From 808c2751679064487e7f265a005067da795813d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anirudh Sevugan <sonicforces207@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:37:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] prep for 2.1.4

---
 simpliplay/renderer.js | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/simpliplay/renderer.js b/simpliplay/renderer.js
index fe88af3..0e77fe6 100644
--- a/simpliplay/renderer.js
+++ b/simpliplay/renderer.js
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ window.addEventListener('drop', e => {
     if (previousDropURL) {
         URL.revokeObjectURL(previousDropURL);
         window.previousDropURL = previousDropURL;
+        previousDropURL = null;
     }
 
     // Revoke previous file picker Object URL
@@ -96,12 +97,18 @@ window.addEventListener('drop', e => {
     // Create a new Object URL
     const fileURL = URL.createObjectURL(file);
     mediaElement.src = fileURL;
-    mediaElement.load();
 
-    // Autoplay if checkbox is checked
+  
+// Only attempt to play if the browser thinks it can handle this type
+if (mediaElement.canPlayType(file.type)) {
+  mediaElement.load();
+      // Autoplay if checkbox is checked
     if (autoplayCheckbox.checked) {
         mediaElement.play().catch(err => console.warn(err));
     }
+} else {
+    console.warn("SimpliPlay does not support this video type:", file.type);
+}
 
     // Store for future cleanup
     previousDropURL = fileURL;
@@ -194,3 +201,4 @@ window.electron.receive("unload-addon", (fileURL) => {
     unloadAddon(fileURL);
 });
 
+