HJPlayer

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This Library currently support play FLV steam video and HLS stream video(do not support decrypt) in browser environment; It relies on HTML5 video element and MediaSource Extensions BOM API. only with H264 codec and AAC codec;

Why we do this?

This spring we finish a new PC web project, It needs to play FLV stream video and HLS stream video stream in a browser page. First, we import flv.js and hls.js at the same time, flv.js plays FLV stream video, hls.js plays HLS stream video; It was certainly worked well, but the filesize of the javascript does not. After studying the flv.js and hls.js code, we find the same process of two libraries; They all have download, demuxer, remuxer, controller function, so we try to use the framework of flv.js to assemble the download, demuxer and remuxer function of hls.js library; It works!!!; The filesize is less than flv.js + hls.js, but it can do similar functions to play flv stream video and hls stream video; (not perfectly, still has some coincident codes, can be more smaller); Thanks to flv.js 和 hls.js;

How do this libary work?

When played flv stream video, loader downloads the flv stream data, and send data to FLVCodec module, FLVCodec module use the data to generates ISO BMFF (MP4) fragments - InitSegment(ftyp + moov) and MediaSegment(moof + mdat), and then sends them to Video Element through Media Source Extensions API and URLS API; When played hls stream video, based on flv process, loader module will parse the m3u8 document first;

Feature

1. play flv live stream and flv playback;
2. play hls live stream and hls playback;
3. Chrome, FireFox, Safari 10, IE11 and Edge worked well;

Installation

npm install hjplayer --save

build

npm install

npm run build

How to import

This library can import the way of ES6 Moudule

import HJPlayer from 'hjplayer'

or import through script src;

<script src="./dist/hjplayer.js">

Getting Started

flv

if (HJPlayer.isSupported()) {
    player = new HJPlayer({
        type: 'flv',
        url: 'http://xxx.xxx.com/xxxx.flv',
    }, {
        ...user config
    });
    player.attachMediaElement(videoElement);
    player.load();
    player.play();
}

HLS

if (HJPlayer.isSupported()) {
    player = new HJPlayer({
        type: 'm3u8',
        url: 'http://xxx.xxx.com/xxxx.m3u8',
    }, {
        ...user config
    });
    player.attachMediaElement(videoElement);
    player.load();
    player.play();
}

demo

demo

config

When init the player, it needs MediaConfig(@required) and userConfig(@optional) params;

MediaConfig

field	type	Description
type	string	media type, 'flv' or 'mp4' or 'm3u8'
isLive?	boolean	whether the media is a live stream
cors?	boolean	Indicates whether to enable CORS for http fetching
withCredentials?	boolean	Indicates whether to do http fetching with cookies
hasAudio?	boolean	Indicates whether the stream has audio track
hasVideo?	boolean	Indicates whether the stream has video track
duration?	number	Indicates total media duration, in milliseconds
filesize?	number	Indicates total file size of media file, in bytes
url?	string	Indicates media URL, can be starts with 'https(s)' or 'ws(s)' (WebSocket flv only)
segments?	Array<MediaSegment>	Optional field for multipart playback, see MediaSegment

MediaSegment

If segments field exists, transmuxer will treat this MediaDataSource as a multipart source.

In multipart mode, duration filesize url field in MediaDataSource structure will be ignored.

MediaSegment Object :

field	type	Description
duration	number	Required field, indicates segment duration in milliseconds
filesize?	number	Optional field, indicates segment file size in bytes
url	string	Required field, indicates segment file URL

segments demo

{
    type: 'flv',
    // Required
    "segments": [
        {
            "duration": 3333,  // in milliseconds
            "filesize": 4444,  // in bytes
            "url": "http://xxxx/segments-1.flv"
        },
        {
            "duration": 5555,
            "filesize": 6666,
            "url": "http://xxxx/segments-2.flv"
        },
        {
            "duration": 7777,
            "filesize": 8888,
            "url": "http://xxxx/segments-3.flv"
        }
        ...
    ]
}

