Implement new catchup seeking/pausing logic as discussed during F2F

contrib/akamai/controlbar/ControlBar.js

@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ var ControlBar = function (dashjsMediaPlayer, displayUTCTimeCodes) {
     };
 
     var seekLive = function () {
-        self.player.seek(self.player.duration());
+        self.player.seekToOriginalLive();
     };
 
     //************************************************************************************

index.d.ts

@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ declare namespace dashjs {
             liveCatchup?: {
                 maxDrift?: number;
                 playbackRate?: number;
-                latencyThreshold?: number,
                 playbackBufferMin?: number,
                 enabled?: boolean
                 mode?: string
@@ -467,6 +466,8 @@ declare namespace dashjs {
 
         seek(value: number): void;
 
+        seekToOriginalLive(): void;
+
         setPlaybackRate(value: number): void;
 
         getPlaybackRate(): number;

samples/low-latency/testplayer/main.css

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+.videoContainer{
+    position: relative;
+}
+
 video {
     width: 100%;
+    height: auto;
+    margin: auto;
 }
 
 #manifest {
@@ -29,4 +35,12 @@ video {
 #metric-chart {
     max-height: 400px;
     min-height: 400px;
+}
+
+.video-controller {
+    margin-top: -5px !important;
+}
+
+.dash-video-player {
+    background: #000000;
 }

samples/low-latency/testplayer/main.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var METRIC_INTERVAL = 300;
 
 var App = function () {
     this.player = null;
+    this.controlbar = null;
     this.video = null;
     this.chart = null;
     this.domElements = {
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ App.prototype._setDomElements = function () {
     this.domElements.settings.targetLatency = document.getElementById('target-latency');
     this.domElements.settings.maxDrift = document.getElementById('max-drift');
     this.domElements.settings.catchupPlaybackRate = document.getElementById('catchup-playback-rate');
-    this.domElements.settings.liveCatchupLatencyThreshold = document.getElementById('catchup-threshold');
     this.domElements.settings.abrAdditionalInsufficientBufferRule = document.getElementById('abr-additional-insufficient')
     this.domElements.settings.abrAdditionalDroppedFramesRule = document.getElementById('abr-additional-dropped');
     this.domElements.settings.abrAdditionalAbandonRequestRule = document.getElementById('abr-additional-abandon');
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ App.prototype._setDomElements = function () {
     this.domElements.metrics.latencyTag = document.getElementById('latency-tag');
     this.domElements.metrics.playbackrateTag = document.getElementById('playbackrate-tag');
     this.domElements.metrics.bufferTag = document.getElementById('buffer-tag');
-    this.domElements.metrics.catchupThresholdTag = document.getElementById('catchup-threshold-tag');
     this.domElements.metrics.sec = document.getElementById('sec');
     this.domElements.metrics.min = document.getElementById('min');
     this.domElements.metrics.videoMaxIndex = document.getElementById('video-max-index');
@@ -71,6 +70,8 @@ App.prototype._load = function () {
     this._registerDashEventHandler();
     this._applyParameters();
     this.player.initialize(this.video, url, true);
+    this.controlbar = new ControlBar(this.player);
+    this.controlbar.initialize();
 }
 
