ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
Windows 10 21H1, JDK jdk-17.0.2 x64, JFX 17.0.2

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Some of the screen capture videos which we produce cannot be played in JavaFX-based players on windows. The issue appears to depend on the video size. Since we are recording screen capture, we cannot pick a "nice and clean" video size, it has to match the screen resolution.

I have tracked it down to a handler for a recoverable DirectShow error in modules/javafx.media/src/main/native/gstreamer/plugins/dshowwrapper/dshowwrapper.cpp. That handler is enabled only "if ((width < height) || (width > 1920 && height > 1080))", but we seem to require it for smaller and non-portrait videos too. I have built my own version of JavaFX module where the handler was always enabled, which has resolved the problem.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Play the video at
<link>
with any JavaFX player, eg. the simplistic one attached here.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
The window opens and the video is played back inside it.
ACTUAL -
No errors, but no video either, just a blank window.

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import java.io.File;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

import javafx.beans.binding.Bindings;
import javafx.beans.property.DoubleProperty;
import javafx.scene.media.Media;
import javafx.scene.media.MediaPlayer;
import javafx.scene.media.MediaView;

public class FXPlayer extends Application {

    @Override
    public void start(Stage stage) {
        File videoFile = new File( FXPlayer.args[0] );


        MediaView mediaView = new MediaView();
        DoubleProperty width = mediaView.fitWidthProperty();
        DoubleProperty height = mediaView.fitHeightProperty();
        width.bind( Bindings.selectDouble( mediaView.sceneProperty(), "width" ) );
        height.bind( Bindings.selectDouble( mediaView.sceneProperty(), "height" ) );
        mediaView.setPreserveRatio( true );

        MediaPlayer mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer( new Media( videoFile.toURI().toString() ) );
        mediaPlayer.setMute( true );
        mediaView.setMediaPlayer( mediaPlayer );
        mediaPlayer.play();

        StackPane root = new StackPane();
        root.getChildren().add( mediaView );
        
        Scene scene = new Scene(root, 640, 480);
        stage.setScene(scene);
        stage.show();
    }

    private static String[] args;
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        if ( args.length < 1 ) {
            return;
        }
        FXPlayer.args = args;
        launch();
    }

}
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FREQUENCY : always