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modules/vlc-player/ios/VlcPlayer.podspec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name           = 'VlcPlayer'
-  s.version        = '4.0.0a10'
+  s.version        = '4.0.0a13'
   s.summary        = 'A sample project summary'
   s.description    = 'A sample project description'
   s.author         = ''

modules/vlc-player/ios/VlcPlayerModule.swift

@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ public class VlcPlayerModule: Module {
             }
         }
     }
-}
+}

modules/vlc-player/ios/VlcPlayerView.swift

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ extension VLCPlayerWrapper: VLCMediaPlayerDelegate {
     func mediaPlayerTimeChanged(_ aNotification: Notification) {
         DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
             guard let self = self else { return }
+            self.performInitialSeek()
             let timeNow = Date().timeIntervalSince1970
             if timeNow - self.lastProgressCall >= 1 {
                 self.lastProgressCall = timeNow
@@ -135,11 +136,22 @@ extension VLCPlayerWrapper: VLCMediaPlayerDelegate {
             pipController.invalidatePlaybackState()
         }
     }
-}
 
-// MARK: - VLCMediaDelegate
-extension VLCPlayerWrapper: VLCMediaDelegate {
-    // Implement VLCMediaDelegate methods if needed
+    // Workaround: When playing an HLS video for the first time, seeking to a specific time immediately can cause a crash.
+    // To avoid this, we wait until the video has started playing before performing the initial seek.
+    func performInitialSeek() {
+        guard let vlcPlayerView = self.playerView.superview as? VlcPlayerView,
+              !vlcPlayerView.initialSeekPerformed,
+              vlcPlayerView.startPosition > 0,
+              vlcPlayerView.isTranscoding,
+              player.isSeekable else { return }
+        vlcPlayerView.initialSeekPerformed = true
+        // Use a logger from the VlcPlayerView if available, or create a new one
+        let logger = (vlcPlayerView).logger
+        logger.debug("First time update, performing initial seek to \(vlcPlayerView.startPosition) seconds")
+        player.time = VLCTime(int: vlcPlayerView.startPosition * 1000)
+        self.updateVideoProgress?()
+    }
 }
 
 class VlcPlayerView: ExpoView {
@@ -149,11 +161,13 @@ class VlcPlayerView: ExpoView {
     private var progressUpdateInterval: TimeInterval = 1.0  // Update interval set to 1 second
     private var isPaused: Bool = false
     private var customSubtitles: [(internalName: String, originalName: String)] = []
-    private var startPosition: Int32 = 0
+    var startPosition: Int32 = 0
     private var externalTrack: [String: String]?
     private var isStopping: Bool = false  // Define isStopping here
     private var externalSubtitles: [[String: String]]?
     var hasSource = false
+    var initialSeekPerformed = false
+    var isTranscoding: Bool = false
 
     // MARK: - Initialization
     required init(appContext: AppContext? = nil) {
@@ -251,6 +265,9 @@ class VlcPlayerView: ExpoView {
                 return
             }
 
+            if uri.contains("m3u8") {
+                self.isTranscoding = true
+            }
             let autoplay = source["autoplay"] as? Bool ?? false
             let isNetwork = source["isNetwork"] as? Bool ?? false
 
@@ -277,8 +294,11 @@ class VlcPlayerView: ExpoView {
             self.hasSource = true
             if autoplay {
                 logger.info("Playing...")
+                // The Video is not transcoding so it its safe to seek to the start position.
+                if !self.isTranscoding {
+                    self.vlc.player.time = VLCTime(number: NSNumber(value: self.startPosition * 1000))
+                }
                 self.play()
-                self.vlc.player.time = VLCTime(number: NSNumber(value: self.startPosition * 1000))
             }
         }
     }