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This article use NGINX to delivery HLS files, user can use SRS to delivery, please read v2_EN_SampleHTTP.

To deploy HLS on SRS:

Suppose the server ip is 192.168.1.170

Step 1, get SRS. For detail, read GIT

git clone https://github.com/ossrs/srs
cd srs/trunk

Or update the exists code:

git pull

Step 2, build SRS. For detail, read Build

./configure --with-nginx && make

Step 3, start nginx to delivery hls(m3u8+ts). For detail, read HLS

sudo ./objs/nginx/sbin/nginx

Note: Ensure nginx is ok, to access nginx.

Step 4, config srs. For detail, read HLS

Save bellow as config, or use conf/hls.conf:

# conf/hls.conf
listen              1935;
max_connections     1000;
vhost __defaultVhost__ {
    hls {
        enabled         on;
        hls_path        ./objs/nginx/html;
        hls_fragment    10;
        hls_window      60;
    }
}

Note: The hls_path must exists, srs never create it. For detail, read HLS

Step 5, start srs. For detail, read HLS

./objs/srs -c conf/hls.conf

Step 6, start encoder. For detail, read HLS

Use FFMPEG to publish stream:

    for((;;)); do \
        ./objs/ffmpeg/bin/ffmpeg -re -i ./doc/source.200kbps.768x320.flv \
        -vcodec copy -acodec copy \
        -f flv -y rtmp://192.168.1.170/live/livestream; \
        sleep 1; \
    done

Or use FMLE(which support h.264+aac) to publish, read Transcode2HLS：

FMS URL: rtmp://192.168.1.170/live
Stream: livestream

The stream in SRS:

• RTMP url：rtmp://192.168.1.170/live/livestream
• HLS url： http://192.168.1.170/live/livestream.m3u8

Step 7, play RTMP stream. For detail, read HLS

RTMP url is: rtmp://192.168.1.170:1935/live/livestream

User can use vlc to play the RTMP stream.

Or, use online SRS player: srs-player

Note: Please replace all ip 192.168.1.170 to your server ip.

Step 8, play HLS stream. For detail, read HLS

HLS url： http://192.168.1.170/live/livestream.m3u8

User can use vlc to play the HLS stream.

Or, use online SRS player：srs-player

Note: Please replace all ip 192.168.1.170 to your server ip.

Note: VLC can not play the pure audio stream, while jwplayer can.

For detail about pure audio HLS, read HLS audio only

Winlin 2014.11