[question] prevent prefetch hls playlist on page load

[kinoher]

Description

I have server side video transcoder . video transcoding will starting when request hls playlist. On my page 5 instances videojs and browser trigger start 5 encoding process when page loaded in sametime, it's very bad and generate overload.
how to load playlist after click play button?

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Results

Expected

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Error output

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Additional Information

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videojs-http-streaming version

what version of videojs-http-streaming does this occur with?
videojs-http-streaming 7.6.6(videojs from cdn)

videojs version

what version of videojs does this occur with?
video.js 7.6.6 (cdn)

Platforms/browsers

what platforms are affected? please include operating system and version or device and version for each

• linux/firefox 75.0
• android/firefox 68
• windows/chrome 80.0.3987

Other Plugins

are any other videojs plugins being used on the page? If so, please list them with version below.
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Other JavaScript

are you using any other javascript libraries or frameworks on the page? if so please list them below.
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[gkatsev]

Unfortunately, that is a bug that we need to address. For now, the workaround would be to not set the source on the player until a play request is made.

[kinoher]

thanks for your reply.
Please provide detail explain or example for this solution, i'm noob in javascript.

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This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[gkatsev]

We've since addressed this issue #1060