Generate fmp4 chunks for HLS with ffmpeg

Question

I am trying to generate fragmented MP4 as the chunks for HLS as introduced by apple last year.

See link -> https://bitmovin.com/hls-news-wwdc-2016/

Does ffmpeg supports this?

Thanks!

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 11 '18 at 16:06

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As of May 2018 with ffmpeg v4, this appears to be fixed (works for me at least):

ffmpeg -y -i udp://@:50000 -c copy -hls_segment_type fmp4 -hls_time 6 -hls_list_size 10 -hls_flags delete_segments+append_list+split_by_time -hls_playlist_type event ~/Sites/foo/index_4000.m3u8

answered May 11 '18 at 16:06

csimon2

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+1 I wonder if you know how to fix EXT-X-MAP:URI in m3u8 when specifying absolute hls_fmp4_init_filename using ffmpeg? https://stackoverflow.com/q/60460212/470749 Thanks. – Ryan Feb 29 '20 at 15:57

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '17 at 21:25

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As of March 2017, it appears not. Ticket 5699 in the FFmpeg Trac is a request for fMP4 segments in HLS output, currently tagged, "new/enhancement."

answered Mar 09 '17 at 21:25

dhess

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Ye, I saw that too, that means we'll have to wait then? – genxstylez Mar 15 '17 at 08:49

Generate fmp4 chunks for HLS with ffmpeg

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