             } else {
                 (_buffer_pts[continuity] as BufferPTS).max = max_pts;
             }
-            _timer.start();
         }
 
         /** Return current media position **/

                    // remember position of first tag injected after seek. it will be used for playlist sliding computation
                    _first_start_position = start_position;
                }
            }
            // update buffer min/max table indexed with continuity counter
            if (_buffer_pts[continuity] == undefined) {

                    tags.push(flvdata.tag);
                }
                if (tags.length) {
                    CONFIG::LOGGING {
                        Log.debug2("appending " + tags.length + " tags, max duration:" + duration);
                    }
                    (_hls.stream as HLSNetStream).appendTags(tags);
                }
            }
        }
