nextcloud / nextcloud/viewer

Starting an audio at a specific timestamp

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
It is not possible to open a media with a start timestamp. We are using nextcloud to store our media and it would help us if we could provide a start time when opening a video or audio, as sometimes our audios files are really big with more than 2 to 3 hours.

Describe the solution you'd like
Be able to provide in the url #t=30 or &start_time=30 to start at 30 seconds

Describe alternatives you've considered
For the moment we are indicating to the user by another mean at which timestamp he is supposed to go

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by locating the viewer code that opens audio and parses media URLs, then trace how the playback position is initialized. Done means a URL containing the requested timestamp starts playback at that position, with coverage for the supported URL form.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
65/100

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