HLS specific stream descriptor fields

hls_name

Used for HLS audio to set the NAME attribute for EXT-X-MEDIA. Defaults to the base of the playlist name.

hls_group_id

Used for HLS audio to set the GROUP-ID attribute for EXT-X-MEDIA. Defaults to ‘audio’ if not specified.

playlist_name

The HLS playlist file to create. Usually ends with ‘.m3u8’, and is relative to hls_master_playlist_output (see below). If unspecified, defaults to something of the form ‘stream_0.m3u8’, ‘stream_1.m3u8’, ‘stream_2.m3u8’, etc.

iframe_playlist_name

The optional HLS I-Frames only playlist file to create. Usually ends with ‘.m3u8’, and is relative to hls_master_playlist_output (see below). Should only be set for video streams. If unspecified, no I-Frames only playlist is created.

hls_characteristics (charcs)

Optional colon or semi-colon separated list of values for the CHARACTERISTICS attribute for EXT-X-MEDIA. See CHARACTERISTICS attribute in http://bit.ly/2OOUkdB for details.