Cleanup scrubbing logic

web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoController.ts

@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ export class DynamicVideoController {
   }
 
   seekToTimestamp(time: number, play: boolean = false) {
-    if (this.playerMode != "playback") {
-      this.playerMode = "playback";
-    }
-
     if (
       this.recordings.length == 0 ||
       time < this.recordings[0].start_time ||
@@ -60,6 +56,10 @@ export class DynamicVideoController {
       return;
     }
 
+    if (this.playerMode != "playback") {
+      this.playerMode = "playback";
+    }
+
     let seekSeconds = 0;
     (this.recordings || []).every((segment) => {
       // if the next segment is past the desired time, stop calculating

web/src/components/player/dynamic/DynamicVideoPlayer.tsx

@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ export default function DynamicVideoPlayer({
       return;
     }
 
+    if (playerRef.current) {
+      playerRef.current.autoplay = !isScrubbing;
+    }
+
     setSource(
       `${apiHost}vod/${camera}/start/${timeRange.start}/end/${timeRange.end}/master.m3u8`,
     );

web/src/views/events/RecordingView.tsx

@@ -89,13 +89,16 @@ export function DesktopRecordingView({
   const [playerTime, setPlayerTime] = useState(startTime);
 
   const updateSelectedSegment = useCallback(
-    (currentTime: number) => {
+    (currentTime: number, updateStartTime: boolean) => {
       const index = timeRange.ranges.findIndex(
         (seg) => seg.start <= currentTime && seg.end >= currentTime,
       );
 
       if (index != -1) {
-        setPlaybackStart(currentTime);
+        if (updateStartTime) {
+          setPlaybackStart(currentTime);
+        }
+
         setSelectedRangeIdx(index);
       }
     },
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ export function DesktopRecordingView({
         currentTime > currentTimeRange.end + 60 ||
         currentTime < currentTimeRange.start - 60
       ) {
-        updateSelectedSegment(currentTime);
+        updateSelectedSegment(currentTime, false);
         return;
       }
 
@@ -126,40 +129,22 @@ export function DesktopRecordingView({
     updateSelectedSegment,
   ]);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!scrubbing) {
-      if (
-        currentTimeRange.start <= currentTime &&
-        currentTimeRange.end >= currentTime
-      ) {
-        mainControllerRef.current?.seekToTimestamp(currentTime, true);
-      } else {
-        updateSelectedSegment(currentTime);
-      }
-    }
-
-    // we only want to seek when user stops scrubbing
-    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [scrubbing]);
-
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!scrubbing) {
       if (Math.abs(currentTime - playerTime) > 10) {
-        mainControllerRef.current?.pause();
-
         if (
           currentTimeRange.start <= currentTime &&
           currentTimeRange.end >= currentTime
         ) {
           mainControllerRef.current?.seekToTimestamp(currentTime, true);
         } else {
-          updateSelectedSegment(currentTime);
+          updateSelectedSegment(currentTime, true);
         }
       }
     }
     // we only want to seek when current time doesn't match the player update time
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [currentTime]);
+  }, [currentTime, scrubbing]);
 
   const onSelectCamera = useCallback(
     (newCam: string) => {