shaka-player 4.6.4 → 4.7.0

package/docs/tutorials/manifest-parser.md

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-# Manifest Parser Plugins
-
-## Overview
-
-This tutorial shows how to make a basic manifest parser plugin.  This allows an
-app to define a custom manifest format and still use Shaka Player to handle the
-streaming and track switching.
-
-The function of a manifest parser is to take a URL that was passed to `load()`
-and give us back a manifest object.  The parser should fetch the URL, parse the
-manifest, and convert it to our format.
-
-```js
-function MyManifestParser() {
-  this.curId_ = 0;
-  this.config_ = null;
-}
-
-MyManifestParser.prototype.configure = function(config) {
-  this.config_ = config;
-};
-
-MyManifestParser.prototype.start = async function(uri, playerInterface) {
-  const type = shaka.net.NetworkingEngine.RequestType.MANIFEST;
-  const request = {
-    uris: [uri],
-    method: 'GET',
-    retryParameters: this.config_.retryParameters
-  };
-  const response =
-      await playerInterface.networkingEngine.request(type, request).promise;
-  return this.loadManifest_(response.data);
-};
-
-MyManifestParser.prototype.stop = function() {
-  return Promise.resolve();
-};
-
-
-shaka.media.ManifestParser.registerParserByExtension('json', MyManifestParser);
-shaka.media.ManifestParser.registerParserByMime(
-    'application/json', MyManifestParser);
-```
-
-First, this defines a constructor called `MyManifestParser`.  This is called by
-the `Player` to create new parser instances.  A new instance is created for
-*each* load.  This should setup any initial state that is needed.
-
-#### configure
-
-This method is called right after creating the object and when the configuration
-changes.  This is passed a {@link shaka.extern.ManifestConfiguration} object
-from the Player.
-
-#### start
-
-This method is called to load the manifest.  This is called with a string URI
-that is passed to `load()` and a
-{@link shaka.extern.ManifestParser.PlayerInterface} object.  The interface
-object contains a number of fields that are used to interact with the Player.
-This includes the `NetworkingEngine` instance to make network requests.  This
-also includes callback methods that allow the parser to raise Player events and
-filter the variants.  This method should return a Promise that will resolve with
-the parsed manifest.
-
-#### stop
-
-This method is called as part of `player.unload()`.  This method should stop any
-background timers and free any state.  It is invalid to use the config object or
-anything from the Player interface given to `start` after this is called.  We
-don't reuse parser instances, so we will *not* call `start()` again after this
-is called.  This should return a Promise that resolves when this object is
-destroyed.
-
-#### registration
-
-At the end of the file, you should register the parser with the library.  This
-will allow it to be used by the `Player`.  There are two methods:
-`registerParserByExtension` and `registerParserByMime`.  They both add parsers
-to a registry of manifest parsers.  When the Player gets a URI, it will
-determine which parser to use.  It will first try based on the file extension,
-then it will make a HEAD request to the URI to get back a MIME type.
-
-If you wish to unregister a parser, you can do so with
-{@link shaka.media.ManifestParser.unregisterParserByMime}.  Parsers registered
-by extension cannot be unregistered at this time.
-
-
-## Variants and Streams
-
-The audio and video content of our Manifest structure is stored, on the highest
-level, in an array of Variants.  A Variant represents an audio+video pair.
-The array holds all possible pairs the Player can choose from.
-While playing, we will give these to the app (through `getVariantTracks`) and
-will switch between them (if ABR is enabled).
-
-A stream represents a collection of media data segments.  The segments are all
-the same type (audio/video/text) and all from the same version of the media
-(e.g. English vs Spanish or 720p vs 1080p). A Stream object holds metadata that
-describes what the stream contains as well as how to get the segments.  Only one
-stream of each type will be playing at once.
-
-Multiple Variants can hold the same streams.  For example, both the 720p and the
-1080p variant can refer to the same audio stream.  In this case, both Variant
-objects must refer to the **same object**.  It is not enough to use the same
-stream ID; it must be the same object.
-
-
-## Periods
-
-While some manifest formats, such as MPEG-DASH, have the concept of a period,
-our internal manifest structure (as of Shaka Player v3.0) does not organize
-streams based on periods.  If you are writing a manifest parser for such a
-format, you will need to generate Variants yourself, combining together periods
-and their component streams as needed.  The resulting
-{@link shaka.extern.Stream} objects should each span the entire presentation.
-
-All media times in the manifest are relative to the presentation, *not* the
-Period.  This means that you must account for period start times in your segment
-references.  (This changed in Shaka Player v3.0.)
-
-
-## PresentationTimeline
-
-{@link shaka.media.PresentationTimeline}
-
-The segment index doesn't need to handle segment availability for live
-content.  All the segment index needs to do is return the segment references.
-The `presentationTimeline` in the manifest will be used to handle availability.
