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Videos can't be played in private sites #20195

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Expected behavior

All media items, including videos, should be playable on private sites (Simple and Atomic).

NOTE: The default behavior for uploaded videos is to have the same privacy setting as the site. Hence, videos uploaded to private sites will be private. In public sites, marking a video as private produce the same issue.

Actual behavior

Videos can't be played on private sites (Simple and Atomic).

Steps to reproduce the behavior

  1. Go to a simple site in WPCOM.
  2. Go to the Site Settings screen.
  3. Change Privacy to Private.
  4. Go to the Media library screen.
  5. Upload a video from the local device or record a video.
  6. Once the video upload finishes, tap on the Video item.
  7. Tap on the Video to play it.
  8. Observe that the video can be played.
    NOTE: Seems that works in this case because it's pointing to the local file.
  9. Close and open again the app.
  10. Go to the Media library screen.
  11. Tap on the recently added Video.
  12. Tap on the Video to play it.
  13. Observe that the video doesn't load and can't be played.
Tested on iPhone 14, iOS 16.0.3, WPiOS 21.6

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