Live reload throttling per level details schedule

api-extractor/report/hls.js.api.md

@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ export type BaseData = {
 export class BasePlaylistController extends Logger implements NetworkComponentAPI {
     constructor(hls: Hls, logPrefix: string);
     // (undocumented)
+    protected canLoad: boolean;
+    // (undocumented)
     protected checkRetry(errorEvent: ErrorData): boolean;
     // (undocumented)
     destroy(): void;
@@ -319,7 +321,7 @@ export class BasePlaylistController extends Logger implements NetworkComponentAP
     // (undocumented)
     protected playlistLoaded(index: number, data: LevelLoadedData | AudioTrackLoadedData | TrackLoadedData, previousDetails?: LevelDetails): void;
     // (undocumented)
-    protected scheduleLoading(levelOrTrack: Level | MediaPlaylist, deliveryDirectives?: HlsUrlParameters): void;
+    protected scheduleLoading(levelOrTrack: Level | MediaPlaylist, deliveryDirectives?: HlsUrlParameters, updatedDetails?: LevelDetails): void;
     // (undocumented)
     protected shouldLoadPlaylist(playlist: Level | MediaPlaylist | null | undefined): playlist is Level | MediaPlaylist;
     // (undocumented)
@@ -520,7 +522,7 @@ export class BaseStreamController extends TaskLoop implements NetworkComponentAP
     // (undocumented)
     protected resetTransmuxer(): void;
     // (undocumented)
-    protected resetWhenMissingContext(chunkMeta: ChunkMetadata): void;
+    protected resetWhenMissingContext(chunkMeta: ChunkMetadata | Fragment): void;
     // (undocumented)
     resumeBuffering(): void;
     // (undocumented)
@@ -2012,6 +2014,7 @@ class Hls implements HlsEventEmitter {
     // (undocumented)
     listeners<E extends keyof HlsListeners>(event: E): HlsListeners[E][];
     get liveSyncPosition(): number | null;
+    get loadingEnabled(): boolean;
     get loadLevel(): number;
     // Warning: (ae-setter-with-docs) The doc comment for the property "loadLevel" must appear on the getter, not the setter.
     set loadLevel(newLevel: number);
@@ -3158,6 +3161,8 @@ export class LevelDetails {
     // (undocumented)
     m3u8: string;
     // (undocumented)
+    get maxPartIndex(): number;
+    // (undocumented)
     misses: number;
     // (undocumented)
     get partEnd(): number;
@@ -3258,6 +3263,8 @@ export interface LevelLoadedData {
     networkDetails: any;
     // (undocumented)
     stats: LoaderStats;
+    // (undocumented)
+    withoutMultiVariant?: boolean;
 }
 
 // Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "LevelLoadingData" is part of the package's API, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)

src/controller/abr-controller.ts

@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ class AbrController extends Logger implements AbrComponentAPI {
     if (levels.length === 1) {
       return 0;
     }
-    const level: Level | undefined = levels[selectionBaseLevel];
+    const level = levels[selectionBaseLevel] as Level | undefined;
     const live = !!this.hls.latestLevelDetails?.live;
     const firstSelection = loadLevel === -1 || lastLoadedFragLevel === -1;
     let currentCodecSet: string | undefined;
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ class AbrController extends Logger implements AbrComponentAPI {
               )} of ${maxAutoLevel} max with CODECS and VIDEO-RANGE:"${
                 levels[levelsSkipped[0]].codecs
               }" ${levels[levelsSkipped[0]].videoRange}; not compatible with "${
-                level.codecs
+                currentCodecSet
               }" ${currentVideoRange}`,
             );
           }

src/controller/base-playlist-controller.ts

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ export default class BasePlaylistController
   implements NetworkComponentAPI
 {
   protected hls: Hls;
+  protected canLoad: boolean = false;
   private timer: number = -1;
-  private canLoad: boolean = false;
 
