Description

This PR fixes 2 issues:

Issue 1:

If you wait to start playback of a sliding window livestream, playback will not start from the live edge. This is because the seekable range does not update correctly on playlist refreshes before playback starts. For a sliding window livestream, here's an example of how the seekable range should update on playlist refreshes:

// segment duration of 5s
Initial range: 0 -> 1000
1st refresh: 5 -> 1005
2nd refresh: 10 -> 1010

But before playback starts, what we get now is this:

Initial range: 0 -> 1000
1st refresh: 0 -> 1000
2nd refresh: 0 -> 1000

So when playback starts, we seek to 1000 thinking it is the seekable end, but that puts us behind the true seekable end of 1010.

This happens because before we fetch the first segment, what we do now is calculate the seekable end as the duration of the segments in the playlist without updating the base start time when segments expire off the start of the playlist.

Solution:

Calculate the seekable start and end using MediaSequenceSync start and end times, which are already accurately updated whenever a new playlist is loaded. By using these values that are already available we can bypass all the complexity of the current calculations.

Issue 2:

Occasionally, when switching renditions, playback will not continue from the same place in the stream but will jump way back. This is caused by a race condition-- it is possible to switch to a new media playlist that has a Media Sequence value less than the current Media Sequence value, which presumably can result from delays on the media server updating playlists across renditions.

Solution:

If we switch to a media playlist with an older/lower mediaSequence value, we now calculate the base time by extrapolating backwards from a known segment start time rather than falling back to the currentTime.

Requirements Checklist

• Feature implemented / Bug fixed
• If necessary, more likely in a feature request than a bug fix
  • Unit Tests updated or fixed
  • Docs/guides updated
  • Example created (starter template on JSBin)
• Reviewed by Two Core Contributors