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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion Sources/VLCUI/UIVLCVideoPlayerView.swift
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Expand Up @@ -233,7 +233,9 @@ extension UIVLCVideoPlayerView: VLCMediaPlayerDelegate {

private func setConfigurationValues(with player: VLCMediaPlayer, from configuration: VLCVideoPlayer.Configuration) {

player.time = VLCTime(int: configuration.startTime.asTicks.asInt32)
if !configuration.skipInitialTimeSet {
player.time = VLCTime(int: configuration.startTime.asTicks.asInt32)
}

let defaultPlayerSpeed = player.rate(from: configuration.rate)
player.fastForward(atRate: defaultPlayerSpeed)
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions Sources/VLCUI/VLCVideoPlayer/Configuration.swift
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Expand Up @@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ public extension VLCVideoPlayer {
public var subtitleColor: ValueSelector<_PlatformColor> = .auto
public var playbackChildren: [PlaybackChild] = []
public var options: [String: Any] = [:]
/// When `true`, the initial `player.time` assignment in
/// `setConfigurationValues` is skipped.
///
/// Use this for live streams where an explicit seek — even to the
/// current position — causes VLC to flush its buffers and re-acquire
/// the stream, resulting in long rebuffering delays or loss of the
/// live-edge position.
public var skipInitialTimeSet: Bool = false

public init(url: URL) {
self.url = url
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