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API for customizing HTMLMediaElement.seekable for Media Source live streams

Category
Multimedia
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 62)
Intent stage
None

Summary

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.

Standards & signals

Docs: 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

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

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