-All times in the timeline are in seconds; 0 represents when the live stream
-started.
-
-An availability window defines a moving time window in which a segment can be
-downloaded.  This is defined by a segment availability duration that indicates
-the number of seconds that a segment will remain available.  So if the
-availability duration is 60 seconds, then the last 60 seconds of content is
-available.
-
-The same timeline class handles on-demand content, too.  The availability window
-starts at 0 and ends at the duration of the media.
-
-
-## Media Segments
-
-A Stream contains a number of segment references contained in a segment index.
-A segment reference contains important metadata about the segment: the start
-and end times, the URL, and optionally a byte range into that URL.  A segment
-reference is created using the {@link shaka.media.SegmentReference} constructor.
-
-Rather than storing the references in a raw array, the manifest parser stores
-them in a {@link shaka.media.SegmentIndex} object.  This object is allowed to
-be null before createSegmentIndex() is called, and thus defer the translation of
-abstract segment descriptions (such as DASH's `SegmentTemplate`) into concrete
-ones until necessary.
-
-Media segment times are all in terms of the presentation timeline.  So if the
-content was originally multi-period, the period start time must be accounted for
-in the reference's `timestampOffset` field.
-
-First we ask for the index that corresponds with a start time.  Then on update,
-we increment the index and ask for segments in order. The value of the index
-doesn't matter, but indices must be sequential integers.
-
-#### createSegmentIndex():Promise
-
-This is called first before any other method.  This allows an index to be
-fetched over the network, if needed.  This method should return a Promise that
-will resolve when the segment index is ready.  This is only ever called once.
-
-#### segmentIndex
-
-This is *not* a function, but a {@link shaka.media.SegmentIndex} tracking all
-available segments.
-
-
-## shaka.media.SegmentIndex
-
-To help in handling segment references, there is a
-{@link shaka.media.SegmentIndex} type.  This is given an array of references.
-It handles merging new segments, and expanding the list of segments for live
-streams.
-
-```js
-const references = refs.map(function(r) {
-  // Should return an array of possible URI choices; this is used for failover
-  // in the event of network error.  This is a function to defer calculations.
-  const getUris = function() { return [r.uri]; };
-
-  return new shaka.media.SegmentReference(
-      r.start, r.end, getUris,
-      /* startByte */ 0,
-      /* endByte */ null,
-      initSegmentReference,
-      /* timestampOffset */ 0,
-      /* appendWindowStart */ 0,
-      /* appendWindowEnd */ Infinity);
-});
-
-const index = new shaka.media.SegmentIndex(references);
-```
-
-To merge updates and remove old references to reduce the memory footprint,
-simply create a new array of segments and call `mergeAndEvict`.  Any
-existing segments will be updated, new segments will be added, and old
-unavailable references will be removed.
-
-To expand the list of references on a timer, as is done for DASH's
-SegmentTemplate, call `index.updateEvery` with a callback that evicts old
-references and returns an array of new references.
-
-```js
-index.updateEvery(updateIntervalSeconds, () => {
-  // Evict old references
-  index.evict(windowStartTime);
-
-  // Generate new references to append to the end of the index
-  const references = [];
-  // ...
-  return references;
-});
-```
-
-If the callback returns null, the update timer for this index will be stopped.
-(NOTE: This method was introduced in v3.0.0, but the interpretation of the
-callback's return changed in v3.0.8 to fix a bug in our DASH SegmentTemplate
-support.  We apologize for any inconvenience.)
-
-
-## Manifest Updates
-
-In order to support Live content, the manifest may need to be updated.  In the
-`start()` method, the manifest parser should start its own timers (e.g.
-`setInterval`) to update the manifest.  Then it should re-parse the manifest
-periodically.  To add new segments to the streams, simply add them to the
-segment index.  Because the original manifest object is modified in-place,
-adding them to the index will allow the Player to use them.
-
-After adding new content, you should call the `filter` method on the player
-interface.  This removes any streams that were added that are incompatible with
-the platform.  Keep in mind that this is an asynchronous method, and thus you
-will need to use it in conjunction with `.then()` or `await`.
-You should also call the `makeTextStreamsForClosedCaptions` method on the
-player interface, which is required for embedded captions (for example, CEA
-608) to work; it makes dummy text streams to represent these tracks.
-
-
-## Full Manifest Parser Example
-
-```js
-MyManifestParser.prototype.loadManifest_ = function(data) {
-  // |data| is the response data from load(); but in this example, we ignore it.
-
-  // The arguments are only used for live.
