Fix blinking cues when segmented over multiple segments or chunks #4103
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This PR fixes an issue in case a same cue is segmented over consecutive segments or chunks.
In this case, we have multiple consecutive cues but with same content, potentially leading to blinking effect.
This blinking effect is more observable with image subtitles. Here is a link to a sample stream which is a copy of the reference stream "[DASH-IF] IMSC1 (CMAF) Image Subtitles", but with cue "eng: 00:00:03" that is segmented over 2 segments:
https://broadpeak-tv.github.io/test-content/dash/imsc-image/imsc1_img.mpd
To fix this issue, the proposed solution is to update previous cue endTime, instead of a creating a new cue, when consecutive cues (
endTime(N) === startTime(N+1)
) contents are equal.