feat: Simplify updatePeriod config (#7980)

Author: avelad

demo/config.js

@@ -225,7 +225,9 @@ shakaDemo.Config = class {
         .addBoolInput_('Continue loading when paused',
             'manifest.continueLoadingWhenPaused')
         .addBoolInput_('Ignore supplemental codecs',
-            'manifest.ignoreSupplementalCodecs');
+            'manifest.ignoreSupplementalCodecs')
+        .addNumberInput_('Override the Update time of the manifest',
+            'manifest.updatePeriod');
   }
 
   /** @private */
@@ -259,8 +261,6 @@ shakaDemo.Config = class {
             'manifest.dash.sequenceMode')
         .addBoolInput_('Use stream once in period flattening',
             'manifest.dash.useStreamOnceInPeriodFlattening')
-        .addNumberInput_('override the Update period of dash manifest',
-            'manifest.dash.updatePeriod')
         .addBoolInput_('Enable fast switching',
             'manifest.dash.enableFastSwitching');
   }
@@ -290,8 +290,6 @@ shakaDemo.Config = class {
             'manifest.hls.disableClosedCaptionsDetection')
         .addBoolInput_('Allow LL-HLS byterange optimization',
             'manifest.hls.allowLowLatencyByteRangeOptimization')
-        .addNumberInput_('override the Update time of the manifest',
-            'manifest.hls.updatePeriod')
         .addBoolInput_('Allow range request to guess mime type',
             'manifest.hls.allowRangeRequestsToGuessMimeType');
   }

externs/shaka/player.js

@@ -1095,7 +1095,6 @@ shaka.extern.xml.Node;
  *   sequenceMode: boolean,
  *   multiTypeVariantsAllowed: boolean,
  *   useStreamOnceInPeriodFlattening: boolean,
- *   updatePeriod: number,
  *   enableFastSwitching: boolean
  * }}
  *
@@ -1190,13 +1189,6 @@ shaka.extern.xml.Node;
  *   between periods.
  *   <br>
  *   Defaults to <code>false</code>.
- * @property {number} updatePeriod
- *   Override the minimumUpdatePeriod of the manifest. The value is in seconds.
- *   If the value is greater than the minimumUpdatePeriod, it will update the
- *   manifest less frequently. If you update the value during for a dynamic
- *   manifest, it will directly trigger a new download of the manifest.
- *   <br>
- *   Defaults to <code>-1</code>.
  * @property {boolean} enableFastSwitching
  *   If false, disables fast switching track recognition.
  *   <br>
@@ -1220,7 +1212,6 @@ shaka.extern.DashManifestConfiguration;
  *   disableCodecGuessing: boolean,
  *   disableClosedCaptionsDetection: boolean,
  *   allowLowLatencyByteRangeOptimization: boolean,
- *   updatePeriod: number,
  *   allowRangeRequestsToGuessMimeType: boolean
  * }}
  *
@@ -1307,14 +1298,6 @@ shaka.extern.DashManifestConfiguration;
  *   https://www.akamai.com/blog/performance/-using-ll-hls-with-byte-range-addressing-to-achieve-interoperabi
  *   <br>
  *   Defaults to <code>true</code>.
- * @property {number} updatePeriod
- *   Override the update period of the playlist. The value is in seconds.
- *   If the value is less than 0, the period will be determined based on the
- *   segment length.  If the value is greater than 0, it will update the target
- *   duration.  If you update the value during the live, it will directly
- *   trigger a new download of the manifest.
- *   <br>
- *   Defaults to <code>-1</code>.
  * @property {boolean} allowRangeRequestsToGuessMimeType
  *   If set to true, the HLS parser will use range request (only first byte) to
  *   guess the mime type.
@@ -1371,7 +1354,8 @@ shaka.extern.MssManifestConfiguration;
  *   mss: shaka.extern.MssManifestConfiguration,
  *   raiseFatalErrorOnManifestUpdateRequestFailure: boolean,
  *   continueLoadingWhenPaused: boolean,
- *   ignoreSupplementalCodecs: boolean
+ *   ignoreSupplementalCodecs: boolean,
+ *   updatePeriod: number
  * }}
  *
  * @property {shaka.extern.RetryParameters} retryParameters
@@ -1437,6 +1421,21 @@ shaka.extern.MssManifestConfiguration;
  *   If true, ignores supplemental codecs.
  *   <br>
  *   Defaults to <code>false</code>.
+ * @property {number} updatePeriod
+ *   For DASH:
+ *   Override the minimumUpdatePeriod of the manifest. The value is in seconds.
+ *   If the value is greater than the minimumUpdatePeriod, it will update the
+ *   manifest less frequently. If you update the value during for a dynamic
+ *   manifest, it will directly trigger a new download of the manifest.
+ *   <br>
+ *   For HLS:
+ *   Override the update period of the playlist. The value is in seconds.
+ *   If the value is less than 0, the period will be determined based on the
+ *   segment length.  If the value is greater than 0, it will update the target
+ *   duration.  If you update the value during the live, it will directly
+ *   trigger a new download of the manifest.
+ *   <br>
+ *   Defaults to <code>-1</code>.
  * @exportDoc
  */
 shaka.extern.ManifestConfiguration;

