Is there an open-source implementation of limiting the playback range of HLS m3u8 playlists?
I'm able to render the video using the hls.js library, specify a start time for the video and impose a duration to identify the end time. My goal here is to limit the playback range for the m3u8 playlist, as I will have users that will want to view a specific clip of say 8-15 seconds from a ~3-5 hour video playlist. I don't want my users to have the ability to seek throughout the entirety of the video playlist, simply the prespecified playback range.
Therefore, as an example, if the clip I have specified begins at 00:02:30 (2 min 30 s) and ends at 00:02:40 (2 min 40 s), thus a 10 s duration, how can I set the video player's playback range to be 00:00:00 to 00:00:10?
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HLS Demo</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.plyr.io/1.8.2/plyr.css">
</head>
<body style="width: 40%; height: 40%">
<video preload="none" id="player" autoplay controls crossorigin></video>
<script src="https://cdn.plyr.io/1.8.2/plyr.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/hls.js/latest/hls.js"></script>
<script src="./script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
myscript.js
(function () {
var video = document.querySelector('#player');
if (Hls.isSupported()) {
// ALL CONFIG OPTIONS HERE: https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/blob/master/docs/API.md
var config = {
autoStartLoad: true,
startPosition: 150, // 00:02:30 IN SECONDS
debug: false
};
var hls = new Hls(config);
hls.loadSource('https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/MI201109210084_1/m3u8s/f08e80da-bf1d-4e3d-8899-f0f6155f6efa.m3u8');
hls.attachMedia(video);
// hls.on(Hls.Events.MEDIA_ATTACHED, function() {
hls.on(Hls.Events.MANIFEST_PARSED,function() {
video.muted = true;
video.play();
setTimeout(function(){
video.pause();
}, 10000);
});
}
plyr.setup(video);
})();
CodePen available here.
The functionality I'm aiming to implement is more or less described here, I'm just surprised this isn't more straightforward, unless I'm overlooking something obvious.
Thanks in advance.
