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Implement HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)

The demo below encodes a video into three high-quality versions, before pushing them into the /video/adaptive Robot, which cuts them into several segments and generates playlist files containing all the segments. The /video/adaptive Robot also generates an HLS master playlist file - a playlist of playlists, so to speak. Lastly, all the files are stored in your Amazon S3 bucket. The trick here is that all files are already stored in the proper location to make the playlist work. This is done using the special "${file.meta.relative_path}" variable.

Our /video/adaptive Robot also supports MPEG-Dash. For more information about that, please check the documentation.

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This demo uses:

  • Our /video/encode Robot, which encodes, resizes, applies watermarks to videos and animated GIFs
  • Our /video/adaptive Robot, which encodes videos into HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) and MPEG-Dash supported formats and generates the necessary manifest and playlist files
  • Our /s3/store Robot, which exports encoding results to Amazon S3


This demo uses :original, a magic word indicating uploads that were received by Transloadit. 


<body>
  <form action="/uploads" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST">
    <input type="file" name="my_file" multiple="multiple" />
  </form>

  <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="//assets.transloadit.com/js/jquery.transloadit2-v3-latest.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript">
  $(function() {
    $('form').transloadit({
      wait: true,
      triggerUploadOnFileSelection: true,
      params: {
        auth: {
          // Secure via: https://transloadit.com/docs/api-docs/#authentication
          key: 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY',
        },
        // It's often better to use a `template_id` than to
        // inline encoding instructions here:
        steps: {
          low: {
            robot: '/video/encode',
            use: ':original',
            ffmpeg_stack: 'v2.2.3',
            preset: 'hls_270p'
          },
          mid: {
            robot: '/video/encode',
            use: ':original',
            ffmpeg_stack: 'v2.2.3',
            preset: 'hls_360p'
          },
          high: {
            robot: '/video/encode',
            use: ':original',
            ffmpeg_stack: 'v2.2.3',
            preset: 'hls_540p'
          },
          adaptive: {
            robot: '/video/adaptive',
            use: {'steps':['low','mid','high'],'bundle_steps':true},
            technique: 'hls',
            playlist_name: 'my_playlist.m3u8'
          },
          exported: {
            robot: '/s3/store',
            use: 'adaptive',
            path: 'hlstest/${file.meta.relative_path}/${file.name}',
            key: 'YOUR_AWS_KEY',
            secret: 'YOUR_AWS_SECRET',
            bucket: 'YOUR_S3_BUCKET'
          }
        }
      }
    });
  });
  </script>
</body>
<link href="https://unpkg.com/uppy/dist/uppy.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://unpkg.com/uppy/dist/uppy.min.js"></script>
<button id="uppy-open-modal">Select Files</button>
<script>
  const uppy = Uppy.Core({ debug: true, autoProceed: false })
    .use(Uppy.Tus10, { resume: false })
    .use(Uppy.Transloadit, {
      params: {
        auth: {
          key: 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY',
        },
        steps: {
          low: {
            robot: '/video/encode',
            use: ':original',
            ffmpeg_stack: 'v2.2.3',
            preset: 'hls_270p'
          },
          mid: {
            robot: '/video/encode',
            use: ':original',
            ffmpeg_stack: 'v2.2.3',
            preset: 'hls_360p'
          },
          high: {
            robot: '/video/encode',
            use: ':original',
            ffmpeg_stack: 'v2.2.3',
            preset: 'hls_540p'
          },
          adaptive: {
            robot: '/video/adaptive',
            use: {'steps':['low','mid','high'],'bundle_steps':true},
            technique: 'hls',
            playlist_name: 'my_playlist.m3u8'
          },
          exported: {
            robot: '/s3/store',
            use: 'adaptive',
            path: 'hlstest/${file.meta.relative_path}/${file.name}',
            key: 'YOUR_AWS_KEY',
            secret: 'YOUR_AWS_SECRET',
            bucket: 'YOUR_S3_BUCKET'
          }
        }
      },
      waitForEncoding: true,
    })
    .use(Uppy.Dashboard, {
      trigger: '#uppy-open-modal',
      target: 'body'
    })
    .use(Uppy.Webcam, { target: Dashboard })
    .on('transloadit:result', (stepName, result) => {
      // use transloadit encoding result here.
      console.log('Result here ====>', stepName, result)
    })
    .run()
</script>
// npm install transloadit --save
const TransloaditClient = require('transloadit')

