feat(player): start Plex transcodes at the resume position (#1817)

A Plex transcode session always starts producing at zero: the decision
request never sent offset=, so any non-zero open - resuming a
transcoded title, or switching from Direct Play to a transcoded
quality mid-playback - opened a session whose produced window begins
at the start of the file and seeked it. mpv immediately requests a
segment the transcoder has not produced, PMS answers 404 for it and
every subsequent segment, and playback buffers forever.

Send offset=<seconds> (6dp) with the decision and start request - the
view offset on initial open, the resolved resume position on every
in-place reload - so the session begins producing at the position the
player consumes first. The playlist timeline is unchanged: an offset
session's media playlist still covers the full title from segment
zero, so the player keeps opening with start: at the resume position
and in-stream seeks work as before.

Before a native player opens an offset playlist, waitForTranscodeReady
walks the master playlist, the media playlist, and the segment
containing the offset, because PMS can publish a manifest before that
segment is fetchable and mpv treats the 404 as an HLS error. The probe
is best-effort: it never fails an open, hands off immediately on HTTP
500 (on the response and exception paths alike) so the server-limit
dialog stays prompt, stops on cancellation, skips itself when the
playlist durations never reach the offset, and stays out of the
endpoint-failover cascade. In-place reloads resolve the replacement
source only after the old stop report has gone out, so Plex cannot use
that stop to terminate the replacement transcode.

close #1840
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toluLikesToCode
2026-08-09 06:28:59 +02:00
committed by edde746
parent bb3762ed63
commit 8740a19f36
10 changed files with 694 additions and 13 deletions
@@ -632,11 +632,22 @@ extension _VideoPlayerEpisodeNavigationMethods on VideoPlayerScreenState {
}
if (!isCurrentReload()) return _MediaReloadOutcome.superseded;
// Overlap the old item's stop report with the resolve round-trip; it
// is awaited again right before the open below.
// Local resume lookup can overlap the old stop, but source resolution
// below must not: Plex can use that stop to terminate any new
// transcode sharing this playback session identifier.
final stoppedProgressFuture = _sendStoppedProgressOnce();
var openResumePosition = await _resolveOpenResumePosition(
metadata: metadata,
isOffline: _offlineLibraryMode,
offlineWatchService: offlineWatchService,
requested: resumePosition,
);
if (!isCurrentReload()) return _MediaReloadOutcome.superseded;
final playbackResolver = PlaybackSourceResolver(serverManager: serverManager, database: database);
await stoppedProgressFuture;
if (!isCurrentReload()) return _MediaReloadOutcome.superseded;
final playbackContext = await playbackResolver.resolve(
PlaybackInitializationOptions(
metadata: metadata,
@@ -649,6 +660,7 @@ extension _VideoPlayerEpisodeNavigationMethods on VideoPlayerScreenState {
preferredSubtitleTrack: initializationSubtitleTrack,
sessionIdentifier: _playbackSessionIdentifier,
transcodeSessionId: _playbackTranscodeSessionId,
transcodeOffset: openResumePosition,
),
offlineLibraryMode: _offlineLibraryMode,
);
@@ -661,7 +673,17 @@ extension _VideoPlayerEpisodeNavigationMethods on VideoPlayerScreenState {
if (result.videoUrl == null) {
throw PlaybackException('No video URL available');
}
if (result.isOffline && !_offlineLibraryMode) {
// The pre-resolve lookup assumed an online source; a download won
// instead, so consult locally tracked progress after all.
