diff --git a/cmd/mjpeg-player/hlsjs/mts-demuxer.js b/cmd/mjpeg-player/hlsjs/mts-demuxer.js
index 415b057c..443d3bcc 100644
--- a/cmd/mjpeg-player/hlsjs/mts-demuxer.js
+++ b/cmd/mjpeg-player/hlsjs/mts-demuxer.js
@@ -64,13 +64,14 @@ class MTSDemuxer{
     };
   }
 
-  // _syncOffset scans the first 1000 bytes and returns an offset to the beginning of the first three MTS packets, 
+  // _syncOffset scans the first 'maxScanWindow' bytes and returns an offset to the beginning of the first three MTS packets, 
   // or -1 if three are not found.
   // A TS fragment should contain at least 3 TS packets, a PAT, a PMT, and one PID, each starting with 0x47.
   static _syncOffset (data) {
-    const scanwindow = Math.min(1000, data.length - 3 * 188);
+    const maxScanWindow = 1000; // 1000 is a reasonable number of bytes to search for the first MTS packets.
+    const scanWindow = Math.min(maxScanWindow, data.length - 3 * 188);
     let i = 0;
-    while (i < scanwindow) {
+    while (i < scanWindow) {
       if (data[i] === 0x47 && data[i + 188] === 0x47 && data[i + 2 * 188] === 0x47) {
         return i;
       } else {