const transloadit = new TransloaditClient({
  authKey: 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY',
  authSecret: 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET'
})

transloadit.addFile('myinput_1', './BigBuckBunny_320x180.mp4')

const options = {
  params: {
    steps: {
      low: {
        robot: '/video/encode',
        use: ':original',
        ffmpeg_stack: 'v2.2.3',
        preset: 'hls_270p'
      },
      mid: {
        robot: '/video/encode',
        use: ':original',
        ffmpeg_stack: 'v2.2.3',
        preset: 'hls_360p'
      },
      high: {
        robot: '/video/encode',
        use: ':original',
        ffmpeg_stack: 'v2.2.3',
        preset: 'hls_540p'
      },
      adaptive: {
        robot: '/video/adaptive',
        use: {'steps':['low','mid','high'],'bundle_steps':true},
        technique: 'hls',
        playlist_name: 'my_playlist.m3u8'
      },
      exported: {
        robot: '/s3/store',
        use: 'adaptive',
        path: 'hlstest/${file.meta.relative_path}/${file.name}',
        key: 'YOUR_AWS_KEY',
        secret: 'YOUR_AWS_SECRET',
        bucket: 'YOUR_S3_BUCKET'
      }
    }
  }
}

transloadit.createAssembly(options, (err, result) => {
  if (err) {
    throw err
  }

  console.log({result})
})
// Install "transloadit/php-sdk"
// via Composer (https://getcomposer.org)
use transloadit\Transloadit;
$transloadit = new Transloadit(array(
  "key" => "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY",
  "secret" => "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET",
));

$files = array();
array_push($files, "./BigBuckBunny_320x180.mp4");

$response = $transloadit->createAssembly(array(
  "files" => $files,
  "params" => array(
    "steps" => json_decode({
      "low": {
        "robot": "/video/encode",
        "use": ":original",
        "ffmpeg_stack": "v2.2.3",
        "preset": "hls_270p"
      },
      "mid": {
        "robot": "/video/encode",
        "use": ":original",
        "ffmpeg_stack": "v2.2.3",
        "preset": "hls_360p"
      },
      "high": {
        "robot": "/video/encode",
        "use": ":original",
        "ffmpeg_stack": "v2.2.3",
        "preset": "hls_540p"
      },
      "adaptive": {
        "robot": "/video/adaptive",
        "use": {
          "steps": [
            "low",
            "mid",
            "high"
          ],
          "bundle_steps": true
        },
        "technique": "hls",
        "playlist_name": "my_playlist.m3u8"
      },
      "exported": {
        "robot": "/s3/store",
        "use": "adaptive",
        "path": "hlstest/${file.meta.relative_path}/${file.name}",
        "key": "YOUR_AWS_KEY",
        "secret": "YOUR_AWS_SECRET",
        "bucket": "YOUR_S3_BUCKET"
      }
    }, true),
  ),
));
# gem install transloadit
transloadit = Transloadit.new(
  :key => "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY",
  :secret => "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET"
)

low = transloadit.step "low", "/video/encode",
  :use => ":original",
  :ffmpeg_stack => "v2.2.3",
  :preset => "hls_270p"
)
mid = transloadit.step "mid", "/video/encode",
  :use => ":original",
  :ffmpeg_stack => "v2.2.3",
  :preset => "hls_360p"
)
high = transloadit.step "high", "/video/encode",
  :use => ":original",
  :ffmpeg_stack => "v2.2.3",
  :preset => "hls_540p"
)
adaptive = transloadit.step "adaptive", "/video/adaptive",
  :use => {"steps":["low","mid","high"],"bundle_steps":true},
  :technique => "hls",
  :playlist_name => "my_playlist.m3u8"
)
exported = transloadit.step "exported", "/s3/store",
  :use => "adaptive",
  :path => "hlstest/${file.meta.relative_path}/${file.name}",
  :key => "YOUR_AWS_KEY",
  :secret => "YOUR_AWS_SECRET",
  :bucket => "YOUR_S3_BUCKET"
)

