"ended" event firing before actual stream end

[sompylasar]

While the stream is still active and downloading data, the "ended" event is firing.

I found that the correct way to determine stream end is to only set a flag in NetStream.Play.Stop event and handle stream end in NetStream.Buffer.Empty event only if
the flag is set.

So here is the problem and the fix: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2134450/anyone-run-into-this-bug-rtmp-streaming-videos-ending-3-4-secs-too-early

Moreover, I think Stop handler has to also set a timeout to handle the opposite situation: Buffer.Empty has fired before Stop and won't fire once again after Stop. What do you think of this?

[johndyer]

Thanks for the tip. I'll take a look

[johndyer]

Have you experienced this in practice? I'd like to work on it, but I can't seem to replicate it.

[sompylasar]

Yes, I'm experiencing this for slow streams. I cannot give you samples because the problem is not in files but in streaming speed. Try slowing down a stream (e.g. with some server-side proxy script that reads from a file and sleeps between flushing pieces).

[sompylasar]

Have you worked on the problem?

[johndyer]

No, I still haven't gotten to this one.

[sompylasar]

Please, reopen. Accidentally clicked 'Comment and close'

[sompylasar]

Oh, you're online. Hope you'll get to streaming soon. I've got another issue: black screen while consuming a stream without 'static file' metadata. Looking for possible solutions now.

[johndyer]

Any chance you want to take a stab at adding the code you found?

[sompylasar]

As soon as I find an environment to compile Flash files.

[johndyer]

This is now in the latest /src/

[sompylasar]

Cool, thanks! As soon as I'm able to test the latest version, I'll report if that helped.

[sompylasar]

Still seing this issue on my live streams. After getting 'ended' event, JS wrapper performs setCurrentTime(0) and pause(). Setting a breakpoint on these lines allows to see that the stream is not actually ended, and the Flash component continues to play it.

Please, have a look at this stream to test: http://sbcast03d.maps.yandex.ru/ms058.flv?token=CDCkADAwAAAAABAwD7BGBqC1CDCkCIAwDgDKCEAA

You may take more live streams on the map if this one is expired: http://maps.yandex.ru/-/CBUey-ng (click on any camera icon at the map and look for .flv in Network panel of Firebug)

A working fix to this is very important. Thanks in advance!