diff --git a/weed/format/hlsts/hlsts.go b/weed/format/hlsts/hlsts.go
index 55b64fbdb..f6d3b60f9 100644
--- a/weed/format/hlsts/hlsts.go
+++ b/weed/format/hlsts/hlsts.go
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ func decodePlaylistInfo(payload []byte, extentCount int) (*playlistInfo, error)
 	if err != nil || target == 0 || target > math.MaxInt32 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid hls-ts target duration")
 	}
+	// mirror the ingest bound: the last segment number is sequence+count-1
 	sequence, err := binary.ReadUvarint(reader)
-	if err != nil || sequence > math.MaxInt64-uint64(extentCount) {
+	if err != nil || sequence > math.MaxInt64-uint64(extentCount-1) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid hls-ts media sequence")
 	}
 	info := &playlistInfo{TargetDuration: int64(target), MediaSequence: int64(sequence), DurationsMs: make([]int64, extentCount)}
diff --git a/weed/format/hlsts/hlsts_test.go b/weed/format/hlsts/hlsts_test.go
index dfa2cf794..7302863a2 100644
--- a/weed/format/hlsts/hlsts_test.go
+++ b/weed/format/hlsts/hlsts_test.go
@@ -168,6 +168,28 @@ func TestViewSegmentHonorsMediaSequence(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// The ingest bound admits mediaSequence = MaxInt64-(count-1); the payload
+// decoder must accept the same boundary or every view of such an asset fails.
+func TestMediaSequenceBoundaryRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	playlist := "#EXTM3U\n#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:9223372036854775806\n" +
+		"#EXTINF:6,\n#EXT-X-BYTERANGE:188@0\nv.ts\n#EXTINF:6,\n#EXT-X-BYTERANGE:188\nv.ts\n#EXT-X-ENDLIST\n"
+	layout, err := Adapter{}.IndexSidecar([]byte(playlist))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("IndexSidecar() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	obj := format.Object{Name: "v.ts", Size: layout.TotalSize(), Layout: layout}
+	if _, err := (Adapter{}).View(format.ViewRequest{Query: url.Values{}}, obj); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("playlist view error = %v", err)
+	}
+	plan, err := Adapter{}.View(format.ViewRequest{Query: url.Values{"seq": {"9223372036854775807"}}}, obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("last segment view error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if plan.Extent != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Extent = %d, want 1", plan.Extent)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSniff(t *testing.T) {
 	head := make([]byte, 400)
 	head[0], head[TSPacketSize] = tsSyncByte, tsSyncByte