unify players - move away from embedded player

[tzarebczan]

@tzarebczan commented on Wed May 12 2021

• [ ] move away from livestream embed player
• [ ] move logic from that player into ours
• [ ] ensure embedding livestreams works - maybe option with and without chat? Can be done separately too
• [ ] ensure new user sign up flow pops up into new tab?

[tzarebczan]

When live endpoint is called, we get the m3u8 URL to pass to our player. It can be a hls (regular) or transcoded). When we periodically poll the live endpoint, a channel may start getting transcoded, so we should switch to that stream.

"url":"https://cdn.odysee.live/hls/6de621b92bfa14e54ab56e3498a893e21be785cf/index.m3u8"
"url":"https://cdn.odysee.live/transcode/6de621b92bfa14e54ab56e3498a893e21be785cf.m3u8"

We will add a websocket notification when the stream starts, but we should also use the live status from the live endpoint to try playing.

Code to reference for player specific enhancements: https://github.com/OdyseeTeam/odysee-media-server

If not live, show current background: https://spee.ch/odysee-streaming-png:2.png?quality=80&height=630&width=1200

• [ ] Add Live button which shows status/allows to skip to live
• [ ] Only show up to the last 15 minutes of a livestream
• [ ] Make sure livestreams load to the live position (think current code does something special, but it may not be needed?)
• [ ] try to enable quality selector for transcoded streams
• [ ] test chromecast - this may break due to referrer? Not sure if possible to set one when casting.

[tzarebczan]

YESSSSSSSS