When does the player catch up to live - devrath/MediaAlchemySuite GitHub Wiki

Player Resync

• It is the process of the player catching up to live when it falls behind due to seek,Network delay,buffering

Scenario	Resync Happens When...
Buffering	Player recovers and skips ahead to minimize delay
Slow Network	Player adapts bitrate + reduces latency by skipping old segments
Manual Seek	You seek near the live edge manually
Automatic Sync	If LiveConfiguration.targetOffsetMs is set (e.g., 3s), ExoPlayer tries to maintain that offset from the live edge.

🧩 Triggering Resync in Code

ExoPlayer automatically resyncs when the buffer recovers or playback stalls to stay near the targetOffsetMs.

val mediaItem = MediaItem.Builder()
    .setUri("https://live.example.com/stream.m3u8")
    .setLiveConfiguration(
        MediaItem.LiveConfiguration.Builder()
            .setTargetOffsetMs(3000) // Stay ~3s behind live edge
            .build()
    )
    .build()