HTTP Live Streaming

Examples:

Basic stream

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  • Compatible with OS X v10.7 or later and iOS 4.3 or later
  • 4×3 aspect ratio
  • H.264 @ 30Hz
  • floating point durations as separate segment files
  • CODECS attribute in master playlist
  • 4 video variants
    • Gear 1 – 400×300 @ 232 kbps
    • Gear 2 – 640×480 @ 650 kbps
    • Gear 3 – 640×480 @ 1 Mbps
    • Gear 4 – 960×720 @ 2 Mbps
  • 1 audio-only variant
    • Gear 0 AAC – 22.05 kHz stereo @ 40 kbps

Basic stream

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Note: The primary audio in the stream should be used for any sync testing. The second alternate audio demonstrates the use of an alternate audio option, but was not designed as a true sync verification.

  • Compatible with OS X v10.7 or later and iOS 5 or later
  • 16×9 aspect ratio
  • H.264 @ 30Hz
  • single .ts file, with byte-ranges in the playlists
  • floating point durations
  • CODECS and RESOLUTION attributes in master playlist
  • I-Frames (fast forward rewind support)
  • closed captions
  • timed metadata (timecode every 5 seconds)
  • 5 video variants
    • Gear 1 – 416×234 @ 265 kbps
    • Gear 2 – 640×360 @ 580 kbps
    • Gear 3 – 960×540 @ 910 kbps
    • Gear 4 – 1280×720 @ 1 Mbps
    • Gear 5 – 1920×1080 @ 2 Mbps
  • 1 audio-only variant
    • Gear 0 – AAC – 22.05 kHz stereo @ 40 kbps
  • 1 alternate audio
    • alt audio – AAC – 22.05 kHz stereo @ 40 kbps
  • subtitles (WebVTT)

Advanced stream

View example stream (TS)
View example stream (fMP4)

  • TS stream compatible with OS X v10.7 or later, iOS 6 or later, and tvOS 9 or later
  • fMP4 stream compatible with macOS v10.12 or later, iOS 10 or later, and tvOS 10 or later
  • Supports “EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENT” tag
  • AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH, CODECS, RESOLUTION, FRAME-RATE attributes in variant definitions
  • Floating point durations as separate segment files
  • H.264 @ 30Hz and 60Hz
  • 16×9 aspect ratio
  • 8 video variants
    • Gear 1 – 480×270 @ 775 kbps
    • Gear 2 – 640×360 @ 1.2 Mbps
    • Gear 3 – 768×432 @ 1.5 Mbps
    • Gear 4 – 960×540 @ 2.5 Mbps
    • Gear 5 – 1280×720 @ 3.5 Mbps
    • Gear 6 – 1920×1080 @ 5 Mbps
    • Gear 7 – 1920×1080 @ 6.5 Mbps
    • Gear 8 – 1920×1080 @ 8 Mbps
  • I-Frame variants (fast-forward / rewind support)
  • 4 audio renditions
    • AAC-LC – 48 kHz stereo @ 161 kbps
    • AC-3 – 48 kHz 5.1 @ 384 kbps
    • EC-3 – 48 kHz 5.1 @ 192 kbps
  • 1 subtitle rendition (WebVTT)
    • English