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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# (C) Sergey Kandaurov
+# (C) Nginx, Inc.
+
+# Tests for the mp4_start_key_frame directive.
+
+###############################################################################
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+use Test::More;
+
+BEGIN { use FindBin; chdir($FindBin::Bin); }
+
+use lib 'lib';
+use Test::Nginx qw/ :DEFAULT http_content /;
+
+###############################################################################
+
+select STDERR; $| = 1;
+select STDOUT; $| = 1;
+
+my $t = Test::Nginx->new()->has(qw/http mp4/)->has_daemon('ffprobe')
+	->has_daemon('ffmpeg')
+	->write_file_expand('nginx.conf', <<'EOF');
+
+%%TEST_GLOBALS%%
+
+daemon off;
+
+events {
+}
+
+http {
+    %%TEST_GLOBALS_HTTP%%
+
+    server {
+        listen       127.0.0.1:8080;
+        server_name  localhost;
+
+        location / {
+            mp4;
+        }
+
+        location /force/ {
+            mp4;
+            mp4_start_key_frame on;
+            alias %%TESTDIR%%/;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+EOF
+
+plan(skip_all => 'no lavfi')
+	unless grep /lavfi/, `ffmpeg -loglevel quiet -formats`;
+system('ffmpeg -nostdin -loglevel quiet -y '
+	. '-f lavfi -i testsrc=duration=10:size=320x200:rate=15 '
+	. '-pix_fmt yuv420p -g 15 -c:v libx264 '
+	. "${\($t->testdir())}/test.mp4") == 0
+	or die "Can't create mp4 file: $!";
+$t->try_run('no mp4_start_key_frame')->plan(4);
+
+###############################################################################
+
+# baseline durations
+
+my $test_uri = '/test.mp4';
+is(durations($t, 2.0, 4.0), '2.00', 'start at key frame');
+isnt(durations($t, 2.1, 4.0), '1.90', 'start off key frame');
+
+# with forced start at key frame
+
+$test_uri = '/force/test.mp4';
+is(durations($t, 2.0, 4.0), '2.00', 'start at key frame force');
+is(durations($t, 2.1, 4.0), '1.90', 'start off key frame force');
+
+###############################################################################
+
+sub durations {
+	my ($t, $start, $end) = @_;
+	my $path = $t->{_testdir} . '/frag.mp4';
+
+	my $uri = $test_uri;
+	if (defined $start) {
+		$uri .= "?start=$start";
+		if (defined $end) {
+			$uri .= "&end=$end";
+		}
+
+	} elsif (defined $end) {
+		$uri .= "?end=$end";
+	}
+
+	$t->write_file('frag.mp4', http_content(http_get($uri)));
+
+	my $r = `ffprobe -show_streams $path 2>/dev/null`;
+	Test::Nginx::log_core('||', $r);
+	sprintf "%.2f", $r =~ /duration=(\d+\.\d+)/g;
+}
+
+###############################################################################