Allow m3u8 refresh for live streams to be paused (when player is paused)

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Allow m3u8 refresh for live streams to be paused (when player is paused) #1351

Closed cAstraea closed 6 years ago

cAstraea commented 6 years ago

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I think this is the default behaviour ? Currently playing video will download the TS segments while paused other videos just update the m3u8 in the background. I'm asking because I have a video wall with several videos and thought could save some bandwith or it's not something to be concerned about.

marsalRBX commented 6 years ago

I have same issue, any thought?

forbesjo commented 6 years ago

We are currently thinking of ways to stop the m3u8 refresh when it is unnecessary so this at the moment is a known issue

gesinger commented 6 years ago

This is intended behavior for live videos, as it allows us to keep in sync with the stream, and is not usually an issue as m3u8 manifests should be relatively small. However, as @forbesjo mentioned, we are looking to add a feature that allows people to pause such an update. Going to change this issue to an enhancement pending such an addition.