JavaScript Video Player rewind / set position capability

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#1

Hello,

Referring to https://github.com/justintv/Twitch-API/blob/master/player.md

For a local game tournament I’ve developed a simple scorekeeping system that plays a goal sound corresponding to the player that has scored a point. I would like to add twitch support so we can show a replay of the goal on a big screen.

Can you tell me if you are planning on supporting rewind/forward/set position behaviour on the player JS api?

Alternatively I could pause the stream for about 10-15 seconds and let it lag behind for that amount the whole time, but I’d rather solve it in a nice way.

Thanks,

Jark

#2

Twitch live streams currently do not support DVR functionality. That is, it’s not possible to intentionally rewind a live stream. Pausing a live stream is equivalent to stopping it, so when you play it again it’ll still be live.

There’s been talk about allowing this kind of behavior, but there’s no ETA.

#3

Thanks for the reply Fugiman.

Seems like I will have to use something else for now.

I will keep an eye on twitch updates to see if I can use it in the future.