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Hi all,
VLC supports the http live streaming, it can play the hls stream, but I find that it can't get the current time and length when playing hls stream.
I check the vlc sourcecode, and find the interface libvlc_media_player_get_time( libvlc_media_player_t *p_mi ) always return zero when playing m3u8 file.
I would want to know if vlc could get the current time and length when playing hls stream or not?
Is it a bug for vlc? and Is there some methods to fix it?

Thanks!

Yes. Someone needs to fix the code.

Yes. Someone needs to fix the code.

Is a way to fix it? or is it hard to fix it?

Hard.

I've found that VLC does not work well with M3U8, for example, following address
http://v.youku.com/player/getRealM3U8/v ... video.m3u8
works well on iOS video players, with dragging enabled. On VLC-Android, dragging is disabled.