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Seeking videos beyond the buffer line in Flash-mode

The webserver-modules ngx_http_mp4_module or mod_h264_streaming allow Flash-clients to seek a video beyond the downloaded buffer line, using a "start"-parameter, e.g.: 

http://server.com/path/to/video.mp4?start=10

Is there a chance to enable this feature in mediaelement.js?

Solution

  • At the moment, pseudostreaming in Mediaelement flash player is not implemented.

    Look at this thread: http streamed MP4 vidéo is not randomly seekable in flash. But someone is working on it; hopefully, we'll get the feature in the future :)

    Edit :

    They're now working on it (see this news). It only works with mp4 files at the moment. You have to set enablePseudoStreaming to true to enable the feature.

    Sample code:

    var Player = new MediaElement('video_player', {
    features: [ 'flash' ],
    enablePseudoStreaming: true
});

    The player will then make request such as this one:

    http://example.com/video.mp4?start=40

    The start query parameter specify the second in which you want to start pseudostream. You could also set another one with the option pseudoStreamingStartQueryParam.