lib/dash/dash_parser.js

@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ shaka.dash.DashParser = class {
     goog.asserts.assert(config.dash != null,
         'DashManifestConfiguration should not be null!');
     const needFireUpdate = this.playerInterface_ &&
-      config.dash.updatePeriod != this.config_.dash.updatePeriod &&
-      config.dash.updatePeriod >= 0;
+      config.updatePeriod != this.config_.updatePeriod &&
+      config.updatePeriod >= 0;
     this.config_ = config;
     if (isPreloadFn) {
       this.isPreloadFn_ = isPreloadFn;
@@ -2539,8 +2539,8 @@ shaka.dash.DashParser = class {
       return;
     }
     let updateTime = this.updatePeriod_;
-    if (this.config_.dash.updatePeriod >= 0) {
-      updateTime = this.config_.dash.updatePeriod;
+    if (this.config_.updatePeriod >= 0) {
+      updateTime = this.config_.updatePeriod;
     }
 
     const finalDelay = Math.max(

lib/hls/hls_parser.js

@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ shaka.hls.HlsParser = class {
    */
   configure(config, isPreloadFn) {
     const needFireUpdate = this.playerInterface_ &&
-      config.hls.updatePeriod != this.config_.hls.updatePeriod &&
-      config.hls.updatePeriod >= 0;
+      config.updatePeriod != this.config_.updatePeriod &&
+      config.updatePeriod >= 0;
     this.config_ = config;
     if (isPreloadFn) {
       this.isPreloadFn_ = isPreloadFn;
@@ -4636,8 +4636,8 @@ shaka.hls.HlsParser = class {
       if (this.isLive_()) {
         const updateDuration = (endTime - startTime) / 1000.0;
         this.averageUpdateDuration_.sample(1, updateDuration);
-        const delay = this.config_.hls.updatePeriod > 0 ?
-            this.config_.hls.updatePeriod : this.getUpdatePlaylistDelay_();
+        const delay = this.config_.updatePeriod > 0 ?
+            this.config_.updatePeriod : this.getUpdatePlaylistDelay_();
         const finalDelay = Math.max(0,
             delay - this.averageUpdateDuration_.getEstimate());
         this.updatePlaylistTimer_.tickAfter(/* seconds= */ finalDelay);

lib/player.js

@@ -4093,6 +4093,28 @@ shaka.Player = class extends shaka.util.FakeEventTarget {
       delete config['manifest']['hls']['ignoreSupplementalCodecs'];
     }
 
+    // Deprecate 'manifest.dash.updatePeriod' configuration.
+    if (config['manifest'] && config['manifest']['dash'] &&
+        'updatePeriod' in config['manifest']['dash']) {
+      shaka.Deprecate.deprecateFeature(5,
+          'manifest.dash.updatePeriod configuration',
+          'Please Use manifest.updatePeriod instead.');
+      config['manifest']['updatePeriod'] =
+          config['manifest']['dash']['updatePeriod'];
+      delete config['manifest']['dash']['updatePeriod'];
+    }
+
+    // Deprecate 'manifest.hls.updatePeriod' configuration.
+    if (config['manifest'] && config['manifest']['hls'] &&
+        'updatePeriod' in config['manifest']['hls']) {
+      shaka.Deprecate.deprecateFeature(5,
+          'manifest.hls.updatePeriod configuration',
+          'Please Use manifest.updatePeriod instead.');
+      config['manifest']['updatePeriod'] =
+          config['manifest']['hls']['updatePeriod'];
+      delete config['manifest']['hls']['updatePeriod'];
+    }
+
     // Deprecate AdvancedDrmConfiguration's videoRobustness and audioRobustness
     // as a string. It's now an array of strings.
     if (config['drm'] && config['drm']['advanced']) {

lib/util/player_configuration.js

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ shaka.util.PlayerConfiguration = class {
       raiseFatalErrorOnManifestUpdateRequestFailure: false,
       continueLoadingWhenPaused: true,
       ignoreSupplementalCodecs: false,
+      updatePeriod: -1,
       dash: {
         clockSyncUri: '',
         ignoreDrmInfo: false,
@@ -161,7 +162,6 @@ shaka.util.PlayerConfiguration = class {
         sequenceMode: false,
         multiTypeVariantsAllowed,
         useStreamOnceInPeriodFlattening: false,
-        updatePeriod: -1,
         enableFastSwitching: true,
       },
       hls: {
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ shaka.util.PlayerConfiguration = class {
         ignoreManifestTimestampsInSegmentsMode: false,
         disableCodecGuessing: false,
         disableClosedCaptionsDetection: false,
-        updatePeriod: -1,
         allowLowLatencyByteRangeOptimization: true,
         allowRangeRequestsToGuessMimeType: false,
       },