[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] hls: skip to next segment if the current is unavailable

[wm4]

On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:47:20 +0200
wm4 <nfxjfg at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Apparently, some live streams can delete segments too early, maybe
> because the client is too far behind. In this case, it's better to skip
> the segment, instead of returning EOF. (Yes, the HLS demuxer actually
> returns AVERROR_EOF if opening the segment returns a 404 HTTP error.)
> ---
> I'd say this is fairly controversial.
> ---
>  libavformat/hls.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/libavformat/hls.c b/libavformat/hls.c
> index 4a7d003..451b78e 100644
> --- a/libavformat/hls.c
> +++ b/libavformat/hls.c
> @@ -1087,7 +1087,8 @@ reload:
>          if (ret < 0) {
>              av_log(v->parent, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Failed to open segment of playlist %d\n",
>                     v->index);
> -            return ret;
> +            v->cur_seq_no += 1;
> +            goto reload;
>          }
>          just_opened = 1;
>      }

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