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    HTTP Live Streaming Overview

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    Hari Prasad Ramadasu
    The document describes Apple's HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) protocol for delivering video over HTTP. It explains that media is segmented into small transport stream segments and delivered via a playlist (M3U8) file that contains URLs to the media segments. It also describes how alternate streams can be specified in the playlist for different bandwidths or devices.

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    HTTP Live Streaming Overview

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    The document describes Apple's HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) protocol for delivering video over HTTP. It explains that media is segmented into small transport stream segments and delivered via a playlist (M3U8) file that contains URLs to the media segments. It also describes how alternate streams can be specified in the playlist for different bandwidths or devices.

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    The document describes Apple's HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) protocol for delivering video over HTTP. It explains that media is segmented into small transport stream segments and delivered via a playlist (M3U8) file that contains URLs to the media segments. It also describes how alternate streams can be specified in the playlist for different bandwidths or devices.

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    174 views28 pages

    HTTP Live Streaming Overview

    Uploaded by

    Hari Prasad Ramadasu
    The document describes Apple's HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) protocol for delivering video over HTTP. It explains that media is segmented into small transport stream segments and delivered via a playlist (M3U8) file that contains URLs to the media segments. It also describes how alternate streams can be specified in the playlist for different bandwidths or devices.

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    <OBJECT> <VIDEO>

    <OBJECT> <VIDEO>
    Server Distribution

    origin web server


    media encoder stream segmenter
    MPEG-2
    transport stream Index
    file
    .ts

    Audio/Video HTTP
    inputs

    Client

    .ts

    .M3U8
    /usr/bin/mediastreamsegmenter /usr/bin

    developer.apple.com

    .ts .M3U8
    .m3u

    .m3u
    .mp3

    .M3U8
    #EXTM3U
    #EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0
    #EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:10
    #EXTINF:10,
    http://media.example.com/segment1.ts
    #EXTINF:10,
    http://media.example.com/segment2.ts
    #EXTINF:10,
    http://media.example.com/segment3.ts
    #EXT-X-ENDLIST

    .ts

    .M3U8
    .M38U
    .MP3

    .M3U8
    .ts

    .M3U8

    .M3U8
    #EXT-X-ENDLIST
    #EXT-X-ENDLIST
    #EXT-X-ENDLIST
    .M3U8
    Alternate-A
    Index file

    .ts

    Index Alternate-B
    file Index file

    .ts

    Alternate-C
    Index file

    .ts
    #EXTM3U
    #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=200000
    http://ALPHA.mycompany.com/lo/prog_index.m3u8
    #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=200000
    http://BETA.mycompany.com/lo/prog_index.m3u8

    #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=500000
    http://ALPHA.mycompany.com/md/prog_index.m3u8
    #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=500000
    http://BETA.mycompany.com/md/prog_index.m3u8

    .M3U8 .ts

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    #EXT-X-ENDLIST
    .ts

    .M3U8
    /usr/bin/mediastreamsegmenter /usr/bin

    developer.apple.com

    .ts

    mediastreamsegmenter

    man mediastreamsegmenter

    CODECS EXT-X-STREAM-INF
    #EXTM3U
    #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=500000
    mid_video_index.m38u
    #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=800000
    wifi_video_index.m38u
    #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=3000000, CODECS="avc1.4d001e, mp4a.40.5"
    h264main_heaac_index.m38u
    #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=64000, CODECS="mp4a.40.5"
    aacaudio_index.m38u

    CODECS BANDWIDTH EXT-X-STREAM-INF

    BANDWIDTH

    CODECS

    CODECS

    #EXTM3U
    #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=500000
    mid_video_index.m38u
    #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=150000
    3g_video_index.m38u
    #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=64000, CODECS="mp4a.40.5"
    aacaudio_index.m38u

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