-  const timeline = new shaka.media.PresentationTimeline(null, 0);
-  timeline.setDuration(3600);  // seconds
-
-  return {
-    presentationTimeline: timeline,
-    minBufferTime: 5,  // seconds
-    offlineSessionIds: [],
-    variants: [
-      this.loadVariant_(true, true),
-      this.loadVariant_(true, false)
-    ],
-    textStreams: [
-      this.loadStream_('text'),
-      this.loadStream_('text')
-    ]
-  };
-};
-
-MyManifestParser.prototype.loadVariant_ = function(hasVideo, hasAudio) {
-  console.assert(hasVideo || hasAudio);
-
-  return {
-    id:        this.curId_++,  // globally unique ID
-    language:  'en',
-    primary:   false,
-    audio:     hasAudio ? this.loadStream_('audio') : null,
-    video:     hasVideo ? this.loadStream_('video') : null,
-    bandwidth: 8000,  // bits/sec, audio+video combined
-    allowedByApplication: true,  // always initially true
-    allowedByKeySystem:   true   // always initially true
-  };
-};
-
-MyManifestParser.prototype.loadStream_ = function(type) {
-  const getUris = function() { return ['https://example.com/init']; };
-  const initSegmentReference = new shaka.media.InitSegmentReference(getUris,
-      /* startByte= */ 0, /* endByte= */ null);
-
-  const index = new shaka.media.SegmentIndex([
-    // Times are in seconds, relative to the presentation
-    this.loadReference_(0, 0, 10, initSegmentReference),
-    this.loadReference_(1, 10, 20, initSegmentReference),
-    this.loadReference_(2, 20, 30, initSegmentReference),
-  ]);
-
-  const id = this.curId_++;
-  return {
-    id: id,  // globally unique ID
-    originalId: id, // original ID from manifest, if any
-    createSegmentIndex:     function() { return Promise.resolve(); },
-    segmentIndex:           index,
-    mimeType: type == 'video' ?
-        'video/webm' : (type == 'audio' ? 'audio/webm' : 'text/vtt'),
-    codecs:    type == 'video' ? 'vp9' : (type == 'audio' ? 'vorbis' : ''),
-    frameRate: type == 'video' ? 24 : undefined,
-    pixelAspectRatio: type == 'video' ? 4 / 3 : undefined,
-    bandwidth: 4000,  // bits/sec
-    width:     type == 'video' ? 640 : undefined,
-    height:    type == 'video' ? 480 : undefined,
-    kind:      type == 'text' ? 'subtitles' : undefined,
-    channelsCount: type == 'audio' ? 2 : undefined,
-    encrypted: false,
-    drmInfos:  [],
-    keyIds:    new Set(),
-    language:  'en',
-    label:     'my_stream',
-    type:      type,
-    primary:   false,
-    trickModeVideo: null,
-    emsgSchemeIdUris: null,
-    roles:     []
-    channelsCount: type == 'audio' ? 6 : null,
-    audioSamplingRate: type == 'audio' ? 44100 : null,
-    closedCaptions: new Map(),
-  };
-};
-
-MyManifestParser.prototype.loadReference_ =
-    function(position, start, end, initSegmentReference) {
-  const getUris = function() { return ['https://example.com/ref_' + position]; };
-  return new shaka.media.SegmentReference(
-      start, end, getUris,
-      /* startByte */ 0,
-      /* endByte */ null,
-      initSegmentReference,
-      /* timestampOffset */ 0,
-      /* appendWindowStart */ 0,
-      /* appendWindowEnd */ Infinity);
-};
-```
-
-
-## Encrypted Content
-
-If your content is encrypted, there are a few changes to the manifest you need
-to do.  First, for each Stream that contains encrypted content, you need to set
-`stream.encrypted` to true and put the key IDs that the stream is encrypted with
-in the `stream.keyIds` set.  Filling out the `keyIds` is technically optional,
-but it allows the player to choose streams more intelligently based on which
-keys are available.  If `keyIds` is not filled out, missing keys may cause
-playback to stall.
-
-You must also set `stream.drmInfos` to an array of {@link shaka.extern.DrmInfo}
-objects.  All the fields (except the key-system name) can be set to the default
-and will be replaced by settings from the Player configuration.  If the
-`drmInfos` array is empty, the content is expected to be clear.
-
-If you set `drmInfo.initData` to a non-empty array, we will use that to
-initialize EME.  We will override any encryption info in the media (e.g.
-`pssh` boxes in MP4).  If you don't set this field (and it isn't set in the
-app config), then we will initialize EME based on the encryption info in the
-media.

package/docs/tutorials/network-and-buffering-config.md

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-# Network and Buffering Configuration
-
-#### Networking Configuration
-
-Shaka Player has separate network retry settings for each of the different
-types of requests: manifest, license, and segment requests. For example, you
-may want a failed license request to be retried differently from a failed
-segment request.
