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DateRange parsing and validation enhancements for Interstitials #6213

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  • Add DateRange parsing and validation enhancements for Interstitials:
    • Parse CUE attribute (and legacy X-CUE)
    • Anchor each DateRange to a Segment with an EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME tag which encapsulates the DateRange start date between its date time and the end of a subsequent EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME tag. This keeps DateRange object start times aligned to the media buffer as parsed times diverge from playlist times and ensures correct mapping between DateRanges and Segment program date time.
      • When the last PDT does not satisfy this condition, search for an anchor starting at the last PDT tag.
      • When a DateRange starts earlier than all PDT tags, map it to the first PDT tag.
    • Maintain Playlist DateRange index (tagOrder) for ordering of Preroll and Postrolls
  • Warn when attributes expected to have quoted-attribute values are missing quotes (Relates to #6203)
  • Move Variable Substitution logic into AttrList where all quoted-string attribute values can have variable definition replacement performed
  • Adjust DateRange metadata Cue start and end times when Playlist segment start times differ from media segment start times by more than 1/100th of a second 0c5ca21 (Resolves EXT-X-DATERANGE metadata synchronisation vs video stream in presence of frequent EXT-X-DISCONTINUITYs #6203)
  • Improved Delta Playlist merging and added tests to ensure DateRanges and PDT are properly merged with updates using the EXT-X-SKIP tag
    • Emit a LEVEL_PARSING_ERROR when more than one EXT-X-SKIP tag is found in a Playlist

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  • Anchor each DateRange to a Segment assigned a date time by an EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME tag, which encapsulates the DateRange start date between its date time and the end of a subsequent Segment before the next EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME tag. This keeps DateRange object start times aligned to the media buffer as parsed times diverge from playlist times and ensures correct mapping between DateRanges and Segment program date time.

Does not align DATERANGE tags whose START-DATE is greater than or equal to the last EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME to that last tag but appear earlier in the playlist and map to earlier segments. This is only an issue when Playlists have overlapping or non-ascending program date time (invalid) and comparing to HLS clients with different mapping.

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  • changes have been done against master branch, and PR does not conflict
  • new unit / functional tests have been added (whenever applicable)
  • API or design changes are documented in API.md

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EXT-X-DATERANGE metadata synchronisation vs video stream in presence of frequent EXT-X-DISCONTINUITYs
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