openResumePosition = await _resolveOpenResumePosition(
metadata: metadata,
isOffline: true,
offlineWatchService: offlineWatchService,
requested: resumePosition,
);
if (!isCurrentReload()) return _MediaReloadOutcome.superseded;
}
var subtitleSelection = await _resolveSubtitleSelectionForOpen(
metadata: metadata,
result: result,
@@ -688,14 +710,6 @@ extension _VideoPlayerEpisodeNavigationMethods on VideoPlayerScreenState {
showErrorSnackBar(context, t.videoControls.transcodeUnavailableFallback);
}
final openResumePosition = await _resolveOpenResumePosition(
metadata: metadata,
isOffline: _offlineLibraryMode || result.isOffline,
offlineWatchService: offlineWatchService,
requested: resumePosition,
);
if (!isCurrentReload()) return _MediaReloadOutcome.superseded;
final displayCriteria = result.mediaInfo?.displayCriteria;
final settingsService = await SettingsService.getInstance();
if (!isCurrentReload()) return _MediaReloadOutcome.superseded;
@@ -731,7 +745,6 @@ extension _VideoPlayerEpisodeNavigationMethods on VideoPlayerScreenState {
resumePosition: openResumePosition,
durationMs: metadata.durationMs,
);
await stoppedProgressFuture;
_progressTracker?.stopTracking();
_progressTracker?.dispose();
_progressTracker = null;
@@ -753,6 +766,12 @@ extension _VideoPlayerEpisodeNavigationMethods on VideoPlayerScreenState {
externalSubtitles: subtitleSelection.sidecarsAtOpen,
);
var effectiveExternalSubtitlePlan = externalSubtitlePlan;
await _awaitTranscodeReadiness(
client: mediaClient,
isTranscoding: result.isTranscoding,
videoUrl: result.videoUrl!,
);
if (!isCurrentReload()) return _MediaReloadOutcome.superseded;
final openResult = await _openMediaOnPlayer(
player: currentPlayer,
settingsService: settingsService,
@@ -602,6 +602,24 @@ extension _VideoPlayerOpenMethods on VideoPlayerScreenState {
await player.setProperty('stream-buffer-size', '${ringBytes ?? mpvDefaultStreamBufferBytes}');
}
/// Best-effort wait for an offset transcode session's segment at the
/// resume point, run immediately before the player opens the URL so the
/// wait hides behind the other pre-open work and the guarantee is fresh
/// when the player attaches. A not-ready session still opens — mpv
/// classifies whatever the server actually returns — and no-offset URLs
/// return immediately. Starting a new probe aborts the previous one so a
/// superseded open never leaves it polling out its window.
Future<void> _awaitTranscodeReadiness({
required MediaServerClient? client,
required bool isTranscoding,
required String videoUrl,
}) async {
if (!isTranscoding || client is! PlexClient) return;
_transcodeReadinessAbort?.abort();
final abort = _transcodeReadinessAbort = AbortController();
await client.waitForTranscodeReady(videoUrl, abort: abort);
}
/// Open [videoUrl] on [player]: stream tuning → open → native subtitle style.
///
/// [shouldContinue] is re-checked between the awaits so stale generations
@@ -259,6 +259,12 @@ extension _VideoPlayerPlaybackStartMethods on VideoPlayerScreenState {
resumePosition: resumePosition,
durationMs: _currentMetadata.durationMs,
);
await _awaitTranscodeReadiness(
client: playbackContext.reportingClient,
isTranscoding: result.isTranscoding,
videoUrl: result.videoUrl!,
);
if (!attempt.isCurrent) return;
final openResult = await _openMediaOnPlayer(
player: currentPlayer,
settingsService: settingsService,
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@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ import '../providers/shader_provider.dart';
import '../providers/user_profile_provider.dart';
import '../utils/app_logger.dart';
import '../utils/dialogs.dart';
import '../utils/media_server_http_client.dart' show AbortController;
import '../utils/log_redaction_manager.dart';
import '../utils/live_tv_player_navigation.dart';
import '../utils/player_utils.dart';
@@ -431,6 +432,10 @@ class VideoPlayerScreenState extends State<VideoPlayerScreen> with WidgetsBindin
_PlaybackTransitionLease? _playbackTransitionLease;
Completer<void>? _playbackTransitionIdleCompleter;
bool _playbackIntentShouldPlay = true;
/// In-flight transcode readiness probe, aborted by the next probe or by
/// dispose so a superseded open never leaves it polling out its window.
AbortController? _transcodeReadinessAbort;
int _pendingSubtitleCycleCount = 0;
bool _subtitleCycleDrainActive = false;
@@ -1268,6 +1273,13 @@ class VideoPlayerScreenState extends State<VideoPlayerScreen> with WidgetsBindin
preferredSubtitleTrack: _preferredSubtitleTrack,
sessionIdentifier: _playbackSessionIdentifier,
transcodeSessionId: _playbackTranscodeSessionId,
// The initial resume position is the server view offset (the
// online open resolves the same value later), so a resumed
// transcode starts producing at the resume point instead of
// seeking a stream that begins at zero.
transcodeOffset: _currentMetadata.viewOffsetMs != null
? Duration(milliseconds: _currentMetadata.viewOffsetMs!)
: null,
),
offlineLibraryMode: false,
);
@@ -1688,6 +1700,7 @@ class VideoPlayerScreenState extends State<VideoPlayerScreen> with WidgetsBindin
@override
void dispose() {
unawaited(AndroidExitDiagnostics.markUiState(AndroidUiState.mainScreen));
_transcodeReadinessAbort?.abort();
_playerInitializationGeneration++;
_frameRate.dispose();
WidgetsBinding.instance.removeObserver(this);
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ class PlaybackInitializationOptions {
/// for Plex transcode.
final String? transcodeSessionId;
/// Absolute VOD position at which a new Plex transcode must begin. Sent
/// with both Plex's decision and HLS start request so the server and the
/// player agree on the first available segment. Only the Plex client
/// consumes this today; Jellyfin's StartTimeTicks equivalent is
/// intentionally unwired.
