Merge pull request #93 from bbc/configurable-playback-ended

Make PLAYBACK_ENDED event behaviour configurable in PlaybackController

Author: jlks

src/core/Settings.js

@@ -775,6 +775,8 @@ import Events from './events/Events';
  * Defines the delay in milliseconds between two consecutive checks for events to be fired.
  * @property {boolean} [seekWithoutReadyStateCheck=false]
  * This allows a seek by setting currentTime regardless of the loadedmetadata event being emitted
+ * @property {boolean} [enableDashPlaybackEnded = false]
+ * This enables the synthetic ended behaviour in PlaybackController that seeks and pauses the media element
  * @property {boolean} [parseInbandPrft=false]
  * Set to true if dash.js should parse inband prft boxes (ProducerReferenceTime) and trigger events.
  * @property {module:Settings~Metrics} metrics Metric settings
@@ -901,6 +903,7 @@ function Settings() {
             parseInbandPrft: false,
             enableManifestTimescaleMismatchFix: false,
             seekWithoutReadyStateCheck: false,
+            enableDashPlaybackEnded: false,
             capabilities: {
                 filterUnsupportedEssentialProperties: true,
                 useMediaCapabilitiesApi: false

src/streaming/controllers/PlaybackController.js

@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ function PlaybackController() {
 
     // Handle DASH PLAYBACK_ENDED event
     function _onPlaybackEnded(e) {
-        if (wallclockTimeIntervalId && e.isLast) {
+        if (settings.get().streaming.enableDashPlaybackEnded && wallclockTimeIntervalId && e.isLast) {
             // PLAYBACK_ENDED was triggered elsewhere, react.
             logger.info('onPlaybackEnded -- PLAYBACK_ENDED but native video element didn\'t fire ended');
             const seekTime = e.seekTime ? e.seekTime : getStreamEndTime();