Dash.js: Exception when parsing Event with scte35:Binary content

Created on 2 Sep 2019 · 3Comments · Source: Dash-Industry-Forum/dash.js

Environment

[X] The MPD passes the DASH-IF Conformance Tool on https://conformance.dashif.org/
[X] The stream has correct Access-Control-Allow-Origin headers (CORS)
[X] There are no network errors such as 404s in the browser console when trying to play the stream
[X] The issue observed is not mentioned on https://github.com/Dash-Industry-Forum/dash.js/wiki/FAQ
[X] The issue occurs in the latest reference client on http://reference.dashif.org/dash.js/ and not just on my page
Link to playable MPD file: https://refplayer-dev.cloud.digitaluk.co.uk/dynamic/stl-dashads-dartest.mpd
Dash.js version: 3.0, nightly, 2.9.3
Browser name/version: firefox 68
OS name/version: linux

Steps to reproduce

Try to play the MPD using the reference player (nightly / 3.0 or 2.9.3 )
main content playback is not starting with "TypeError: s.charAt " is exception

Observed behaviour

Screenshot_20190902_115048

In the DashManifestModel::getEventsForPeriod function, decodeArray is called with the Binary as param, but Binary is an object, not a string.
BASE64.decodeArray(eventStreams[i].Event_asArray[j].Signal.Binary);
Screenshot_20190902_120547

Console output

``TypeError: s.charAt is not a functionbase64.js:102:25
decodeArray base64.js:102
decodeArray base64.js:126
getEventsForPeriod DashManifestModel.js:806
getEventsFor DashAdapter.js:525
addInlineEvents Stream.js:487
initializeEventController Stream.js:482
initializeMedia Stream.js:501
activate Stream.js:152
activateStream StreamController.js:565
onMediaSourceOpen StreamController.js:538

Bug

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