OSMF HTTP Stream seek bug...

Question

(This was also posted in Flash as I couldn't find the OSMF forum!)
Hi,
I have built an OSMF player that allows users to seek to where they were when resuming, but also to scrub back to the beginning.
EG:
A stream is 1 minute long.
User starts play at 25 seconds.
User can scrub back to 5 seconds or forward to 55 seconds.
This works perfectly with RTMP - TimeTrait reports correctly and video displays correctly.
EG:
Start at 25 seconds, TimeTrait reports: duration = 60, current position = 25 and displaying video is 25.
Seek to 5 seconds rewinds to current duration = 60, position = 5, displaying video is 5.
But...
With HTTP streams...
Start at 25 seconds. TimeTrait reports: duration = 60, current position = 25 and displaying video is 50.
Seek to 5 seconds rewinds to before the start of the stream and gives me a media complete... end of stream.
Start at 30 seconds, TimeTrait reports duration = 60, current position = 30 and displaying video is 60 so gives me a media complete... end of stream.
It is pretty clear that what is happening is that HTTP stream seeking is resetting my start index to the seek point, as if I had started play with:
NetStream.play(seekPoint);
Rather than:
NetStream.play();
NetStream.seek(seekPoint);
This, I hasten to add, is a horrendous issue from my client's point of view as it effectively means I cannot allow resume of content.
Does anybody have any ideas, workarounds?
G

Answer 1

Hi,
HTTPNetStream.as not able to use because of SWC component using for entire OSMF framework application. Can you please advise how to use it.
I am using below code to play http mp4 video and local video i.e. c:\myfolder\myvideo.mp4  or myfolder/myvideo.mp4 etc.
     netLoader = new NetLoader();
  mediaElement=new VideoElement(urlResource,netLoader);
  initOSMFPlayer(mediaElement, true);
private function initOSMFPlayer(medElement:*, autoStart:Boolean=false):void {
  //trace("Media Element changed Successfully" +medElement);
  try {
  mediaPlayer=new MediaPlayer(mediaElement);
  mediaPlayer.addEventListener(DisplayObjectEvent.MEDIA_SIZE_CHANGE, _onSizeChange);
  mediaPlayer.addEventListener(MediaErrorEvent.MEDIA_ERROR, onMediaError, false, 0, true);
  mediaPlayer.addEventListener(MediaPlayerStateChangeEvent.MEDIA_PLAYER_STATE_CHANGE, playerStateChange, false, 0, true);
  mediaPlayer.addEventListener(PlayEvent.PLAY_STATE_CHANGE, currentState, false, 0, true);
  mediaPlayer.addEventListener(TimeEvent.COMPLETE, videoComplete, false, 0, true);
  mediaPlayer.addEventListener(MediaPlayerCapabilityChangeEvent.CAN_SEEK_CHANGE, canSeekChange, false, 0, true);
  mediaPlayer.autoPlay=autoStart;//autoStart;
  mediaPlayer.bufferTime=1;
  mediaContainer.visible=false;
  mediaContainer.addMediaElement(mediaElement);
  if ((urlType=="HTTP" || urlType=="Undefined") && !autoStart) {mediaPlayer.stop();}
  stageResize();
  } catch (e:*) {
  trace("Error found in loading OSMF FRamework");
  //trace("MediaPlayer Error: " + e.toString() + " " + e.type);
  //controller.insertLog("Error found in OSMF Player Framework...");
  //controller.updatePlayerError(ErrorType.UNSUPPORTED_FORMAT);
Please advise if any things else need to change to use actual HTTPNetStream.as    ( org.osmf.net.httpstreaming.HTTPNetStream);
Please advise.