Merge pull request #1091 from canalplus/misc/abr-no-rxjs

Refacto RxJS-based `ABRManager` into a SharedReference-based `AdaptiveRepresentationSelector`

FILES.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ a single directory or subdirectory, in alphabetical order.
   - [src/typings/: Typescript typings](#src-typings)
   - [src/utils/: The utils](#src-utils)
 - [src/core/: The core directory](#core)
-  - [src/core/abr/: The adaptive bitrate code](#core-abr)
+  - [src/core/adaptive/: The adaptive bitrate code](#core-abr)
   - [src/core/api/: The API definition](#core-api)
   - [src/core/stream/: Load the right segments](#core-stream)
   - [src/core/decrypt/: Decryption management](#core-decrypt)
@@ -211,17 +211,17 @@ As this directory is versatile and complicated, it also deserves its own chapter
 
 
 <a name="core-abr"></a>
-### src/core/abr/: The adaptive bitrate code ###################################
+### src/core/adaptive/: The adaptive bitrate code ##############################
 
-Defines an ABRManager class which manages the adaptive streaming part of the
-player.
+Defines functions which manages the adaptive streaming part of the player.
 
 This manager takes various observables/options as inputs to record the current
 situation of the player, give an opinion about the best media tracks to choose,
-and provide methods allowing to get/set various ABR-related options.
+and provide methods allowing to get/set various adaptive-related options.
 
-Despite containing several files and using several classes, only the ABRManager
-defined in ``abr/index.js`` should be needed by the rest of the core.
+Despite containing several files and using several classes, only the
+`AdaptiveRepresentationSelector` exported in `adaptive/index.js` should be
+needed by the rest of the core.
 This allows to isolate this complex part and facilitate future refactoring and
 improvements.
 

src/README.md

@@ -68,16 +68,16 @@ Stream (./core/stream)           | ~
 |                          | ~            | ~            | ~     |                    | ~
 |                  (audio) v ~    (video) V ~     (text) v ~     |  +--------------+  | ~
 |                  +----------+   +----------+    +----------+ ---> |              |  | ~
-| Create the right |          |   |          |    |          | <~~~ |  ABRManager  |  | ~
-| Representation-  |Adaptation|-+ |Adaptation|-+  |Adaptation|-+ |  | (./core/abr) |  | ~
-| Stream depending |  Stream  | | |  Stream  | |  |  Stream  | | |  |              |  | ~
+| Create the right |          |   |          |    |          | <~~~ |     ARS*     |  | ~
+| Representation-  |Adaptation|-+ |Adaptation|-+  |Adaptation|-+ |  |(./core/adapti|  | ~
+| Stream depending |  Stream  | | |  Stream  | |  |  Stream  | | |  |ve)           |  | ~
 | on the current   |          | | |          | |  |          | | |  +--------------+  | ~
-| network,         +----------+ | +----------+ |  +----------+ | |   Find the best    | ~
-| settings...       |        (./core/stream/adaptation)        | |   profile to play  | ~
-|                   +-----------+  +-----------+   +-----------+ |                    | ~
-|                          | ^            | ^            | ^     |                    | ~
-|                          | ~            | ~            | ~     |                    | ~
-|                          | ~            | ~            | ~     |                    | ~
+| network,         +----------+ | +----------+ |  +----------+ | |   *Adaptive        | ~
+| settings...       |        (./core/stream/adaptation)        | |   Representation   | ~
+|                   +-----------+  +-----------+   +-----------+ |   Selector:        | ~
+|                          | ^            | ^            | ^     |   Find the best    | ~
+|                          | ~            | ~            | ~     |   Representation   | ~
+|                          | ~            | ~            | ~     |   to play          | ~
 |                          | ~            | ~            | ~     |                    | ~
 |                  (audio) v ~    (video) V ~     (text) v ~     |                    | ~
 |                  +----------+   +----------+    +----------+ ----> +------------+   | ~