot]

This issue has been migrated from #4780.

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Presently, Synapse does not support HTTP range requests, which prevents users from seeking through audio/video media in many browsers. element-hq/element-web#2909 sought to fix this, though as that PR has been closed, I figured I should open another issue. This issue is the root cause of matrix-org/riot-web#4265.

[gmanskibiditoilet]

Hopefully the devs will fix this as soon as possible.

[gmanskibiditoilet]

hi @erikjohnston and @anoadragon453 can you please send out some devs to fix this synapse issue because many end-user matrix clients (e.g. Element, schildichat) are unable to seek video/audio media in many browsers and even the official desktop version of those end user clients due to the lack of HTTP range request support?

[anoadragon453]

Hi @gmanskibiditoilet. This issue is not on the team's immediate roadmap, but we'd be happy to review external contributions for it.

Given this likely isn't too complicated to implement, I've added the "Good First Issue" label to try and encourage new contributors to have a look at fixing this.

If anyone needs advice with implementing this issue, feel free to ask for help in #synapse-dev:matrix.org!

[gmanskibiditoilet]

Hi @gmanskibiditoilet. This issue is not on the team's immediate roadmap, but we'd be happy to review external contributions for it.

Given this likely isn't too complicated to implement, I've added the "Good First Issue" label to try and encourage new contributors to have a look at fixing this.

If anyone needs advice with implementing this issue, feel free to ask for help in #synapse-dev:matrix.org!

great, hope you all will have external contributors forking this repo and launching multiple pull request to fix this issue. hav a nice day @anoadragon453