-
-The three separate retry settings are found under `drm.retryParameters` (for
-license requests), `manifest.retryParameters` (for manifest requests), and
-`streaming.retryParameters` (for segment requests).  All three structures are
-identical:
-
-```js
-retryParameters: {
-  timeout: 30000,       // timeout in ms, after which we abort
-  stallTimeout: 5000,  // stall timeout in ms, after which we abort
-  connectionTimeout: 10000, // connection timeout in ms, after which we abort
-  maxAttempts: 2,   // the maximum number of requests before we fail
-  baseDelay: 1000,  // the base delay in ms between retries
-  backoffFactor: 2, // the multiplicative backoff factor between retries
-  fuzzFactor: 0.5,  // the fuzz factor to apply to each retry delay
-}
-```
-
-Each time we retry, the backoff factor is applied to the delay between retries.
-So, for example, if the base delay is 1s, and the backoff factor is 2:
-
-1. initial request at time t = 0 seconds
-2. delay of 1, retry at t = (0 + 1) = 1
-3. delay of 2, retry at t = (1 + 2) = 3
-4. delay of 4, retry at t = (3 + 4) = 7
-5. delay of 8, retry at t = (7 + 8) = 15
-
-and so on.  To avoid many clients hammering a server at the same exact time,
-we also apply a fuzz factor.  A fuzz factor of 0.5 means we fuzz the delay
-50% in either direction.  So if the ideal delay is 8, the actual delay will be
-randomly chosen between 4 and 12.  To extend our earlier example:
-
-1. initial request
-2. delay of 1±50% (0.5 to 1.5), retry
-3. delay of 2±50% (1 to 3), retry
-4. delay of 4±50% (2 to 6), retry
-5. delay of 8±50% (4 to 12), retry
-
-You should consider the default backoff and fuzz factors as a recommendation of
-best practice.  The base delay, timeout, and maximum number of attempts should
-be customized for your application's requirements.
-
-
-#### Buffering Configuration
-
-Shaka Player's buffering system has three parameters, all of which are nested
-under `streaming` in the config object: `bufferingGoal`, `rebufferingGoal`, and
-`bufferBehind`.  All are expressed in seconds.
-
-`bufferingGoal` is the amount of content we try to buffer.  For example, if
-this is set to 30, we fetch segments until we have at least 30 seconds buffered.
-
-`rebufferingGoal` is the amount of content we have to have buffered before we
-can play.  For example, if this is 15, we stay in a buffering state until we
-have at least 15 seconds buffered.  This affects both buffering at startup
-and rebuffering later during playback.
-
-`bufferBehind` is the amount of content we keep in buffer behind the playhead.
-For example, if this is 30, we keep 30 seconds of content buffered behind the
-video's `currentTime`.  When we have more than 30 seconds buffered behind,
-content will be removed from the start of the buffer to save memory.
-This is a minimum; if the stream's max segment size is longer than the
-'bufferBehind', then that will be used instead.
-
-
-*NOTES:*
- - *`rebufferingGoal` should always be less than `bufferingGoal`.*
- - *A DASH manifest's `minBufferTime`, if greater, overrides `rebufferingGoal`.*
- - *You can ignore `minBufferTime` by setting the
-   `manifest.dash.ignoreMinBufferTime` configuration to true.*
-
-All of these settings should be customized for your application.  The default
-values are very conservative.
-
-#### Buffering and Adaptation
-
-While we are playing, we will only buffer the currently chosen stream.  We do
-not download other bitrates until AbrManager tells us to switch.  We also (by
-default) do not clear the buffer when we adapt.  This means that when we adapt
-to a different bitrate, it may not be visible for a while because the old
-buffer will still be used.  There will be at most `bufferingGoal` seconds left
-of the old bitrate in the buffer.
-
-#### Try it out
-
-Use the code from {@tutorial basic-usage} and try configuring some of these
-parameters in `initPlayer()` to see how they affect playback.
-
-#### Server Considerations
-
-Shaka Player makes a number of requests to various servers while streaming.  You
-need to make sure that Shaka has correct access to those resources.  Browsers
-impose several restrictions on the content that a webpage has access to.
-
-One restriction is [CORS][] (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing).  This requires
-network requests to be made to the same origin, or for the server to explicitly
-give access.  An "origin" refers to the domain name (e.g., `api.example.com`),
-the scheme (e.g., `https:`), and the port (e.g., 80).  If you host your assets on
-a different origin than your web app, then you'll need to set CORS headers on
-the asset server to ensure we have access.  For some content, this will also
-require allowing the `Range` header by sending the CORS header
-`Access-Control-Allow-Headers`.
-
-Another restriction is called mixed-content.  If your webpage is accessed using
-`https:`, then all resources that are loaded also need to be loaded using
-`https:`.  This means that the manifest and all the media segments need to be
-loaded using `https:`.  This can be most easily done by either having all the
-URLs in your manifests always use `https:`, or by having it not include the
-scheme (e.g., `//example.com/file.mp4`).
-
-[CORS]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Access_control_CORS