[tbb-bugs] #29859 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Playing videos on Twitter is not working and freezing the mobile browser

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#29859: Playing videos on Twitter is not working and freezing the mobile browser
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  tbb-mobile, GeorgKoppen201904,       |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201904R, tbb-8.5-must            |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by gk):

 * status:  merge_ready => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Comment:

 Thanks. Cherry-picked onto `tor-browser-60.6.1esr-8.5-1` (commit
 477af8c709134b57b530b4b94ce6b4c82cb46fce).

 I opened #30139 for reenabling HLS support (with child tickets for the
 issues we have found so far (that is proxy bypass of DNS requests and old
 exoplayer library)).

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