[Bug]: Crash on video playback (Regression since 6.1.0)

[HeckoLeSorcier]

Installation Method

Flatpak

Linux Distribution

Fedora 43 KDE

Tidal Hi-Fi Version

6.1.0

Current Behavior

If a video is played with MPRIS parameter set to ON, a crash popup appears infinitely (see the screenshot). The audio of the video still play in background but the app became stuck due to the infinite crash popup. App cannot be closed anymore and I must kill the app. Before version 6.1.0 I didn't have this issue.

Expected Behavior

As before the version 6.1.0, video playback should run without issues with the MPRIS option set to ON.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open Tidal
2. Got the custom app settings from the menubar (not in the official Tidal settings), press Alt key if menubar is hidden
3. Go to the 'Integrations' tab and enable MPRIS
4. Now, play a video and see the result

Screenshots and Logs

Additional Context

Also, when you exit (or kill the app) when you are playing a video, the crash will instantly re-occurs only once at the app startup, but you can then navigate as usual in the app. So the workaround is to temporarly disable the MPRIS option and restart the app (remember to check your current playback is not a video before exiting the app or you will get the crash again)

[Mastermindzh]

I only noticed this happening on the upload screen (which I've never gone to before 6.1.0) so didn't put any time in fixing it.
I never watch any videos either so I missed it completely.

Will see when I have time to look at it, just did a bit of digging (but am at work so can't look too much now) which indicated that certain events/metadata is handled wrongly.

[HeckoLeSorcier]

It's not a critical issue as I can continue using the application as usual by disabling MPRIS, so it can be fixed later. I created the ticket also if other users get this issue and to share my workaround.

[Mastermindzh]

I already implemented a workaround... it crashes (silently) & restarts on a new song, except when it detects that it's a video...
But I wanted to spend more time to find the actual issue too.

Glad to hear it's not a high priority for you, eases the mind a little!

[0x09AF]

@HeckoLeSorcier thanks for the temp workaround and detailed explanation.
I can confirm the bug exists on Arch+KDE, tidal-hifi 6.1.0-1

[Mastermindzh]

I made a release with this workaround :)
https://github.com/Mastermindzh/tidal-hifi/releases/tag/6.2.0

[Mastermindzh]

Last night I also figured out what the issue was.
Tidal is doing some weird stuff with the "TrackId" when you upload your own music or watch a video:

For regular music, a trackid looks like a number: trackId="271103110", but for uploaded content we get: https://tidal.com/your-uploads

Which contains slashes and colons that are not allowed in DBUS.
I did a bit of work and am now sanitizing everything before sending it to dbus.

In the next version this bug will totally be solved without a workaround anymore.