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Separate ast and start URL parameters #89

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tobbee opened this issue Sep 17, 2023 · 1 comment
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Separate ast and start URL parameters #89

tobbee opened this issue Sep 17, 2023 · 1 comment
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tobbee commented Sep 17, 2023

Make it possible to set start time separate from availabilityStartTime.

start time is to be interpreted as the timeline offset for media timeline.

In addition, it should be possible to specify that the first period starts at a later time.

For the most general case, we need three URL parameters, all defined in NTP seconds
(relative to epoch start 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z).

  1. start - this is the anchor point for the media timeline relative to epoch start
  2. ast (availabilityStartTime) >= start is the start and reference point for the mediaTimeliine in the MPD. It is defined relative to epoch start.
  3. fpstart (firstPeriodStart >= ast is the time that the first period starts. It should be AST when the timeShiftBufferDepth makes the current interval overlap with ast. PresentationTimeOffset values must be set so that the media.

presentationTimeOffset must be set relative to timelineStart, so it may be be non-zero even for a period starting at the availabilityStartTime. This mimics the situation where one wants to have the availabilityStartTime point to the start of a program in a live channel, but the media timeline is relative to some other time like the "timelineStart".

Constraints:

   start <= ast <= fpstart

If only start is specified (could be via relstart), ast and fpstart will automatically change to the same value.

With more values specified, unspecified values are automatically shifted to fulfil the constraints.
If specified values are not compatible, an error is returned.

@tobbee tobbee self-assigned this Sep 17, 2023
@tobbee tobbee modified the milestones: v0.8, v0.9 Sep 17, 2023
@tobbee tobbee modified the milestones: v0.9, v1.0 Oct 13, 2023
@tobbee tobbee removed this from the v1.0 milestone Oct 28, 2023
@tobbee tobbee removed their assignment Oct 28, 2023
@tobbee tobbee added the enhancement New feature or request label Jan 31, 2024
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Test Call:

  • good to have done
  • possibly also add large time codes (starting from 1970)

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