[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] HTTP options in HLS (again)

[Micah Galizia]

I didn't change that. Its there already and has been since I started
looking at this code. I'll see if those play or not later.


On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Jan Ehrhardt <phpdev at ehrhardt.nl> wrote:

> Micah Galizia in gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel (Tue, 15 Jan 2013
> 21:39:09 -0500):
>
> >         /* Some HLS servers dont like being sent the range header */
> >         av_dict_set(&opts, "seekable", "0", 0);
>
> If I interpret this correctly, the default is non-seekable. The
> consequence is that everyone using xbmc to view videos at
> http://uitzendinggemist.nl will not be able to seek through the
> on-demand streams. I do not think those users will love this patch.
>
> The default was seekable (resulting in problems when watching Fox
> Soccer2Go). The effect of this patch will be that you deprive users of
> on-demand streams seeking. Is that really desirable? Is there no way to
> distinguish between on demand and live streams?
>
> Jan
>
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