Redundant calls being made to HLS child manifest

[thecuriousdev]

Have you read the FAQ and checked for duplicate open issues?
YES

What version of Shaka Player are you using?
2.5.4

Can you reproduce the issue with our latest release version?
YES

Can you reproduce the issue with the latest code from master?
YES

Are you using the demo app or your own custom app?
Demo App

If custom app, can you reproduce the issue using our demo app?

What browser and OS are you using?
Chrome 78, MacOS

For embedded devices (smart TVs, etc.), what model and firmware version are you using?

What are the manifest and license server URIs?
https://shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/demo/#audiolang=en-GB;textlang=en-GB;uilang=en-GB;asset=https://storage.googleapis.com/shaka-demo-assets/angel-one-hls/hls.m3u8;panel=SEARCH;build=uncompiled

What did you do?

Redundant calls being made to child manifest

What did you expect to happen?
We only need to fetch a specific manifest only once instead, we can observe multiple calls. And increasing the video's start lag.

What actually happened?
Check the network tab, and search for playlist_a-eng-0128k-aac-2c.mp4.m3u8 you can see that a total of 5 calls being made to the same child manifest.

[joeyparrish]

You are correct, we shouldn't have to fetch the audio playlist 5 times during startup. Thanks for the report!

[thecuriousdev]

Thanks for the response, also what is the ETA for v2.6?

[joeyparrish]

v2.6 is blocked on #1339 and a number of bugs. This is marked "bug", so we will try to cherry-pick the fix to v2.5.x. You won't have to wait for v2.6 to get this fixed.

[michellezhuogg]

This should be fixed with Hls refactor soon.