Skip missing segments?

[kinsi55]

I'm using HLS.js to play back a stream, this stream is rather low bitrate (2mbps) and the issues are certainly not down to my Internet connection (I can replicate the occasional buffering when using ffplay or VLC)

Occasionally when playing back, the player will freeze and suggest its buffering (This can go on for a minute or two even before playback continues). As this is going on, HLS keeps loading segments in the background and the "length" in the player keeps increasing.

Now I'm wondering if in this case I could just have HLS skip to the next available segment instead of "waiting" on the missing(?) one - Unfortunately I couldnt figure this out from the documentation.

[kinsi55]

I think I figured it out, I'm using this configuration now and it seems to resolve my problem (While not skipping segments but instead retrying much sooner)

fragLoadPolicy: {
  default: {
    maxTimeToFirstByteMs: 3000,
    maxLoadTimeMs: 6000,
    timeoutRetry: {
      maxNumRetry: 2,
      retryDelayMs: 0
    },
    errorRetry: {
      maxNumRetry: 2,
      retryDelayMs: 1000,
      maxRetryDelayMs: 5000
    }
  }
}