HTML5 Video element does not a resume live streaming when a stream is interrupted then restarts

Question

I'm using JW Player to live stream content onto a web page. The player is backed by an open-source library called cine.io.

My issue is that the player falls back to an HTML 5 video element for all mobile web, both on iPhone and Android. There are some differences between the flash solution of JW Player and HTML5 - notably that if a live stream starts, then stops, then restarts, the video element will not pick up the restarted stream.

This is a problem since streams often drop in and out - and the flash solution does pick up the restarted stream.

I tested a bunch of listener methods on the video and the only one that signalled that the stream had ended was a "time update" listener:

     $video.on('timeupdate', function(){
//Do something        
               });

However none of my attempts to re-open the stream have been effective.

Is this even possible? Can anyone provide pointers?

Answer 1

Would an example like this work?

http://support.jwplayer.com/customer/portal/articles/1442607-example-a-custom-error-message