 App.prototype._applyParameters = function () {
@@ -89,7 +90,6 @@ App.prototype._applyParameters = function () {
             liveCatchup: {
                 maxDrift: settings.maxDrift,
                 playbackRate: settings.catchupPlaybackRate,
-                latencyThreshold: settings.liveCatchupLatencyThreshold,
                 mode: settings.catchupMechanism
             },
             abr: {
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@ App.prototype._adjustSettingsByUrlParameters = function () {
         if (params.catchupPlaybackRate !== undefined) {
             this.domElements.settings.catchupPlaybackRate.value = parseFloat(params.catchupPlaybackRate).toFixed(1);
         }
-        if (params.liveCatchupLatencyThreshold !== undefined) {
-            this.domElements.settings.liveCatchupLatencyThreshold.value = parseFloat(params.liveCatchupLatencyThreshold).toFixed(0);
-        }
         if (params.abrAdditionalInsufficientBufferRule !== undefined) {
             this.domElements.settings.abrAdditionalInsufficientBufferRule.checked = params.abrAdditionalInsufficientBufferRule === 'true';
         }
@@ -165,7 +162,6 @@ App.prototype._getCurrentSettings = function () {
     var targetLatency = parseFloat(this.domElements.settings.targetLatency.value, 10);
     var maxDrift = parseFloat(this.domElements.settings.maxDrift.value, 10);
     var catchupPlaybackRate = parseFloat(this.domElements.settings.catchupPlaybackRate.value, 10);
-    var liveCatchupLatencyThreshold = parseFloat(this.domElements.settings.liveCatchupLatencyThreshold.value, 10);
     var abrAdditionalInsufficientBufferRule = this.domElements.settings.abrAdditionalInsufficientBufferRule.checked;
     var abrAdditionalDroppedFramesRule = this.domElements.settings.abrAdditionalDroppedFramesRule.checked;
     var abrAdditionalAbandonRequestRule = this.domElements.settings.abrAdditionalAbandonRequestRule.checked;
@@ -178,7 +174,6 @@ App.prototype._getCurrentSettings = function () {
         targetLatency,
         maxDrift,
         catchupPlaybackRate,
-        liveCatchupLatencyThreshold,
         abrGeneral,
         abrAdditionalInsufficientBufferRule,
         abrAdditionalDroppedFramesRule,
@@ -344,8 +339,6 @@ App.prototype._startIntervalHandler = function () {
             var currentBuffer = dashMetrics.getCurrentBufferLevel('video');
             self.domElements.metrics.bufferTag.innerHTML = currentBuffer + ' secs';
 
-            self.domElements.metrics.catchupThresholdTag.innerHTML = settings.streaming.liveCatchup.latencyThreshold + ' secs';
-
             var d = new Date();
             var seconds = d.getSeconds();
             self.domElements.metrics.sec.innerHTML = (seconds < 10 ? '0' : '') + seconds;

samples/low-latency/testplayer/testplayer.html

@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@
     <meta charset="utf-8">
     <title>Low latency streaming - Testplayer</title>
 
-    <script src="../../../dist/dash.all.debug.js"></script>
-    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chart.js@3.3.2/dist/chart.min.js"></script>
-
     <!-- Bootstrap core CSS -->
     <link href="../../lib/bootstrap/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap-icons@1.4.1/font/bootstrap-icons.css">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../contrib/akamai/controlbar/controlbar.css">
     <link href="../../lib/main.css" rel="stylesheet">
     <link href="main.css" rel="stylesheet">
 
+    <script src="../../../dist/dash.all.debug.js"></script>
+    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chart.js@3.3.2/dist/chart.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="../../../contrib/akamai/controlbar/Controlbar.js"></script>
+
 </head>
 <body>
 