final Duration? transcodeOffset;
const PlaybackInitializationOptions({
required this.metadata,
required this.selectedMediaIndex,
@@ -73,6 +80,7 @@ class PlaybackInitializationOptions {
this.preferredSubtitleTrack,
this.sessionIdentifier,
this.transcodeSessionId,
this.transcodeOffset,
});
}
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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
import 'dart:async';
import '../utils/isolate_helper.dart';
import '../utils/json_utils.dart';
import 'package:clock/clock.dart';
import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
import 'package:uuid/uuid.dart';
@@ -2617,6 +2618,7 @@ class PlexClient
required String sessionIdentifier,
required String transcodeSessionId,
int? audioStreamId,
Duration? offset,
}) async {
try {
final allParams = _buildTranscodeParams(
@@ -2627,6 +2629,7 @@ class PlexClient
sessionIdentifier: sessionIdentifier,
transcodeSessionId: transcodeSessionId,
audioStreamId: audioStreamId,
offset: offset,
);
return await _runTranscodeDecision(
startEndpoint: _plexVideoHlsStartEndpoint,
@@ -2639,6 +2642,205 @@ class PlexClient
}
}
/// Absolute media position a transcode start URL was requested at, or null
/// when the URL is not an offset HLS start request. Matched on decoded
/// path segments so a percent-encoded spelling of the same URL cannot
/// silently switch the readiness probe off.
static Duration? transcodeStreamOffsetFromUrl(String videoUrl) {
final uri = Uri.tryParse(videoUrl);
if (uri == null || !'/${uri.pathSegments.join('/')}'.endsWith('/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8')) {
return null;
}
final offsetSeconds = double.tryParse(uri.queryParameters['offset'] ?? '');
if (offsetSeconds == null || offsetSeconds <= 0) return null;
return Duration(microseconds: (offsetSeconds * Duration.microsecondsPerSecond).round());
}
/// Picks the playlist entry the readiness probe should touch: the segment
/// whose duration window contains [offset].
///
/// Plex media playlists always cover the full title from segment zero, so
/// probing the first entry would steer the transcoder back to the start —
/// requesting a segment is how a client seeks a Plex HLS session. A master
/// playlist (no `#EXTINF` durations) descends into its first variant. A
/// media playlist whose durations never cross [offset] returns null: it
/// cannot say where the offset lives, and a probe aimed at the wrong
/// segment would seek the session, so the caller skips probing instead.
@visibleForTesting
static String? selectReadinessProbeTarget(String body, Duration offset) {
String? firstEntry;
var sawSegmentDurations = false;
var cumulative = Duration.zero;
var pending = Duration.zero;
for (final raw in body.split(RegExp(r'\r?\n'))) {
final line = raw.trim();
if (line.isEmpty) continue;
if (line.startsWith('#')) {
if (line.startsWith('#EXTINF:')) {
sawSegmentDurations = true;
final seconds = double.tryParse(line.substring('#EXTINF:'.length).split(',').first);
if (seconds != null) pending = Duration(microseconds: (seconds * Duration.microsecondsPerSecond).round());
}
continue;
}
firstEntry ??= line;
cumulative += pending;
pending = Duration.zero;
if (sawSegmentDurations && cumulative > offset) return line;
}
return sawSegmentDurations ? null : (firstEntry ?? '');
}
/// Waits for a just-started Plex offset HLS session to serve the segment at
/// the requested offset before a native player opens its playlist. Plex can
/// return a manifest before the segment is ready; mpv treats that 404 as an
/// HLS error and races through the rest of the manifest.
///
/// Best-effort by design: the probe never fails an open, it only stops
/// waiting, and callers ignore the returned bool — it exists for tests. The
/// player then sees whatever the server is actually doing and the existing
/// log-stream classification applies unchanged. To that end a 500 stops the
/// wait immediately — a persistent 500 must keep failing fast so the
/// server-limit dialog appears promptly — whether it arrives as a response
/// or inside a decode exception, and a cancellation ([abort] fired or the
/// owning client closing) stops it too rather than sleeping out the window.
/// URLs without an offset return immediately: probing a no-offset playlist
/// would touch segment zero, and requesting a segment is how a client seeks
/// a Plex HLS session.
///
/// Other non-2xx responses are the expected not-ready signal. `_http.get`
/// does not throw on the status, though its body decode can throw carrying
/// one — both paths share [handOffStatus] so they cannot drift. Every
/// not-ready round waits [pollInterval], doubling up to 4x after three
/// consecutive failed round-trips so a stalled transcode is not hammered;
/// the accepted trade is that a session whose segments 404 for real
/// reaches the player, and its media-unreadable dialog, one probe window
/// later than an unprobed open would. The probe carries this retry budget
/// itself, so its requests bypass endpoint failover, and each request has a
/// hard timeout (5s, shrinking as the overall deadline approaches) so a
/// single hung request cannot consume the entire window.
