From 5a6b3d8e6158730cd7dede97234884d9137c1285 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "peter.kottke" <peter.kottke@arup.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 21:05:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] updates to allow share t argument to over-ride server stored
 position

---
 client/pages/share/_slug.vue          | 4 +++-
 server/controllers/ShareController.js | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/pages/share/_slug.vue b/client/pages/share/_slug.vue
index 64c09963..15748b48 100644
--- a/client/pages/share/_slug.vue
+++ b/client/pages/share/_slug.vue
@@ -363,7 +363,9 @@ export default {
       console.log('Loaded media item share', this.mediaItemShare)
     }
 
-    const startTime = this.playbackSession.currentTime || 0
+    const startTime = this.$route.query.t && !isNaN(this.$route.query.t)
+      ? parseFloat(this.$route.query.t)
+      : (this.playbackSession.currentTime || 0)
     this.localAudioPlayer.set(null, this.audioTracks, false, startTime, false)
     this.localAudioPlayer.on('stateChange', this.playerStateChange.bind(this))
     this.localAudioPlayer.on('timeupdate', this.playerTimeUpdate.bind(this))
diff --git a/server/controllers/ShareController.js b/server/controllers/ShareController.js
index 3e7ea1de..f7dd36f8 100644
--- a/server/controllers/ShareController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/ShareController.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const ShareManager = require('../managers/ShareManager')
  */
 
 class ShareController {
-  constructor() {}
+  constructor() { }
 
   /**
    * Public route
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ class ShareController {
       if (playbackSession) {
         if (mediaItemShare.id === playbackSession.mediaItemShareId) {
           Logger.debug(`[ShareController] Found share playback session ${req.cookies.share_session_id}`)
+          // If ?t was provided, override the cached currentTime
+          if (startTime > 0) {
+            playbackSession.currentTime = startTime
+          }
           mediaItemShare.playbackSession = playbackSession.toJSONForClient()
           return res.json(mediaItemShare)
         } else {