From 26d4e7b0bf0b30c3cd05ad1f5e49e58cf5174f0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pat O'Neill <pgoneill@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 14:03:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ignore: Prevent test failures in IE8 (#3891)

---
 src/js/tech/html5.js | 3 ---
 src/js/utils/dom.js  | 9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/js/tech/html5.js b/src/js/tech/html5.js
index d71615b14..a6d0d3555 100644
--- a/src/js/tech/html5.js
+++ b/src/js/tech/html5.js
@@ -1030,9 +1030,6 @@ const mpegurlRE = /^application\/(?:x-|vnd\.apple\.)mpegurl/i;
 const mp4RE = /^video\/mp4/i;
 
 Html5.patchCanPlayType = function() {
-  if (!canPlayType) {
-    return;
-  }
 
   // Android 4.0 and above can play HLS to some extent but it reports being unable to do so
   if (browser.ANDROID_VERSION >= 4.0 && !browser.IS_FIREFOX) {
diff --git a/src/js/utils/dom.js b/src/js/utils/dom.js
index f96b00932..c8acc075f 100644
--- a/src/js/utils/dom.js
+++ b/src/js/utils/dom.js
@@ -61,7 +61,14 @@ function classRegExp(className) {
  * @return {Boolean}
  */
 export function isReal() {
-  return document === window.document && typeof document.createElement === 'function';
+  return (
+
+    // Both document and window will never be undefined thanks to `global`.
+    document === window.document &&
+
+    // In IE < 9, DOM methods return "object" as their type, so all we can
+    // confidently check is that it exists.
+    typeof document.createElement !== 'undefined');
 }
 
 /**