   constructor(hls: Hls, logPrefix: string) {
     super(logPrefix, hls.logger);
@@ -170,6 +170,25 @@ export default class BasePlaylistController
     if (details.live || previousDetails?.live) {
       const levelOrTrack = 'levelInfo' in data ? data.levelInfo : data.track;
       details.reloaded(previousDetails);
+      // Merge live playlists to adjust fragment starts and fill in delta playlist skipped segments
+      if (previousDetails && details.fragments.length > 0) {
+        mergeDetails(previousDetails, details);
+      }
+      if (details.requestScheduled === -1) {
+        details.requestScheduled = stats.loading.start;
+      }
+      const bufferInfo = this.hls.mainForwardBufferInfo;
+      const position = bufferInfo ? bufferInfo.end - bufferInfo.len : 0;
+      const distanceToLiveEdgeMs = (details.edge - position) * 1000;
+      const reloadInterval = computeReloadInterval(
+        details,
+        distanceToLiveEdgeMs,
+      );
+      if (details.requestScheduled + reloadInterval < now) {
+        details.requestScheduled = now;
+      } else {
+        details.requestScheduled += reloadInterval;
+      }
       this.log(
         `live playlist ${index} ${
           details.advanced
@@ -179,10 +198,6 @@ export default class BasePlaylistController
               : 'MISSED'
         }`,
       );
-      // Merge live playlists to adjust fragment starts and fill in delta playlist skipped segments
-      if (previousDetails && details.fragments.length > 0) {
-        mergeDetails(previousDetails, details);
-      }
       if (!this.canLoad || !details.live) {
         return;
       }
@@ -196,12 +211,16 @@ export default class BasePlaylistController
         const endSn = details.endSN;
         const lastPartIndex = details.lastPartIndex;
         const hasParts = lastPartIndex !== -1;
-        const lastPart = lastPartSn === endSn;
-        // When low latency mode is disabled, we'll skip part requests once the last part index is found
-        const nextSnStartIndex = lowLatencyMode ? 0 : lastPartIndex;
+        const atLastPartOfSegment = lastPartSn === endSn;
         if (hasParts) {
-          msn = lastPart ? endSn + 1 : lastPartSn;
-          part = lastPart ? nextSnStartIndex : lastPartIndex + 1;
+          // When low latency mode is disabled, request the last part of the next segment
+          if (atLastPartOfSegment) {
+            msn = endSn + 1;
+            part = lowLatencyMode ? 0 : lastPartIndex;
+          } else {
+            msn = lastPartSn;
+            part = lowLatencyMode ? lastPartIndex + 1 : details.maxPartIndex;
+          }
         } else {
           msn = endSn + 1;
         }
@@ -258,7 +277,8 @@ export default class BasePlaylistController
           msn,
           part,
         );
-        if (lowLatencyMode || !lastPart) {
+        if (lowLatencyMode || !atLastPartOfSegment) {
+          details.requestScheduled = now;
           this.loadingPlaylist(levelOrTrack, deliveryDirectives);
           return;
         }
@@ -270,25 +290,12 @@ export default class BasePlaylistController
           part,
         );
       }
-      if (details.requestScheduled === -1) {
-        details.requestScheduled = stats.loading.start;
-      }
       if (deliveryDirectives && msn !== undefined && details.canBlockReload) {
-        details.requestScheduled -= details.partTarget * 1000 || 1000;
-      }
-      const bufferInfo = this.hls.mainForwardBufferInfo;
-      const position = bufferInfo ? bufferInfo.end - bufferInfo.len : 0;
-      const distanceToLiveEdgeMs = (details.edge - position) * 1000;
-      const reloadInterval = computeReloadInterval(
-        details,
-        distanceToLiveEdgeMs,
-      );
-      if (details.requestScheduled + reloadInterval < now) {
-        details.requestScheduled = now;
-      } else {
-        details.requestScheduled += reloadInterval;
+        details.requestScheduled =
+          stats.loading.first +
+          Math.max(reloadInterval - elapsed * 2, reloadInterval / 2);
       }
-      this.scheduleLoading(levelOrTrack, deliveryDirectives);
+      this.scheduleLoading(levelOrTrack, deliveryDirectives, details);
     } else {
       this.clearTimer();
     }
@@ -297,8 +304,9 @@ export default class BasePlaylistController
   protected scheduleLoading(
     levelOrTrack: Level | MediaPlaylist,
     deliveryDirectives?: HlsUrlParameters,
+    updatedDetails?: LevelDetails,
   ) {
-    const details = levelOrTrack.details;
+    const details = updatedDetails || levelOrTrack.details;
     if (!details) {
       this.loadingPlaylist(levelOrTrack, deliveryDirectives);
       return;
@@ -316,22 +324,8 @@ export default class BasePlaylistController
         estimatedTimeUntilUpdate,
       )} ms`,
     );
-    // this.log(
-    //   `live reload ${details.updated ? 'REFRESHED' : 'MISSED'}
-    // reload in ${estimatedTimeUntilUpdate / 1000}
-    // round trip ${(stats.loading.end - stats.loading.start) / 1000}
-    // diff ${
-    //   (reloadInterval -
-    //     (estimatedTimeUntilUpdate +
-    //       stats.loading.end -
-    //       stats.loading.start)) /
-    //   1000
-    // }
-    // reload interval ${reloadInterval / 1000}
-    // target duration ${details.targetduration}
-    // distance to edge ${distanceToLiveEdgeMs / 1000}`
-    // );
 
