Try stream recovery with a custom error message

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Sample implementation

 .flowplayer { max-width: 30em; }

Code

Libraries

<!-- <head> -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.flowplayer.com/releases/native/3/stable/style/flowplayer.css" />

<!-- <body> -->
<script src="//cdn.flowplayer.com/releases/native/3/stable/flowplayer.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdn.flowplayer.com/releases/native/3/stable/plugins/hls.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdn.flowplayer.com/releases/native/3/stable/plugins/message.min.js"></script>

HTML code

<div id="player"></div>

Javascript

var api = flowplayer('#player', {
  //example token, use your own when trying this yourself
  token: "eyJraWQiOiJxaEZ6dWR4dmJuTDMiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiJ9.eyJjIjoie1wiYWNsXCI6NixcImlkXCI6XCJxaEZ6dWR4dmJuTDNcIixcImRvbWFpblwiOltcImZsb3dwbGF5ZXIuY29tXCJdfSIsImlzcyI6IkZsb3dwbGF5ZXIifQ.pdpIEfbRN_6P-ayyNsEazPPPjr0RSmd8SjJyqp8w8BYXTYsg11FjCODutzLZ6jkSm5hHTqfg05cCVuHcFIfI1w",
  src: "//edge.flowplayer.org/invalid.m3u8",
  preload: "auto"
})
api.on(flowplayer.events.ERROR, function(ev) {
  ev.preventDefault()
  api.setState(flowplayer.states.ERRORED, true)
  api.emit(flowplayer.message.events.SHOW_MESSAGE, { message: 'Stream offline, reconnecting..'})
  setTimeout(function() {
    api.setState(flowplayer.states.ERRORED, false)
    // Try again in 3 seconds
    // normally you should just call api.load()
    // we change the source for demo purposes to a working stream
    api.setSrc('//edge.flowplayer.org/bauhaus.m3u8')
    api.load()
  }, 3000)
})

Standalone demo

stream retry demo

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