Future<bool> waitForTranscodeReady(
String videoUrl, {
Duration timeout = const Duration(seconds: 15),
Duration pollInterval = const Duration(milliseconds: 500),
AbortController? abort,
}) async {
final startUri = Uri.tryParse(videoUrl);
final probeOffset = transcodeStreamOffsetFromUrl(videoUrl);
if (startUri == null || probeOffset == null) return true;
// One rule for terminal statuses, applied to responses and to
// status-bearing exceptions alike.
bool handOffStatus(int? statusCode) {
if (statusCode != 500) return false;
// Hand off without classifying: mpv opens the URL, hits the same 500,
// and the log-stream path raises the server-limit dialog.
appLogger.i('Plex transcode readiness probe handing off on HTTP 500');
return true;
}
final deadline = clock.now().add(timeout);
var candidate = startUri;
var playlistDepth = 0;
var consecutiveFailures = 0;
int? lastStatus;
while (true) {
final remaining = deadline.difference(clock.now());
if (remaining <= Duration.zero) break;
if (abort?.isAborted ?? false) return false;
try {
final requestTimeout = remaining < const Duration(seconds: 5) ? remaining : const Duration(seconds: 5);
final isPlaylist = candidate.path.toLowerCase().endsWith('.m3u8');
// The default Accept is application/json (PlexConfig.headers); the
// probe mirrors the player's request shape instead. Segments go
// through getStatus so a server that ignores Range never routes a
// full media segment through text decoding.
final int statusCode;
var body = '';
Uri? effectiveUri;
if (isPlaylist) {
final response = await _http.get(
candidate.toString(),
headers: const {'Accept': '*/*'},
timeout: requestTimeout,
abort: abort,
allowEndpointFailover: false,
);
statusCode = response.statusCode;
body = response.data?.toString() ?? '';
effectiveUri = response.effectiveUri;
} else {
final response = await _http.getStatus(
candidate.toString(),
headers: const {'Range': 'bytes=0-0', 'Accept': '*/*'},
timeout: requestTimeout,
abort: abort,
);
statusCode = response.statusCode;
}
lastStatus = statusCode;
if (statusCode >= 200 && statusCode < 300) {
consecutiveFailures = 0;
if (body.trimLeft().startsWith('#EXTM3U')) {
final child = selectReadinessProbeTarget(body, probeOffset);
if (child == null) {
// The playlist has segments but its durations never reach the
// offset — a playlist shape this client has never observed
// against a real PMS. It cannot say where the offset lives,
// and a probe aimed at the wrong segment would seek the
// session, so skip probing and let the player negotiate.
return true;
}
if (child.isNotEmpty) {
candidate = (effectiveUri ?? candidate).resolve(child);
playlistDepth++;
if (playlistDepth > 4) {
appLogger.w('Plex transcode readiness exceeded the HLS playlist depth limit');
return false;
}
// Descending into a child playlist is progress, not a poll.
continue;
}
// A manifest with no media entries yet: not ready, poll again.
} else if (!isPlaylist) {
// The segment at the offset answered: the session is ready.
return true;
}
} else if (handOffStatus(statusCode)) {
return false;
} else {
consecutiveFailures++;
}
} on MediaServerHttpException catch (e) {
if (e.isCancellation) {
// Cancellation is not a not-ready signal, so stop instead of
// sleeping out the window.
return false;
}
lastStatus = e.statusCode ?? lastStatus;
if (handOffStatus(e.statusCode)) return false;
// Transport failure — same treatment as a not-ready response.
consecutiveFailures++;
appLogger.d('Plex transcode readiness probe transport failure', error: e);
} catch (e) {
consecutiveFailures++;
appLogger.d('Plex transcode readiness probe transport failure', error: e);
}
var delay = pollInterval;
if (consecutiveFailures > 3) {
delay = pollInterval * (1 << (consecutiveFailures - 3).clamp(0, 2));
}
final timeLeft = deadline.difference(clock.now());
if (timeLeft <= Duration.zero) break;
await Future<void>.delayed(delay < timeLeft ? delay : timeLeft);
}
appLogger.w(
'Plex transcode did not become ready within ${timeout.inMilliseconds}ms '
'(playlistDepth=$playlistDepth, lastStatus=${lastStatus ?? 'none'}, consecutiveFailures=$consecutiveFailures)',
);
return false;
}
/// Build a music transcode stream URL (decision + start path).
