Correctly handle error when remote instance is down

3 files changed, 39 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.html b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.html
index f28134ece..21f8f5534 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 <div class="row">
   <!-- We need the video container for videojs so we just hide it -->
   <div id="video-element-wrapper">
+    <div *ngIf="remoteServerDown" class="remote-server-down">
+      Sorry, but this video is not available because the remote instance is not responding.
+      <br />
+      Please try again later.
+    </div>
   </div>
 
   <div i18n class="alert alert-warning" *ngIf="isVideoToTranscode()">
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.scss b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.scss
index 7c694f2e2..4ce17209f 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.scss
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.scss
@@ -5,15 +5,37 @@
   background-color: #000;
   display: flex;
   justify-content: center;
+  height: 500px;
 
-  /deep/ .video-js {
-    width: 888px;
-    height: 500px;
+  @media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
+    width: 100vw;
+    height: calc(100vw / 1.7); // 16/9
+  }
+
+  .remote-server-down {
+    color: #fff;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: center;
+    text-align: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    background-color: #141313;
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
+    font-size: 24px;
+
+    @media screen and (max-width: 1000px) {
+      font-size: 20px;
+    }
 
     @media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
-      width: 100vw;
-      height: calc(100vw / 1.7); // 16/9
+      font-size: 16px;
     }
+  }
+
+  /deep/ .video-js {
+    width: 888px;
+    height: 100%;
 
     // VideoJS create an inner video player
     video {
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.ts b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.ts
index 601c6a38d..43afbae1a 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export class VideoWatchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   videoHTMLDescription = ''
   likesBarTooltipText = ''
   hasAlreadyAcceptedPrivacyConcern = false
+  remoteServerDown = false
 
   private videojsLocaleLoaded = false
   private otherVideos: Video[] = []
@@ -312,15 +313,14 @@ export class VideoWatchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     const errorMessage: string = typeof err === 'string' ? err : err.message
     if (!errorMessage) return
 
-    let message = ''
-
+    // Display a message in the video player instead of a notification
     if (errorMessage.indexOf('http error') !== -1) {
-      message = this.i18n('Cannot fetch video from server, maybe down.')
-    } else {
-      message = errorMessage
+      this.flushPlayer()
+      this.remoteServerDown = true
+      return
     }
 
-    this.notificationsService.error(this.i18n('Error'), message)
+    this.notificationsService.error(this.i18n('Error'), errorMessage)
   }
 
   private checkUserRating () {
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ export class VideoWatchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     // Re init attributes
     this.descriptionLoading = false
     this.completeDescriptionShown = false
+    this.remoteServerDown = false
 
     this.updateOtherVideosDisplayed()