URLs for publishing and playing live streams over HTTP (FMS)

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URLs for publishing and playing live streams over HTTP

Important: The format for HDS request URLs has changed in Flash Media Server 4.5. The Apache httpd.conf file redirects requests in the 4.0 format to the 4.5 format. The path /live/events/livepkgr/events redirects to the path /hds-live/livepkgr.

Use the following URL to publish a single live stream to Flash Media Server for streaming over HTTP:

rtmp://fms-ip-or-dns/livepkgr/livestream?adbe-live-event=liveevent

Use the following URL to publish multiple live streams to Flash Media Server for adaptive bitrate streaming:

rtmp://fms-ip-or-dns/livepkgr/livestream%i?adbe-live-event=liveevent

Note: Publish the stream over RTMP. Clients play the stream over HTTP.

Use the following URLs to play live streams over HTTP:

Client	Single stream or Adaptive Bitrate	Request URL
Adobe HDS	Single stream	http://<fms-dns-or-ip>/hds-live/livepkgr/<instname>/<eventname>/<streamname>.f4m
Apple HLS	Single stream	http://<fms-dns-or-ip>/hls-live/livepkgr/<instname>/<eventname>/<streamname>.m3u8
Adobe HDS	Adaptive bitrate	The media player requests a set-level manifest file: http://<webserver-dns-or-ip>/<set-level-manifest>.f4m The set-level manifest file contains URLs for each live stream in the following format: http://<fms-dns-or-ip>/hds-live/livepkgr/<instname>/<eventname>/<streamname>.f4m
Apple HLS	Adaptive bitrate	The media player requests a set-level variant playlist file: http://<webserver-dns-or-ip>/<set-level-variant-playlist>.m3u8 The set-level variant playlist contains URLs for each live stream in the following format: http://<fms-dns-or-ip>/hls-live/livepkgr/<instname>/<eventname>/<streamname>.m3u8

Important: To play streaming media over HTTP, a media player requests a manifest file (F4M or M3U8). The server generates manifest files in real-time. The files are not written to disk; you cannot see them on the server.

The path /hds-live is a <Location> directive in the Apache httpd.conf file that tells the server to package the content for Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS).

The path /hls-live is a <Location> directive in the Apache httpd.conf file that tells the server to package the content for Apple HTTP Live Streaming (HLS).

For adaptive streaming, the client requests a set-level manifest. For HDS, this file is a .f4m file. For HLS, this file is a .m3u8 file. The set-level manifest can live on any web server. You can create multiple set-level manifest files for a single set of live streams.

The set-level manifest contains the paths to the F4M manifest files (HDS) and M3U8 variant playlists (HLS) of each live stream. The paths must begin with /hds-live or /hls-live to tell the server to package the streams for HTTP.

Note: Do not include /hds-live or /hls-live in the URL that requests the set-level manifest.

You can configure the <Location> directive settings and the content location in the Apache httpd.conf file. For more information, see Content storage (HDS and HLS).