///
/// Mirrors [buildTranscodeStartPath] for audio tracks: the same
@@ -2736,6 +2938,7 @@ class PlexClient
required String sessionIdentifier,
required String transcodeSessionId,
int? audioStreamId,
Duration? offset,
}) {
final isOriginal = preset.isOriginal;
final clientProfileExtra = _buildPlexHlsClientProfileExtra(
@@ -2760,6 +2963,7 @@ class PlexClient
'directStreamAudio': '0',
'mediaBufferSize': '102400',
'session': transcodeSessionId,
if (offset != null && offset > Duration.zero) 'offset': (offset.inMilliseconds / 1000).toStringAsFixed(6),
'subtitles': 'none',
if (audioStreamId != null) 'audioStreamID': audioStreamId.toString(),
'Accept-Language': 'en',
@@ -2789,6 +2993,7 @@ class PlexClient
required String sessionIdentifier,
required String transcodeSessionId,
int? audioStreamId,
Duration? offset,
}) {
return _buildTranscodeParams(
ratingKey: ratingKey,
@@ -2798,6 +3003,7 @@ class PlexClient
sessionIdentifier: sessionIdentifier,
transcodeSessionId: transcodeSessionId,
audioStreamId: audioStreamId,
offset: offset,
);
}
@@ -3330,6 +3536,7 @@ class PlexClient
sessionIdentifier: options.sessionIdentifier!,
transcodeSessionId: options.transcodeSessionId!,
audioStreamId: resolvedAudioId,
offset: options.transcodeOffset,
);
if (result.outcome == TranscodeDecisionOutcome.transcodeOk && result.startPath != null) {
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@@ -177,6 +177,45 @@ class MediaServerHttpClient {
);
}
/// Issue a GET and return only status and headers, draining the body
/// unread — the shape for probes that ask "does this answer?" rather than
/// "what does it say?".
///
/// Unlike [getBytes] the status code is surfaced instead of only logged.
/// Unlike [get] nothing is ever decoded, so a body that fails decoding
/// cannot convert a status into an exception, and — because
/// [FailoverHttpClient] overrides [get] alone — this method structurally
/// never enters the endpoint-failover cascade. Non-2xx is returned, not
/// thrown, matching [get].
Future<MediaServerResponse> getStatus(
String url, {
Map<String, String>? headers,
Duration? timeout,
AbortController? abort,
}) {
return _perform<MediaServerResponse>(
'GET',
url,
headers: headers,
timeout: timeout,
abort: abort,
consume: (streamed, scope) async {
final effectiveUri = switch (streamed) {
http.BaseResponseWithUrl(:final url) => url,
_ => scope.uri,
};
await scope.receive(streamed.stream.drain<void>());
scope.logResponse(streamed.statusCode);
return MediaServerResponse(
statusCode: streamed.statusCode,
headers: streamed.headers,
requestUri: scope.uri,
effectiveUri: effectiveUri,
);
},
);
}
/// Stream-download a URL directly into a file.
Future<void> downloadFile(
String url,
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@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ packages:
source: hosted
version: "0.4.2"
clock:
dependency: transitive
dependency: "direct main"
description:
name: clock
sha256: fddb70d9b5277016c77a80201021d40a2247104d9f4aa7bab7157b7e3f05b84b
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@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ environment:
dependencies:
flutter:
sdk: flutter
clock: ^1.1.2
intl: ^0.20.2
json_annotation: ^4.12.0
shared_preferences: ^2.5.4
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
import 'dart:convert';
import 'package:fake_async/fake_async.dart';
import 'package:plezy/media/ids.dart';
import 'package:drift/native.dart';
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
import 'package:plezy/database/app_database.dart';
import 'package:plezy/exceptions/media_server_exceptions.dart';
import 'package:plezy/utils/media_server_http_client.dart' show AbortController;
import 'package:plezy/media/media_backend.dart';
import 'package:plezy/media/media_kind.dart';
@@ -319,6 +321,7 @@ void main() {
qualityPreset: TranscodeQualityPreset.p720_3mbps,
sessionIdentifier: 'session-id',
transcodeSessionId: 'transcode-id',
transcodeOffset: const Duration(minutes: 8, seconds: 15),
),
);
@@ -326,10 +329,14 @@ void main() {
(request) => request.url.path == '/video/:/transcode/universal/decision',
);
expect(decisionRequest.url.queryParameters['subtitles'], 'none');
expect(decisionRequest.url.queryParameters['offset'], '495.000000');
expect(decisionRequest.url.queryParameters.containsKey('subtitleStreamID'), isFalse);
expect(decisionRequest.url.queryParameters.containsKey('advancedSubtitles'), isFalse);
expect(decisionRequest.url.queryParameters['X-Plex-Incomplete-Segments'], '1');
expect(result.isTranscoding, isTrue);
expect(result.videoUrl, contains('/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8?'));
expect(Uri.parse(result.videoUrl!).queryParameters['offset'], '495.000000');
expect(PlexClient.transcodeStreamOffsetFromUrl(result.videoUrl!), const Duration(minutes: 8, seconds: 15));
expect(result.subtitleSidecars.map((sidecar) => sidecar.sourceStreamId), [401, 402]);
expect(result.subtitleSidecars.every((sidecar) => sidecar.preload), isTrue);
expect(result.subtitleSidecars.first.track.isContainer, isTrue);
@@ -661,10 +668,373 @@ void main() {
expect(startPath, startsWith('/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8?'));
expect(startPath, contains('protocol=hls'));
// Without a requested offset the start path must stay offset-free so the
// session transcodes from the beginning exactly as before.
