API for customizing HTMLMediaElement.seekable for Media Source live streams

This API lets MediaSource apps more effectively customize the HTMLMediaElement.seekable range logic by providing (or removing) a single seekable range that is union'ed with the current buffered ranges to result in a single seekable range which fits both, when media duration is infinite.

Comments

The spec change was kept simple to not break existing HTMLMediaElement behavior for seekable. New behavior occurs only if the new {set,clear}LiveSeekableRanges API is used on the MediaSource attached to that HTMLMediaElement and the media duration is positive infinity.

Demo

• https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/media/live-seekable-range.html

Documentation

• https://www.w3.org/TR/media-source/#dom-mediasource-setliveseekablerange
• https://www.w3.org/TR/media-source/#dom-mediasource-clearliveseekablerange
• https://www.w3.org/TR/media-source/#htmlmediaelement-extensions

Specification

Established standard

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>Media

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 62
• Chrome for Android release 62
• Android WebView release 62

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: In development
• Edge: Public support
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: Positive

Owner

• wolenetz@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-09-12