@@ -71,11 +73,6 @@ <h6>General</h6>
                                         <input type="number" id="catchup-playback-rate" class="form-control" value="0.1"
                                                step="0.01" max="0.5" min="0.0">
                                     </div>
-                                    <div class="input-group input-group-sm mb-3">
-                                        <span class="input-group-text"> Live catchup latency threshold (sec):</span>
-                                        <input type="number" class="form-control" value="60" min="0"
-                                               id="catchup-threshold">
-                                    </div>
                                 </div>
                                 <div class="col-md-3">
                                     <h6>ABR - General</h6>
@@ -243,8 +240,39 @@ <h4>Export settings</h4>
             </div>
         </div>
         <div class="row mt-2">
-            <div class="col-md-7">
-                <video controls="true"></video>
+            <div class="col-md-7 dash-video-player">
+                <div id="videoContainer" class="videoContainer">
+                    <video></video>
+                    <div id="videoController" class="video-controller unselectable">
+                        <div id="playPauseBtn" class="btn-play-pause" title="Play/Pause">
+                            <span id="iconPlayPause" class="icon-play"></span>
+                        </div>
+                        <span id="videoTime" class="time-display">00:00:00</span>
+                        <div id="fullscreenBtn" class="btn-fullscreen control-icon-layout" title="Fullscreen">
+                            <span class="icon-fullscreen-enter"></span>
+                        </div>
+                        <div id="bitrateListBtn" class="control-icon-layout" title="Bitrate List">
+                            <span class="icon-bitrate"></span>
+                        </div>
+                        <input type="range" id="volumebar" class="volumebar" value="1" min="0" max="1" step=".01"/>
+                        <div id="muteBtn" class="btn-mute control-icon-layout" title="Mute">
+                            <span id="iconMute" class="icon-mute-off"></span>
+                        </div>
+                        <div id="trackSwitchBtn" class="control-icon-layout" title="A/V Tracks">
+                            <span class="icon-tracks"></span>
+                        </div>
+                        <div id="captionBtn" class="btn-caption control-icon-layout" title="Closed Caption">
+                            <span class="icon-caption"></span>
+                        </div>
+                        <span id="videoDuration" class="duration-display">00:00:00</span>
+                        <div class="seekContainer">
+                            <div id="seekbar" class="seekbar seekbar-complete">
+                                <div id="seekbar-buffer" class="seekbar seekbar-buffer"></div>
+                                <div id="seekbar-play" class="seekbar seekbar-play"></div>
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
             </div>
             <div class="col-md-5">
                 <div class="p-5 border rounded-3 mt-1">
@@ -267,9 +295,6 @@ <h5>Wall Clock reference time</h5>
                         <div><span class="metric-value"> Playback rate: </span><span
                             id="playbackrate-tag"></span>
                         </div>
-                        <div><span
-                            class="metric-value">Live catchup latency threshold: </span><span
-                            id="catchup-threshold-tag"></span></div>
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </div>

src/core/Settings.js

@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ import Events from './events/Events';
  *                maxDrift: NaN,
  *                playbackRate: NaN,
  *                playbackBufferMin: 0.5,
- *                latencyThreshold: 60,
  *                enabled: false,
  *                mode: Constants.LIVE_CATCHUP_MODE_DEFAULT
  *            },
@@ -462,15 +461,6 @@ import Events from './events/Events';
  * Set it to NaN to turn off live catch up feature.
  *
  * Note: Catch-up mechanism is only applied when playing low latency live streams.
- * @property {number} [latencyThreshold=60]
- * Use this parameter to set the maximum threshold for which live catch up is applied.
- *
- * For instance, if this value is set to 8 seconds, then live catchup is only applied if the current live latency is equal or below 8 seconds.
- *
- * The reason behind this parameter is to avoid an increase of the playback rate if the user seeks within the DVR window.
- *
- * If no value is specified catchup mode will always be applied
- *
  * @property {number} [playbackBufferMin=NaN]
  * Use this parameter to specify the minimum buffer which is used for LoL+ based playback rate reduction.
  *
@@ -846,7 +836,6 @@ function Settings() {
                 playbackRate: NaN,
                 playbackBufferMin: 0.5,
                 enabled: null,
-                latencyThreshold: 60,
                 mode: Constants.LIVE_CATCHUP_MODE_DEFAULT
             },
             lastBitrateCachingInfo: {

src/streaming/MediaPlayer.js

@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ function MediaPlayer() {
             throw PLAYBACK_NOT_INITIALIZED_ERROR;
         }
         if (!autoPlay || (isPaused() && playbackInitialized)) {
-            playbackController.play();
+            playbackController.play(true);
         }
     }
 
@@ -565,7 +565,8 @@ function MediaPlayer() {
      * Sets the currentTime property of the attached video element.  If it is a live stream with a
      * timeShiftBufferLength, then the DVR window offset will be automatically calculated.
      *
-     * @param {number} value - A relative time, in seconds, based on the return value of the {@link module:MediaPlayer#duration duration()} method is expected
+     * @param {number} value - A relative time, in seconds, based on the return value of the {@link module:MediaPlayer#duration duration()} method is expected.
+     * For dynamic streams duration() returns DVRWindow.end - DVRWindow.start. Consequently, the value provided to this function should be relative to DVRWindow.start.
      * @see {@link module:MediaPlayer#getDVRSeekOffset getDVRSeekOffset()}
      * @throws {@link module:MediaPlayer~PLAYBACK_NOT_INITIALIZED_ERROR PLAYBACK_NOT_INITIALIZED_ERROR} if called before initializePlayback function
      * @throws {@link Constants#BAD_ARGUMENT_ERROR BAD_ARGUMENT_ERROR} if called with an invalid argument, not number type or is NaN.
@@ -584,7 +585,18 @@ function MediaPlayer() {
         }
 