expect(startPath, isNot(contains('offset=')));
expect(startPath, isNot(contains('X-Plex-Token')));
});
test('transcode start path carries the requested decision offset', () {
final client = makeClient((_) async => http.Response('not used', 500));
addTearDown(client.close);
final params = client.buildTranscodeParamsForTesting(
ratingKey: '42',
mediaIndex: 0,
preset: TranscodeQualityPreset.p720_3mbps,
sessionIdentifier: 'session-id',
transcodeSessionId: 'transcode-id',
offset: const Duration(minutes: 8, seconds: 15),
);
final startPath = client.buildTranscodeStartPathFromParamsForTesting(params);
expect(startPath, startsWith('/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8?'));
expect(Uri.parse(startPath).queryParameters['offset'], '495.000000');
expect(startPath, isNot(contains('X-Plex-Token')));
});
test('transcode stream offset is parsed from an offset start URL only', () {
expect(
PlexClient.transcodeStreamOffsetFromUrl(
'https://plex.example.com/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8?offset=495.000000',
),
const Duration(minutes: 8, seconds: 15),
);
expect(
PlexClient.transcodeStreamOffsetFromUrl(
'https://plex.example.com/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8?session=abc',
),
isNull,
);
expect(
PlexClient.transcodeStreamOffsetFromUrl(
'https://plex.example.com/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8?offset=0.000000',
),
isNull,
);
expect(PlexClient.transcodeStreamOffsetFromUrl('https://plex.example.com/library/parts/1/file.mkv'), isNull);
// Percent-encoded spelling of the same path must not silently switch the
// probe off.
expect(
PlexClient.transcodeStreamOffsetFromUrl(
'https://plex.example.com/video/%3A/transcode/universal/start.m3u8?offset=495.000000',
),
const Duration(minutes: 8, seconds: 15),
);
});
test('transcode readiness probes the segment at the offset, not the first one', () async {
final requests = <Uri>[];
final rangeHeaders = <String?>[];
final acceptHeaders = <String?>[];
var segmentAttempts = 0;
// Plex media playlists cover the full title from segment zero; the probe
// must touch the offset's segment because requesting a segment is how a
// client seeks a Plex HLS session — probing 00000.ts would relocate the
// transcoder back to the start.
final mediaPlaylist = StringBuffer('#EXTM3U\n#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:1\n');
for (var i = 0; i < 600; i++) {
mediaPlaylist.write('#EXTINF:1.000000,\n${i.toString().padLeft(5, '0')}.ts\n');
}
final client = makeClient((request) async {
requests.add(request.url);
rangeHeaders.add(request.headers['Range']);
acceptHeaders.add(request.headers['Accept']);
return switch (request.url.path) {
'/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8' => http.Response(
'#EXTM3U\n#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=1500000\nindex.m3u8?session=transcode-id\n',
200,
),
'/video/:/transcode/universal/index.m3u8' => http.Response(mediaPlaylist.toString(), 200),
'/video/:/transcode/universal/00495.ts' =>
++segmentAttempts == 1
? http.Response('not ready', 404)
: http.Response('segment bytes', 206, headers: {'content-type': 'video/mp2t'}),
_ => http.Response('unexpected request', 500),
};
});
addTearDown(client.close);
final ready = await client.waitForTranscodeReady(
'https://plex.example.com/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8?offset=495.500000',
timeout: const Duration(seconds: 1),
pollInterval: Duration.zero,
);
expect(ready, isTrue);
expect(segmentAttempts, 2);
expect(requests.map((uri) => uri.path), [
'/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8',
'/video/:/transcode/universal/index.m3u8',
'/video/:/transcode/universal/00495.ts',
'/video/:/transcode/universal/00495.ts',
]);
expect(requests[1].queryParameters['session'], 'transcode-id');
expect(rangeHeaders, [null, null, 'bytes=0-0', 'bytes=0-0']);
// The client's default Accept is application/json; the probe must mirror
// the player's request shape instead.
