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Download the Tools

There are several tools available that can help you set up an HTTP Live Streaming service. The tools include a media stream segmenter, a media file segmenter, a stream validator, an id3 tag generator, and a variant playlist generator.

The tools are frequently updated, so you should download the current version of the HTTP Live Streaming Tools from the Apple Developer website. You can access them if you are a member of the iOS Developer Program. One way to navigate to the tools is to log onto developer.apple.com, then use the search feature.

Media Stream Segmenter

The mediastreamsegmenter command-line tool takes an MPEG-2 transport stream as an input and produces a series of equal-length files from it, suitable for use in HTTP Live Streaming. It can also generate index files (also known as playlists), encrypt the media, produce encryption keys, optimize the files by reducing overhead, and create the necessary files for automatically generating multiple stream alternates. For details, verify you have installed the tools, and type man mediastreamsegmenter from the terminal window.

Usage example: mediastreamsegmenter -s 3 -D -f /Library/WebServer/Documents/stream 239.4.1.5:20103

The usage example captures a live stream from the network at address 239.4.1.5:20103 and creates media segment files and index files from it. The index files contain a list of the current three media segment files (-s 3). The media segment files are deleted after use (-D). The index files and media segment files are stored in the directory /Library/WebServer/Documents/stream.

Media File Segmenter

The mediafilesegmenter command-line tool takes an encoded media file as an input, wraps it in an MPEG-2 transport stream, and produces a series of equal-length files from it, suitable for use in HTTP Live Streaming. The media file segmenter can also produce index files (playlists) and decryption keys. The file segmenter behaves very much like the stream segmenter, but it works on existing files instead of streams coming from an encoder. For details, type man mediafilesegmenter from the terminal window.

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