Re: FLVseeking plugin problem

[James Peach <ja...@me.com>]

On 30/05/2012, at 8:08 AM, llesueur wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am currently working on a plugin to deal with flv seeking. 
> 
> I just want to do the same thing as the following lighttpd module : 
> http://blog.lighttpd.net/articles/2006/03/09/flv-streaming-with-lighttpd
> 
> So, I added a hook at REQUEST_HDR_HOOK to:
> 
> - read a GET parameter named start (/test.flv?start=12345) wich
> contain the position in the file
> - remove the parameter to have something like /test.flv
> - add a Range parameter with the start value : Range: bytes=12345- so the request should be at this point the same as a normal request with Range parameter.
> 
> But unfortunately it doesn't work: 
> 	• Sometimes, Traffic Servers correctly uses the cache but sends a "200 ok" after my range replacement. The video works.
> 	• It sometimes contact my origin server and send back a "206 Partial Content" return code. In this case, the video will not work. It occurs when i'm already downloading the same files. (Looks to be a race condition). 
> 	• Sometimes when i set the start value at the end of the file TS seems to be hanged somewhere and will resume after more than 20 seconds.

As Alain said, make sure that you are testing with the latest 3.1.4 release which has improved range request support.

>  
> 
> My main problem is that it lacks some documentation on the functions on the Doxygen and a lot of link are broken.
> So can you help me to resolve my problem by watching my source code and explaining me my errors.
> If you can't do you have some tips on the more useful functions.

If you have a specific question on any of the APIs ask away!

J