+    this.clearTimer();
     this.timer = self.setTimeout(
       () => this.loadingPlaylist(levelOrTrack, deliveryDirectives),
       estimatedTimeUntilUpdate,
@@ -379,6 +373,7 @@ export default class BasePlaylistController
       } else {
         const delay = getRetryDelay(retryConfig, retryCount);
         // Schedule level/track reload
+        this.clearTimer();
         this.timer = self.setTimeout(() => this.loadPlaylist(), delay);
         this.warn(
           `Retrying playlist loading ${retryCount + 1}/${

src/controller/base-stream-controller.ts

@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@ export default class BaseStreamController
     }
   }
 
-  protected resetWhenMissingContext(chunkMeta: ChunkMetadata) {
+  protected resetWhenMissingContext(chunkMeta: ChunkMetadata | Fragment) {
     this.warn(
       `The loading context changed while buffering fragment ${chunkMeta.sn} of ${this.playlistLabel()} ${chunkMeta.level}. This chunk will not be buffered.`,
     );

src/controller/interstitials-controller.ts

@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ MediaSource ${JSON.stringify(attachMediaSourceData)} from ${logFromSource}`,
         player.media?.play();
       }
     } else if (scheduledItem !== null) {
-      this.resumePrimary(scheduledItem, index);
+      this.resumePrimary(scheduledItem, index, currentItem);
       if (this.shouldPlay) {
         this.hls.media?.play();
       }
@@ -1144,12 +1144,16 @@ MediaSource ${JSON.stringify(attachMediaSourceData)} from ${logFromSource}`,
   private resumePrimary(
     scheduledItem: InterstitialSchedulePrimaryItem,
     index: number,
+    fromItem: InterstitialScheduleItem | null,
   ) {
     this.playingItem = scheduledItem;
     this.playingAsset = null;
     this.waitingItem = null;
 
     this.bufferedToItem(scheduledItem);
+    if (!fromItem) {
+      return;
+    }
 
     this.log(`resuming ${segmentToString(scheduledItem)}`);
 
@@ -1231,13 +1235,22 @@ MediaSource ${JSON.stringify(attachMediaSourceData)} from ${logFromSource}`,
     } else {
       this.transferMediaTo(hls, media);
       if (skipSeekToStartPosition) {
-        hls.startLoad(timelinePos, skipSeekToStartPosition);
+        this.startLoadingPrimaryAt(timelinePos, skipSeekToStartPosition);
       }
     }
     if (!skipSeekToStartPosition) {
       // Set primary position to resume time
       this.timelinePos = timelinePos;
-      hls.startLoad(timelinePos, skipSeekToStartPosition);
+      this.startLoadingPrimaryAt(timelinePos, skipSeekToStartPosition);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private startLoadingPrimaryAt(
+    timelinePos: number,
+    skipSeekToStartPosition?: boolean,
+  ) {
+    if (this.hls.loadingEnabled) {
+      this.hls.startLoad(timelinePos, skipSeekToStartPosition);
     }
   }
 