assembly = transloadit.assembly(
  :steps => [ low, mid, high, adaptive, exported ]
)

files = []
files.push('./BigBuckBunny_320x180.mp4')

response = assembly.create! *files

until response.finished?
  sleep 1; response.reload!
end

if !response.error?
  # handle success
end
from transloadit import client

tl = client.Transloadit('YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY', 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET')
assembly = tl.new_assembly()

# Add files to upload
assembly.add_file(open('./BigBuckBunny_320x180.mp4', 'rb'))

# Add instructions, e.g. resize image, or encode video
assembly.add_step('low', {
  'robot': '/video/encode',
  'use': ':original',
  'ffmpeg_stack': 'v2.2.3',
  'preset': 'hls_270p'
})
assembly.add_step('mid', {
  'robot': '/video/encode',
  'use': ':original',
  'ffmpeg_stack': 'v2.2.3',
  'preset': 'hls_360p'
})
assembly.add_step('high', {
  'robot': '/video/encode',
  'use': ':original',
  'ffmpeg_stack': 'v2.2.3',
  'preset': 'hls_540p'
})
assembly.add_step('adaptive', {
  'robot': '/video/adaptive',
  'use': {'steps':['low','mid','high'],'bundle_steps':true},
  'technique': 'hls',
  'playlist_name': 'my_playlist.m3u8'
})
assembly.add_step('exported', {
  'robot': '/s3/store',
  'use': 'adaptive',
  'path': 'hlstest/${file.meta.relative_path}/${file.name}',
  'key': 'YOUR_AWS_KEY',
  'secret': 'YOUR_AWS_SECRET',
  'bucket': 'YOUR_S3_BUCKET'
})

# Start the Assembly
assembly_response = assembly.create(retries=5, wait=True)

print assembly_response.data.get('assembly_id')

# or
print assembly_response.data['assembly_id']
// go get gopkg.in/transloadit/go-sdk.v1
options := transloadit.DefaultConfig
options.AuthKey = "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY"
options.AuthSecret = "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET"
client := transloadit.NewClient(options)

// Initialize new assembly
assembly := transloadit.NewAssembly()

// Add files to upload
assembly.AddFile("myinput_1", "./BigBuckBunny_320x180.mp4")

// Add instructions, e.g. resize image, or encode video
assembly.AddStep("low", map[string]interface{}{
  "robot": "/video/encode",
  "use": ":original",
  "ffmpeg_stack": "v2.2.3",
  "preset": "hls_270p"
})
assembly.AddStep("mid", map[string]interface{}{
  "robot": "/video/encode",
  "use": ":original",
  "ffmpeg_stack": "v2.2.3",
  "preset": "hls_360p"
})
assembly.AddStep("high", map[string]interface{}{
  "robot": "/video/encode",
  "use": ":original",
  "ffmpeg_stack": "v2.2.3",
  "preset": "hls_540p"
})
assembly.AddStep("adaptive", map[string]interface{}{
  "robot": "/video/adaptive",
  "use": {"steps":["low","mid","high"],"bundle_steps":true},
  "technique": "hls",
  "playlist_name": "my_playlist.m3u8"
})
assembly.AddStep("exported", map[string]interface{}{
  "robot": "/s3/store",
  "use": "adaptive",
  "path": "hlstest/${file.meta.relative_path}/${file.name}",
  "key": "YOUR_AWS_KEY",
  "secret": "YOUR_AWS_SECRET",
  "bucket": "YOUR_S3_BUCKET"
})

