live stream support

frontend/js/player.js

@@ -77,9 +77,16 @@ App.player = App.player || {};
         }
         const refererParam = resolved.referer ? `&referer=${encodeURIComponent(resolved.referer)}` : '';
         const userAgentParam = resolved.userAgent ? `&User-Agent=${encodeURIComponent(resolved.userAgent)}` : '';
-        const streamUrl = `/api/stream?url=${encodeURIComponent(resolved.url)}${refererParam}${userAgentParam}`;
+        const liveParam = resolved.isLive ? '&live=1' : '';
+        const streamUrl = `/api/stream?url=${encodeURIComponent(resolved.url)}${refererParam}${userAgentParam}${liveParam}`;
         let isHls = /\.m3u8($|\?)/i.test(resolved.url);
         let isDirectMedia = /\.(mp4|m4v|m4s|webm|ts|mov)($|\?)/i.test(resolved.url);
+        // Live cam streams resolve (server-side) to HLS; treat them as HLS up
+        // front so we skip the content-type HEAD probe and go straight to it.
+        if (resolved.isLive) {
+            isHls = true;
+            isDirectMedia = false;
+        }
 
         // Cleanup existing player instance to prevent aborted bindings.
         if (state.hlsPlayer) {
@@ -159,6 +166,16 @@ App.player = App.player || {};
             }
         };
 
+        // Confirmed direct media (mp4/webm/…) never needs hls.js; everything
+        // else might, so pull it in now that the type has been sniffed.
+        if (!window.Hls && (isHls || !isDirectMedia)) {
+            try {
+                await App.ensureHls();
+            } catch (err) {
+                // Fall back to native playback below.
+            }
+        }
+
         const canUseHls = !!(window.Hls && window.Hls.isSupported());
         const prefersHls = isHls || (canUseHls && !isDirectMedia && !video.canPlayType('application/vnd.apple.mpegurl'));
         let hlsTried = false;