2 files changed, 47 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/js/captions.js b/src/js/captions.js
index 6ab8c69e..c8bc5833 100644
--- a/src/js/captions.js
+++ b/src/js/captions.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // ==========================================================================
 // Plyr Captions
+// TODO: Create as class
 // ==========================================================================
 
 import support from './support';
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ const captions = {
 
             return;
         }
-
         // Inject the container
         if (!utils.is.element(this.elements.captions)) {
             this.elements.captions = utils.createElement('div', utils.getAttributesFromSelector(this.config.selectors.captions));
@@ -56,11 +56,42 @@ const captions = {
         // Set the class hook
         utils.toggleClass(this.elements.container, this.config.classNames.captions.enabled, !utils.is.empty(captions.getTracks.call(this)));
 
+        // Get tracks
+        const tracks = captions.getTracks.call(this);
+
         // If no caption file exists, hide container for caption text
-        if (utils.is.empty(captions.getTracks.call(this))) {
+        if (utils.is.empty(tracks)) {
             return;
         }
 
+        // Get browser info
+        const browser = utils.getBrowser();
+
+        // Fix IE captions if CORS is used
+        // Fetch captions and inject as blobs instead (data URIs not supported!)
+        if (browser.isIE && window.URL) {
+            const elements = this.media.querySelectorAll('track');
+
+            Array.from(elements).forEach(track => {
+                const src = track.getAttribute('src');
+                const href = utils.parseUrl(src);
+
+                if (href.hostname !== window.location.href.hostname && [
+                    'http:',
+                    'https:',
+                ].includes(href.protocol)) {
+                    utils
+                        .fetch(src, 'blob')
+                        .then(blob => {
+                            track.setAttribute('src', window.URL.createObjectURL(blob));
+                        })
+                        .catch(() => {
+                            utils.removeElement(track);
+                        });
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
         // Set language
         captions.setLanguage.call(this);
 
diff --git a/src/js/utils.js b/src/js/utils.js
index 5fa4e1ed..3e176d10 100644
--- a/src/js/utils.js
+++ b/src/js/utils.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const utils = {
 
     // Fetch wrapper
     // Using XHR to avoid issues with older browsers
-    fetch(url) {
+    fetch(url, responseType = 'text') {
         return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
             try {
                 const request = new XMLHttpRequest();
@@ -94,10 +94,15 @@ const utils = {
                 }
 
                 request.addEventListener('load', () => {
-                    try {
-                        resolve(JSON.parse(request.responseText));
-                    } catch(e) {
-                        resolve(request.responseText);
+                    if (responseType === 'text') {
+                        try {
+                            resolve(JSON.parse(request.responseText));
+                        } catch(e) {
+                            resolve(request.responseText);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        resolve(request.response);
                     }
                 });
 
@@ -106,6 +111,10 @@ const utils = {
                 });
 
                 request.open('GET', url, true);
+
+                // Set the required response type
+                request.responseType = responseType;
+
                 request.send();
             } catch (e) {
                 reject(e);