@@ -1688,7 +1701,7 @@ Schedule: ${scheduleItems.map((seg) => segmentToString(seg))}`,
   private preloadPrimary(item: InterstitialSchedulePrimaryItem) {
     const index = this.findItemIndex(item);
     const timelinePos = this.getPrimaryResumption(item, index);
-    this.hls.startLoad(timelinePos);
+    this.startLoadingPrimaryAt(timelinePos);
   }
 
   private bufferedToEvent(
@@ -1869,7 +1882,7 @@ Schedule: ${scheduleItems.map((seg) => segmentToString(seg))}`,
     }
     const playerConfig: Partial<HlsConfig> = {
       ...userConfig,
-      // autoStartLoad: false,
+      autoStartLoad: true,
       startFragPrefetch: true,
       primarySessionId: primary.sessionId,
       assetPlayerId: assetItem.identifier,

src/controller/level-controller.ts

@@ -380,18 +380,6 @@ export default class LevelController extends BasePlaylistController {
       altAudio: !audioOnly && audioTracks.some((t) => !!t.url),
     };
     this.hls.trigger(Events.MANIFEST_PARSED, edata);
-
-    // Initiate loading after all controllers have received MANIFEST_PARSED
-    const {
-      config: { autoStartLoad, startPosition },
-      forceStartLoad,
-    } = this.hls;
-    if (autoStartLoad || forceStartLoad) {
-      this.log(
-        `${autoStartLoad ? 'auto' : 'force'} startLoad with configured startPosition ${startPosition}`,
-      );
-      this.hls.startLoad(startPosition);
-    }
   }
 
   get levels(): Level[] | null {
@@ -606,8 +594,8 @@ export default class LevelController extends BasePlaylistController {
       return;
     }
 
-    // only process level loaded events matching with expected level
-    if (curLevel === this.currentLevel) {
+    // only process level loaded events matching with expected level or prior to switch when media playlist is loaded directly
+    if (curLevel === this.currentLevel || data.withoutMultiVariant) {
       // reset level load error counter on successful level loaded only if there is no issues with fragments
       if (curLevel.fragmentError === 0) {
         curLevel.loadError = 0;
@@ -676,6 +664,9 @@ export default class LevelController extends BasePlaylistController {
   }
 
   removeLevel(levelIndex: number) {
+    if (this._levels.length === 1) {
+      return;
+    }
     const levels = this._levels.filter((level, index) => {
       if (index !== levelIndex) {
         return true;
@@ -697,6 +688,14 @@ export default class LevelController extends BasePlaylistController {
     if (this.currentLevelIndex > -1 && this.currentLevel?.details) {
       this.currentLevelIndex = this.currentLevel.details.fragments[0].level;
     }
+    if (this.manualLevelIndex > -1) {
+      this.manualLevelIndex = this.currentLevelIndex;
+    }
+    const maxLevel = levels.length - 1;
+    this._firstLevel = Math.min(this._firstLevel, maxLevel);
+    if (this._startLevel) {
+      this._startLevel = Math.min(this._startLevel, maxLevel);
+    }
     this.hls.trigger(Events.LEVELS_UPDATED, { levels });
   }
 

src/controller/stream-controller.ts

@@ -1095,6 +1095,9 @@ export default class StreamController
   ) {
     if (this.level > -1 && this.fragCurrent) {
       this.level = this.fragCurrent.level;
+      if (this.level === -1) {
+        this.resetWhenMissingContext(this.fragCurrent);
+      }
     }
     this.levels = data.levels;
   }