Live content switching to VOD

[zubcoco]

Hello,

We are a TV provider and we have LIVE content that can be transformed into VOD content.

In this case, the isLive method continues to return true even if the asset is transformed into VOD.

And in this case too, we don't receive the end event. We only receive a buffering event.

I've done the tests on the last shaka player version (4.9.10).

Have you an idea how to fix the bug and if it will be fixed in a future release ?

Thanks,
Corentin

[avelad]

Please fill out the bug template so we can help you! https://github.com/shaka-project/shaka-player/issues/new/choose

The conversion of Live to Vod works, but not all providers do it in the same way, so we have to look at the specific case.

Thanks!

[zubcoco]

Have you read the FAQ and checked for duplicate open issues?
Yes

If the problem is related to FairPlay, have you read the tutorial?

No

What version of Shaka Player are you using?

Latest, v4.9.10

Can you reproduce the issue with our latest release version?
Yes

Can you reproduce the issue with the latest code from main?
Yes

Are you using the demo app or your own custom app?
Custom app

If custom app, can you reproduce the issue using our demo app?
Yes
I just try to play the asset on the demo app (https://shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/).
And we the live stream is closed, the seekbar is always a live seekbar (without duration) and after a while I can see the loading indicator.

What browser and OS are you using?
MacOS - Chrome

What are the manifest and license server URIs?

I'll send you 5 assets in the near futur.

What did you do?

Just playing and waiting the stream to close. At the end I don't receive the ended event, just a buffering event.

What did you expect to happen?
Receive the ended event.

What actually happened?

I receive the buffering event.

Are you planning send a PR to fix it?
No

[avelad]

@zubcoco Can you review if the change of #7029 resolves your issue? Thanks!

[zubcoco]

My problem is not fixed in the latest release (v4.10.6) who contains the change of #7029 ...

[avelad]

@zubcoco Can you send new assets so we can investigate the problem? Thanks!

[Iragne]

Happy to test this use case too

[avelad]

@Iragne this feature is not working for you?

[Iragne]

I will check in few hours we are doing live to VOD transition all the time and i'm quite worried about this bug

[zubcoco]

@avelad I've sent some stream sample to reproduce the issue.
Thanks

[avelad]

@zubcoco I can reproduce the issue with version 4.10.10, but not with the main branch. So some commit will have fixed this (I don't know which one). and the fix will appear in version 4.11

[Iragne]

@avelad i'm still seeing the issue in my main branch updated.
The issue for me is at the end of the live 2 events are trigger quite in the same time but the stat of the video element is already set to paused = true and ended = true.
So when updateStateHistory_ is trigger it's only switching to pause and never to ended

BTW test done on FF

I was working on a fix but i'm wondering what should be the correct approach
at the end of the stream

Option 1

• Pause event => we should trigger it
• End event => we should trigger it
  Option 2
• Pause event => we skip it because the state of the video element is in ended = true state
• End event => we should trigger it

[avelad]

I tested with the streams provided by @zubcoco and the ended event is fired and isLive returns false. I used: https://nightly-dot-shaka-player-demo.appspot.com

@Iragne I think what you report is another problem, please make an issue with your problem, and with streams to reproduce it and I will look at it.

[avelad]

@Iragne Contact me via Slack (https://video-dev.slack.com/team/U05DB2BTVRU) and I will try to help you faster

[Iragne]

@avelad It looks like there isn’t an account on XXX tied to this email address.

[avelad]

@Iragne #7189 :)