userConfig

field	type	default	Description
enableWorker?	boolean	false	Enable separated thread for transmuxing (unstable for now)
enableStashBuffer?	boolean	true	Enable IO stash buffer. Set to false if you need realtime (minimal latency) for live stream playback, but may stalled if there's network jittering.
FORCE_GLOBAL_TAG?	boolean	false	enable to use global tag HJPLAYER when console
GLOBAL_TAG	string	HJPLAYER	default global tag
ENABLE_CALLBACK	boolean	false	enable logger callback
ENABLE_ERROR	boolean	true	enable console.error
ENABLE_INFO	boolean	false	enable console.info
ENABLE_WARN	boolean	false	enable console.warn
ENABLE_DEBUG	boolean	false	enable console.debug
stashInitialSize?	number	384KB	Indicates IO stash buffer initial size. Default is 384KB. Indicate a suitable size can improve video load/seek time.
isLive?	boolean	false	Same to isLive in MediaDataSource, ignored if has been set in MediaDataSource structure. flv only
lazyLoad?	boolean	true	Abort the http connection if there's enough data for playback
lazyLoadMaxDuration?	number	3 * 60	Indicates how many seconds of data to be kept for lazyLoad.
lazyLoadRecoverDuration?	number	30	Indicates the lazyLoad recover time boundary in seconds.
deferLoadAfterSourceOpen?	boolean	true	Do load after MediaSource sourceopen event triggered. On Chrome, tabs which be opened in background may not trigger sourceopen event until switched to that tab.
autoCleanupSourceBuffer	boolean	false	Do auto cleanup for SourceBuffer
autoCleanupMaxBackwardDuration	number	3 * 60	When backward buffer duration exceeded this value (in seconds), do auto cleanup for SourceBuffer
autoCleanupMinBackwardDuration	number	2 * 60	Indicates the duration in seconds to reserve for backward buffer when doing auto cleanup.
fixAudioTimestampGap	boolean	true	Fill silent audio frames to avoid a/v unsync when detect large audio timestamp gap.
accurateSeek?	boolean	false	Accurate seek to any frame, not limited to video IDR frame, but may a bit slower. Available on Chrome > 50, FireFox and Safari.
seekType?	string	'range'	'range' use range request to seek, or 'param' add params into url to indicate request range.
seekParamStart?	string	'bstart'	Indicates seek start parameter name for seekType = 'param'
seekParamEnd?	string	'bend'	Indicates seek end parameter name for seekType = 'param'
rangeLoadZeroStart?	boolean	false	Send Range: bytes=0- for first time load if use Range seek
customSeekHandler?	object	undefined	Indicates a custom seek handler
reuseRedirectedURL?	boolean	false	Reuse 301/302 redirected url for subsequence request like seek, reconnect, etc.
referrerPolicy?	string	no-referrer-when-downgrade	Indicates the Referrer Policy when using FetchStreamLoader
headers?	object	undefined	Indicates additional headers that will be added to request
HLS config.
tsAutoLevelChoose?	boolean	false	when play hls. whether auto choose the suitable bitrate level
maxFragLookUpTolerance?	float	0.25	This tolerance factor is used during fragment lookup. Instead of checking whether buffered.end is located within [start, end] range, frag lookup will be done by checking within [start-maxFragLookUpTolerance, end-maxFragLookUpTolerance] range.
defaultAudioCodec	undefined	undefined	If audio codec is not signaled in variant manifest, or if only a stream manifest is provided, libraty tries to guess audio codec by parsing audio sampling rate in ADTS header. If sampling rate is less or equal than 22050 Hz, then libraty assumes it is HE-AAC, otherwise it assumes it is AAC-LC. This could result in bad guess, leading to audio decode error, ending up in media error. It is possible to hint default audiocodec to libraty by configuring this value as below:

Player methods

The info below is the methods and properties of Player, you can controll the player or get some useful info;

static methods

methods	result	Description
HJPlayer.isSupported()	boolean	whether the browser support this lib
HJPlayer.typeSupported()	Object	return the media type of browser support
HJPlayer.HJPlayerDefaultConfig	Object	the default config of player

Instance methods

methods	result	Description
on()	void	bind callback for player events
off()	void	cancel bind callback for player events
attachMediaElement()	void	bind media element
detachMediaElement()	void	remove the link of the media element with SourceBuffer
load()	void	load the media stream
unload()	void	unload the media stream
play()	Promise	the player plays the video
pause()	void	the player pauses

Instance property

property	result	Description
type	string	player type: 'MSEPlayer' or 'NativePlayer'
buffered	TimeRanges	the TimeRanges of the player
duration	number	the duration of the media element
volume	number	the volume of the video
currentTime	currentTime	the currentTime of the video
muted	boolean	whether the video is muted
mediaInfo	Object	the meida info (metadata)
statisticsInfo	Object	the statistics info of player stauts, such as dropframe, speed etc;

HJPlayer.Events

HJPlayer.Events, you can use the way Player.on(HJPlayer.Events.xxx, fn) to get the info of player when play, Player.off(HJPlayer.Events.xxx) cancel listener

Event	Description
ERROR	An error occurred by any cause during the playback
LOADING_COMPLETE	The input MediaDataSource has been completely buffered to end
RECOVERED_EARLY_EOF	An unexpected network EOF occurred during buffering but automatically recovered
MEDIA_INFO	Provides technical information of the media like video/audio codec, bitrate, etc.
METADATA_ARRIVED	Provides metadata which FLV file(stream) can contain with an "onMetaData" marker.
SCRIPTDATA_ARRIVED	Provides scriptdata (OnCuePoint / OnTextData) which FLV file(stream) can contain.
STATISTICS_INFO	Provides playback statistics information like dropped frames, current speed, etc.
GET_SEI_INFO	it will returns the SEI info(Uint8Array) .
HJ_PLAYER_LOG	it will returns a log contains a type: string and a info: string
MANIFEST_PARSED	you can get the details of index.m3u8: Object

HJPlayer.ErrorTypes

when player is playing, it maybe happen something unexpected, you can use player.on(HJPlayer.Events.ERROR, () => {}) to get what happend, HJPlayer.ErrorTypes.xxx is the error type; you will also get a Object contain reason, it will tell you more details

Error	Description
NETWORK_ERROR	Errors related to the network
MEDIA_ERROR	Errors related to the media (format error, decode issue, etc)
OTHER_ERROR	Any other unspecified error

HJPlayer.ErrorDetails

prefix with HJPlayer.ErrorDetails: HJPlayer.ErrorDetails.xxxx

Error	Description
NETWORK_EXCEPTION	Related to any other issues with the network; contains a reason
NETWORK_STATUS_CODE_INVALID	Related to an invalid HTTP status code, such as 403, 404, etc.
NETWORK_TIMEOUT	Related to timeout request issues
NETWORK_UNRECOVERABLE_EARLY_EOF	Related to unexpected network EOF which cannot be recovered
MEDIA_MSE_ERROR	Related to MediaSource's error such as decode issue
MEDIA_FORMAT_ERROR	Related to any invalid parameters in the media stream
MEDIA_FORMAT_UNSUPPORTED	The input MediaDataSource format is not supported by flv.js
MEDIA_CODEC_UNSUPPORTED	The media stream contains video/audio codec which is not supported

Licence

HJPlayer.js is released under Apache 2.0 License

super class

This player is extended flv.js and hls.js

How it works?