expect(acceptHeaders, everyElement('*/*'));
});
test('readiness probe target selection walks segment durations to the offset', () {
const mediaPlaylist =
'#EXTM3U\n'
'#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:2\n'
'#EXTINF:2.000000,\n00000.ts\n'
'#EXTINF:2.000000,\n00001.ts\n'
'#EXTINF:2.000000,\n00002.ts\n';
expect(PlexClient.selectReadinessProbeTarget(mediaPlaylist, Duration.zero), '00000.ts');
expect(PlexClient.selectReadinessProbeTarget(mediaPlaylist, const Duration(seconds: 3)), '00001.ts');
// Durations never cross the offset: the playlist cannot say where the
// offset lives, and probing a guessed segment would seek the session.
expect(PlexClient.selectReadinessProbeTarget(mediaPlaylist, const Duration(seconds: 30)), isNull);
// A master playlist has no segment durations: descend into the first variant.
const masterPlaylist = '#EXTM3U\n#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=1500000\nindex.m3u8\nfallback.m3u8\n';
expect(PlexClient.selectReadinessProbeTarget(masterPlaylist, const Duration(minutes: 10)), 'index.m3u8');
});
test('transcode readiness skips probing when the playlist cannot locate the offset', () {
fakeAsync((async) {
final requestPaths = <String>[];
// The offset-relative playlist shape this client has never observed
// against a real PMS: segments named from the resume point, durations
// summing to a minute. Probing its last segment would ask the session
// to produce a minute past the resume point.
final mediaPlaylist = StringBuffer('#EXTM3U\n#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:1\n');
for (var i = 8062; i <= 8121; i++) {
mediaPlaylist.write('#EXTINF:1.000000,\n${i.toString().padLeft(5, '0')}.ts\n');
}
final client = makeClient((request) async {
requestPaths.add(request.url.path);
if (request.url.path.endsWith('/start.m3u8')) {
return http.Response(mediaPlaylist.toString(), 200);
}
return http.Response('segment bytes', 206, headers: {'content-type': 'video/mp2t'});
});
addTearDown(client.close);
bool? ready;
client
.waitForTranscodeReady(
'https://plex.example.com/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8?offset=8062.000000',
timeout: const Duration(seconds: 15),
pollInterval: const Duration(milliseconds: 500),
)
.then((value) => ready = value);
async.flushMicrotasks();
expect(ready, isTrue);
expect(requestPaths.where((path) => path.endsWith('.ts')), isEmpty);
});
});
test('transcode readiness hands off on a 500 that arrives inside a decode exception', () {
fakeAsync((async) {
var requestCount = 0;
// A proxy or gateway in front of PMS answering 500 with a JSON
// content-type and a non-JSON body: the client's body decode throws a
// status-bearing exception instead of returning the response, and the
// exception path must apply the same hand-off rule as the response
// path.
final client = makeClient((request) async {
requestCount++;
return http.Response('<html>gateway error</html>', 500, headers: {'content-type': 'application/json'});
});
addTearDown(client.close);
bool? ready;
client
.waitForTranscodeReady(
'https://plex.example.com/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8?offset=495.000000',
timeout: const Duration(seconds: 15),
pollInterval: const Duration(milliseconds: 500),
)
.then((value) => ready = value);
// No elapse: like the response-path 500, the exception-path 500 must
// complete the probe without a single poll wait.
async.flushMicrotasks();
expect(ready, isFalse);
expect(requestCount, 1);
});
});
test('transcode readiness returns immediately when the probe is already aborted', () async {
var requestCount = 0;
final client = makeClient((request) async {
requestCount++;
return http.Response('#EXTM3U\n#EXTINF:1.0,\nmedia-00000.ts\n', 200);
});
addTearDown(client.close);
final abort = AbortController()..abort();
final ready = await client.waitForTranscodeReady(
'https://plex.example.com/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8?offset=0.500000',
abort: abort,
);
expect(ready, isFalse);
expect(requestCount, 0);
});
test('transcode readiness polls a bounded number of times while the segment stays unavailable', () {
fakeAsync((async) {
var requestCount = 0;
final client = makeClient((request) async {
requestCount++;
if (request.url.path.endsWith('/start.m3u8')) {
return http.Response('#EXTM3U\n#EXTINF:1.0,\nmedia-00000.ts\n', 200);
}
return http.Response('not ready', 404);
});
addTearDown(client.close);
bool? ready;
client
.waitForTranscodeReady(
'https://plex.example.com/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8?offset=0.500000',
timeout: const Duration(milliseconds: 600),
pollInterval: const Duration(milliseconds: 50),
)
.then((value) => ready = value);
async.elapse(const Duration(milliseconds: 700));
expect(ready, isFalse);
// The not-ready signal is a non-2xx *response*, not an exception: every
// failed probe must still wait out the poll interval, and after three
// consecutive failures the interval doubles to a 4x cap. Under a fake
// clock the cadence is exact: the playlist hop, then segment polls at
// 0/50/100/150/250/450ms. Drafts of this probe that skipped the delay
// on non-2xx or discarded the backoff measured 3,651 and 12 requests
// respectively in this same window; neither shape ever shipped.
