MediaConfig for live stream does not respect startTime

[jan-bednar]

Steps:

1.) Load mediaEntry from PhoenixMediaProvider with contextType: START_OVER by calling loadMedia(callback:)
2.) Create MediaConfig with received mediaEntry
3.) Prepare video player by calling BasicPlayer.prepare(mediaConfig)

Expected Result:

Player will start playing media from time 0 after loading

Actual Result:

Player starts at "live".

Discussion:

when manually setting mediaConfig.startTime = 1 instead of 0, the live stream loads from beggining, but this is not very "user friendy". Also, when setting startTime to 1, one "live" frame is shown in the player before actually starting the play back.

I would advice to use startTime = -1 to trigger live status and startTime = 0 for beggining of the streams.

Please, let me know, what is the correct approach in this case.

Data:

Media config:

mediaEntry: id : 301396XX, 
sources: Optional([id : 12461XX, url: Optional(https://XX.ott.kaltura.com/v4_4/api_v3/service/assetFile/action/playManifest/partnerId/XXX/assetId/301396XX/assetType/epg/assetFileId/12461XX/contextType/START_OVER/ks/djJ8NDM2fILgDBenecH08Vt3Je6drlgmCqdYU_v4OC99aP8c8...==/a.m3u8)])
startTime: 0.0

Podfile.lock:

  - KalturaNetKit (0.0.17):
    - KalturaNetKit/Core (= 0.0.17)
  - KalturaNetKit/Core (0.0.17):
    - SwiftyJSON
- PlayKit (3.3.7):
    - PlayKit/Core (= 3.3.7)
  - PlayKit/AnalyticsCommon (3.3.7):
    - PlayKit/Core
  - PlayKit/Core (3.3.7):
    - KalturaNetKit (~> 0.0)
    - Log (= 1.0)
    - PlayKitUtils (= 0.1.4)
    - SwiftyJSON (= 3.1.4)
    - SwiftyXMLParser (= 3.0.3)
  - PlayKit/KalturaStatsPlugin (3.3.7):
    - PlayKit/AnalyticsCommon
    - PlayKit/Core
  - PlayKit/PhoenixPlugin (3.3.7):
    - PlayKit/AnalyticsCommon
    - PlayKit/Core
  - PlayKit/YouboraPlugin (3.3.7):
    - PlayKit/AnalyticsCommon
    - PlayKit/Core
    - Youbora-AVPlayer/dynamic (= 5.4.18)
  - PlayKitUtils (0.1.4)

COCOAPODS: 1.5.3

[kaltura-hooks]

Hi @jan-bednar,

Thank for you reporting an issue and helping to improve Kaltura!

If you're having some issues getting your player set up, there are quite a few steps that can be taken to figure things out.

In order to expedite the reporting process, please follow instructions in the doc below, prior to submitting a bug/issue

https://github.com/kaltura/player-sdk-native-ios/wiki/How-To-Report-an-Issue-with-the-Kaltura-iOS-Player-SDK

If you only have a general question rather than a bug report, please close this issue, post at:
https://forum.kaltura.org/c/community-forums/player-sdk

And add a comment to the Github issue linking to your post.

Thank you in advance!