         let s = playbackController.getIsDynamic() ? getDVRSeekOffset(value) : value;
-        playbackController.seek(s);
+        playbackController.seek(s, false, false, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Seeks back to the original live edge (live edge as calculated at playback start). Only applies to live streams, for VoD streams this call will be ignored.
+     */
+    function seekToOriginalLive() {
+        if (!playbackInitialized || !isDynamic()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        playbackController.seekToOriginalLive();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -763,7 +775,7 @@ function MediaPlayer() {
             return 0;
         }
 
-        let liveDelay = playbackController.getLiveDelay();
+        let liveDelay = playbackController.getOriginalLiveDelay();
 
         let val = metric.range.start + value;
 
@@ -785,7 +797,7 @@ function MediaPlayer() {
             throw PLAYBACK_NOT_INITIALIZED_ERROR;
         }
 
-        return playbackController.getLiveDelay();
+        return playbackController.getOriginalLiveDelay();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2064,7 +2076,6 @@ function MediaPlayer() {
             streamController,
             playbackController,
             mediaPlayerModel,
-            dashMetrics,
             videoModel,
             settings
         })
@@ -2312,6 +2323,7 @@ function MediaPlayer() {
         isDynamic,
         getLowLatencyModeEnabled,
         seek,
+        seekToOriginalLive,
         setPlaybackRate,
         getPlaybackRate,
         setMute,

src/streaming/controllers/CatchupController.js

@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ function CatchupController() {
         streamController,
         playbackController,
         mediaPlayerModel,
-        dashMetrics,
         playbackStalled,
         logger;
 
@@ -77,10 +76,6 @@ function CatchupController() {
             playbackController = config.playbackController;
         }
 
-        if (config.dashMetrics) {
-            dashMetrics = config.dashMetrics;
-        }
-
         if (config.mediaPlayerModel) {
             mediaPlayerModel = config.mediaPlayerModel;
         }
@@ -206,7 +201,7 @@ function CatchupController() {
                 deltaLatency > maxDrift) {
                 logger.info('[CatchupController]: Low Latency catchup mechanism. Latency too high, doing a seek to live point');
                 isCatchupSeekInProgress = true;
-                _seekToLive();
+                playbackController.seekToCurrentLive(true, false);
             }
 
             // try to reach the target latency by adjusting the playback rate
@@ -250,8 +245,7 @@ function CatchupController() {
      */
     function _shouldStartCatchUp() {
         try {
-            const latencyThreshold = mediaPlayerModel.getLiveCatchupLatencyThreshold();
-            if (!playbackController.getTime() > 0 || isCatchupSeekInProgress || (!isNaN(latencyThreshold) && playbackController.getCurrentLiveLatency() >= latencyThreshold)) {
+            if (!playbackController.getTime() > 0 || isCatchupSeekInProgress) {
                 return false;
             }
 
@@ -413,19 +407,6 @@ function CatchupController() {
         return newRate
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Seek to live edge
-     */
-    function _seekToLive() {
-        const type = streamController && streamController.hasVideoTrack() ? Constants.VIDEO : Constants.AUDIO;
-        const DVRMetrics = dashMetrics.getCurrentDVRInfo(type);
-        const DVRWindow = DVRMetrics ? DVRMetrics.range : null;
-
-        if (DVRWindow && !isNaN(DVRWindow.end)) {
-            playbackController.seek(DVRWindow.end - playbackController.getLiveDelay(), true, false);
-        }
-    }
-
     instance = {
         reset,
         setConfig,