expect(requestCount, 7);
});
});
test('transcode readiness requests bypass endpoint failover', () {
fakeAsync((async) {
var exhaustedSignals = 0;
var requestCount = 0;
final client = testPlexClient(
serverId: ServerId('server-id'),
prioritizedEndpoints: const ['https://plex.example.com'],
onAllEndpointsExhausted: () => exhaustedSignals++,
// 503 on the playlist itself: the segment leg goes through getRaw,
// which never enters the failover path, so the playlist request is
// the one that could drive the cascade.
handler: (request) async {
requestCount++;
return http.Response('busy', 503);
},
);
addTearDown(client.close);
bool? ready;
client
.waitForTranscodeReady(
'https://plex.example.com/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8?offset=495.000000',
timeout: const Duration(milliseconds: 200),
pollInterval: const Duration(milliseconds: 50),
)
.then((value) => ready = value);
async.elapse(const Duration(milliseconds: 300));
expect(ready, isFalse);
expect(requestCount, greaterThanOrEqualTo(3));
// The probe carries its own retry budget, so it must not drive the
// endpoint-failover cascade: its URL is absolute (the retry re-hits the
// same host), each switch rewrites config.baseUrl underneath the
// videoUrl already handed to the open path, and on a single-endpoint
// server every failed poll fires the all-endpoints-exhausted signal —
// the manager's cue to flip server status and reconnect.
expect(exhaustedSignals, 0);
expect(client.config.baseUrl, 'https://plex.example.com');
});
});
test('transcode readiness stops on cancellation instead of sleeping out the window', () {
fakeAsync((async) {
var requestCount = 0;
late final PlexClient client;
client = testPlexClient(
serverId: ServerId('server-id'),
handler: (request) async {
requestCount++;
if (request.url.path.endsWith('/start.m3u8')) {
return http.Response('#EXTM3U\n#EXTINF:1.0,\nmedia-00000.ts\n', 200);
}
// The owner closes mid-probe; the next request must surface as a
// cancellation, not as one more not-ready round.
client.close();
return http.Response('not ready', 404);
},
);
bool? ready;
client
.waitForTranscodeReady(
'https://plex.example.com/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8?offset=0.500000',
timeout: const Duration(milliseconds: 600),
pollInterval: const Duration(milliseconds: 50),
)
.then((value) => ready = value);
// One poll interval is all it may consume after the close; a probe
// that counts cancellation as not-ready sleeps out the full 600ms.
async.elapse(const Duration(milliseconds: 100));
expect(ready, isFalse);
expect(requestCount, 2);
});
});
test('transcode readiness hands off immediately on HTTP 500', () {
fakeAsync((async) {
var requestCount = 0;
final client = makeClient((request) async {
requestCount++;
if (request.url.path.endsWith('/start.m3u8')) {
return http.Response('#EXTM3U\n#EXTINF:1.0,\nmedia-00000.ts\n', 200);
}
return http.Response('limit rejected', 500);
});
addTearDown(client.close);
bool? ready;
client
.waitForTranscodeReady(
'https://plex.example.com/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8?offset=0.500000',
timeout: const Duration(seconds: 15),
pollInterval: const Duration(milliseconds: 500),
)
.then((value) => ready = value);
// No elapse: a 500 must complete the probe without a single poll wait,
// so the player opens promptly and the server-limit dialog path runs.
async.flushMicrotasks();
expect(ready, isFalse);
expect(requestCount, 2);
});
});
test('transcode readiness returns immediately for URLs without an offset', () async {
var requestCount = 0;
final client = makeClient((request) async {
requestCount++;
return http.Response('should not be called', 500);
});
addTearDown(client.close);
// Probing a no-offset playlist would touch segment zero, and requesting
// a segment is how a client seeks a Plex HLS session.
expect(
await client.waitForTranscodeReady('https://plex.example.com/video/:/transcode/universal/start.m3u8?session=x'),
isTrue,
);
expect(await client.waitForTranscodeReady('https://plex.example.com/library/parts/1/file.mkv'), isTrue);
expect(requestCount, 0);
});
test('transcode params preserve resolved media and part indices', () {
final client = makeClient((_) async => http.Response('not used', 500));
addTearDown(client.close);