Issue in Linear restart playback

[kumarashu123]

Environment

• [] The MPD passes the DASH-IF Conformance Tool on https://conformance.dashif.org/
• [] The stream has correct Access-Control-Allow-Origin headers (CORS)
• [] There are no network errors such as 404s in the browser console when trying to play the stream
• [] The issue observed is not mentioned on https://github.com/Dash-Industry-Forum/dash.js/wiki/FAQ
• [] The issue occurs in the latest reference client on http://reference.dashif.org/dash.js/ and not just on my page

• Link to playable MPD file:
• Dash.js version:
• 4.7.2
• Browser name/version:
• OS name/version:
• LGTV and Samsung V

Steps to reproduce

1. Please provide clear steps to reproduce your problem
   *Restart linear/CDRV content
   *playback should start from beginning

• Some times restart playback is working but playback start from 10 -12 sec.

Issue is not seen in dashjs version 3.1.0.

I am passing streamUrl and startPosition to restart playback from beginning.

this.dashPlayer.attachSource(
streamUrl,
0, //startPosition
);

2. If the bug is intermittent, give a rough frequency if possible
   8/10 times

Observed behavior

Describe what the player is doing that is unexpected or undesired behaviour.
Player is not downloading segments only mpd keeps on downloading

Console output

Paste the contents of the browser console here.
You may need to enable debug logging in dash.js by calling player.updateSettings({ 'debug': { 'logLevel': dashjs.Debug.LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG }}) if you are using your own page.

Expected behavior

Describe what the player is expected to do

On restart playback playback should resume from beginning.

[kumarashu123]

@dsilhavy Could you please let me know how to do linear restart?
Is there any known issue linear restart happens from 8 - 10 sec not 0?

[dsilhavy]

Simply calling player.attachSource(mpd) loads the MPD and starts the content from the beginning. If you are already playing the same content and would like to start from the beginning again, you can also use player.seek(0). Also make sure to use the latest released version of dash.js which is 4.7.4.

[kumarashu123]

@dsilhavy
Content is Linear calling player.attachSource(mpd) loads the MPD and starts video from live position.

Since i am doing linear restart calling player.attachSource(mpd, 0)
passing 0 i.e, playposition does not start playback from 0 in dash js 4.72, 4.7.4 and nightly build.
sometime playback getting stuck if i pass 0 to attachSource.

another approach i tried
this.dashPlayer.on(
DashJS.MediaPlayer.events.PLAYBACK_METADATA_LOADED, (event) => {
if (PlaybackType !== LINEAR) {
this.seek(0);
}
});
if i call seek in PLAYBACK_METADATA_LOADED playback is starting but starting from 8 -10 sec (8-10 sec content getting missed).

when i use dash.js 3.1.0 calling player.attachSource(mpd, 0) starts playback from 0.

[dsilhavy]

There is some documentation on how seek works in v5 (nightly build) here: https://dashif.org/dash.js/pages/advanced/timing-apis.html

I assume by "linear" content you mean live/dynamic content? In this case seeking to position 0 means seeking to the beginning of the DVR window. What might happen is that there are no segments signaled in the MPD anymore for that specific target time.

Did you also check if the behavior is similar on Desktop browsers?

[kumarashu123]

Yes, linear i mean is live/dynamic content. Same content I checked with 3.1.0 version where seeking to position 0 plays from 0 sec. but in 4.7.2, 4.7.4 it does not play from beginning i.e, 0 sec.

I checked Desktop browsers behaviour is same.

[kumarashu123]

@dsilhavy Issue is not seen in 3.1.0 version on seek(0) it plays from beginning. so I assume content does not have issue.
Is there any setting i need to include to work seek in 4.7.2, 4.7.4 for dynamic content?

[dsilhavy]

There is no specific setting. Please provide the URL to your stream to reproduce

[kumarashu123]

@dsilhavy Thanks! I do not have clear content now, i have requested for clear content. Once i get i will share.

I was tracking back this issue, i found issue started from version 3.2.0. Less than 3.2.0 seek works from 0 position.