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1 | # Live HLS Research | ||
2 | This document is a collection of notes on Live HLS implementations in the wild. | ||
3 | |||
4 | ## Akamai HD2 | ||
5 | |||
6 | ## OnceLIVE | ||
7 | |||
8 | ### Variant Playlists | ||
9 | Once variant playlists look like standard HLS variant playlists. | ||
10 | |||
11 | ### Media Playlists | ||
12 | OnceLIVE uses "sliding window" manifests for live playback. The media | ||
13 | playlists do not have an `EXT-X-ENDLIST` and don't declare a | ||
14 | `EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE`. On first request, the stream media playlist | ||
15 | returned four segment URLs with a starting media sequence of one, | ||
16 | preceded by a `EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY` tag. As playback progressed, that | ||
17 | number grew to 13 segment URLs, at which point it stabilized. That | ||
18 | would equate to a steady-state 65 second window at 5 seconds per | ||
19 | segment. | ||
20 | |||
21 | OnceLive documentation is [available on the Unicorn Media | ||
22 | website](http://www.unicornmedia.com/documents/2013/02/oncelive_implementationguide.pdf). | ||
23 | |||
24 | Here's a script to quickly parse out segment URLs: | ||
25 | |||
26 | ```shell | ||
27 | curl $ONCE_MEDIA_PLAYLIST | grep '^http' | ||
28 | ``` | ||
29 | |||
30 | An example media playlist might look something like this: | ||
31 | ```m3u8 | ||
32 | #EXTM3U | ||
33 | #EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:5 | ||
34 | #EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:3 | ||
35 | #EXTINF:5,3 | ||
36 | http://example.com/0/1/content.ts?visitguid=uuid&asseturl=http://once.example.com/asset.lrm&failoverurl=http://example.com/blank.jpg | ||
37 | #EXTINF:5,4 | ||
38 | http://example.com/1/2/content.ts?visitguid=uuid&asseturl=http://once.example.com/asset.lrm&failoverurl=http://example.com/blank.jpg | ||
39 | #EXTINF:5,5 | ||
40 | http://example.com/2/3/content.ts?visitguid=uuid&asseturl=http://once.example.com/asset.lrm&failoverurl=http://example.com/blank.jpg | ||
41 | #EXTINF:5,6 | ||
42 | http://example.com/3/4/content.ts?visitguid=uuid&asseturl=http://once.example.com/asset.lrm&failoverurl=http://example.com/blank.jpg | ||
43 | ``` | ||
44 | |||
45 | ## Zencoder Live |
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