HLS uses the EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE tag at the start of a live playlist in
order to specify the first segment sequence number. This is because any
live playlist have a limited number of segments, and they also keep
updating with new segments while removing old ones. When a player refreshes
the playlist, this information is important for keeping track of segments
positions.
When the packager starts, it naturally starts this count from zero. However,
there are many situations where the packager may be restarted, without this
meaning starting this value from zero (but continuing a previous sequence).
The most common situations are problems in the encoder feeding the packager.
With those cases in mind, this parameter allows to set the initial
EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE value. This way, it's possible to continue the sequence
number from previous packager run.
Closes#691.
We used to use the target segment duration provided by the user.
Unfortunately that does not work for iframe only playlist which
the target duration is effectively equal to the GOP duration.
In the new approach, we estimate the target duration from the initial
few blocks (10 blocks right now).
Fixes#610.
Change-Id: Ie8bf943e157149ca7ed3b9382fe0a1088d0774e2
It allows users to override the default language for text tracks.
If not specified, --default_language applies to both audio and text
tracks.
Issue #430.
Change-Id: I86a9baba2072be27b6661fa7b65a8bc8b6adb3cc
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216#section-4.1
The peak segment bit rate of a Media Playlist is the largest bit rate
of any contiguous set of segments whose total duration is between 0.5
and 1.5 times the target duration.
Fixes#498.
Change-Id: I1f28972b9cc5977735e47906bdcd88ba3942db5a
The number of preserved segments outside live window can be
configured using flag --preserved_segments_outside_live_window,
which is default to 50, i.e. 5 minutes for 6s segment.
Note that the segment removal will be disabled if it is set to 0.
Only HLS live playlist and DASH dynamic MPD are affected by this flag.
- Also add end to end tests.
Fixes#223.
Change-Id: I8a566efebe2f1552c7d9509ab017bade5a4a1c98
According to HLS spec: https://goo.gl/MiqjNd 4.3.4.1.1. Rendition Groups
- A Group MUST NOT have more than one member with a DEFAULT attribute of
YES.
- Each EXT-X-MEDIA tag with an AUTOSELECT=YES attribute SHOULD have a
combination of LANGUAGE[RFC5646], ASSOC-LANGUAGE, FORCED, and
CHARACTERISTICS attributes that is distinct from those of other
AUTOSELECT=YES members of its Group.
We tag the first rendition with a particular language in an audio group
with 'AUTOSELECT'; it is tagged with 'DEFAULT' too if the language
matches --default_language.
Fixes#315
Change-Id: Iacc0bc8c89ebffce8717fa65e82d6daf5a1f6adc
koln67
Daniel Cantarín
KongQun Yang