// Start the Assembly
info, err := client.StartAssembly(context.Background(), assembly)
if err != nil {
  panic(err)
}

// All files have now been uploaded and the assembly has started but no
// results are available yet since the conversion has not finished.
// WaitForAssembly provides functionality for polling until the assembly
// has ended.
info, err = client.WaitForAssembly(context.Background(), info)
if err != nil {
  panic(err)
}

fmt.Printf("You can view the result at: %s\n", info.Results["resize"][0].SSLURL)
// compile 'com.transloadit.sdk:transloadit:0.0.3'
import com.transloadit.sdk.Assembly;
import com.transloadit.sdk.Transloadit;
import com.transloadit.sdk.exceptions.LocalOperationException;
import com.transloadit.sdk.exceptions.RequestException;
import com.transloadit.sdk.response.AssemblyResponse;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Transloadit transloadit = new Transloadit("YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY", "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET");
        Assembly assembly = transloadit.newAssembly();
        
        Map<String, Object> lowStepOptions = new HashMap<>();
        lowStepOptions.put("use", ":original");
        lowStepOptions.put("ffmpeg_stack", "v2.2.3");
        lowStepOptions.put("preset", "hls_270p");
        assembly.addStep("low", "/video/encode", lowStepOptions);
        
        Map<String, Object> midStepOptions = new HashMap<>();
        midStepOptions.put("use", ":original");
        midStepOptions.put("ffmpeg_stack", "v2.2.3");
        midStepOptions.put("preset", "hls_360p");
        assembly.addStep("mid", "/video/encode", midStepOptions);
        
        Map<String, Object> highStepOptions = new HashMap<>();
        highStepOptions.put("use", ":original");
        highStepOptions.put("ffmpeg_stack", "v2.2.3");
        highStepOptions.put("preset", "hls_540p");
        assembly.addStep("high", "/video/encode", highStepOptions);
        
        Map<String, Object> adaptiveStepOptions = new HashMap<>();
        adaptiveStepOptions.put("use", new String[]{ "stepslowmidhigh", "bundle_stepstrue" });
        adaptiveStepOptions.put("technique", "hls");
        adaptiveStepOptions.put("playlist_name", "my_playlist.m3u8");
        assembly.addStep("adaptive", "/video/adaptive", adaptiveStepOptions);
        
        Map<String, Object> exportedStepOptions = new HashMap<>();
        exportedStepOptions.put("use", "adaptive");
        exportedStepOptions.put("path", "hlstest/${file.meta.relative_path}/${file.name}");
        exportedStepOptions.put("key", "YOUR_AWS_KEY");
        exportedStepOptions.put("secret", "YOUR_AWS_SECRET");
        exportedStepOptions.put("bucket", "YOUR_S3_BUCKET");
        assembly.addStep("exported", "/s3/store", exportedStepOptions);
        
        assembly.addFile(new File("./BigBuckBunny_320x180.mp4"));
        
        try {
            AssemblyResponse response = assembly.save();

            // wait for assembly to finish executing.
            while (!response.isFinished()) {
                response = transloadit.getAssemblyByUrl(response.getSslUrl());
            }

            System.out.println(response.getId());
            System.out.println(response.getUrl());
            System.out.println(response.json());
        } catch (RequestException | LocalOperationException e) {
            // handle exception here
        }
    }
}
npm install transloadify -g

echo '{
  "low": {
    "robot": "/video/encode",
    "use": ":original",
    "ffmpeg_stack": "v2.2.3",
    "preset": "hls_270p"
  },
  "mid": {
    "robot": "/video/encode",
    "use": ":original",
    "ffmpeg_stack": "v2.2.3",
    "preset": "hls_360p"
  },
  "high": {
    "robot": "/video/encode",
    "use": ":original",
    "ffmpeg_stack": "v2.2.3",
    "preset": "hls_540p"
  },
  "adaptive": {
    "robot": "/video/adaptive",
    "use": {
      "steps": [
        "low",
        "mid",
        "high"
      ],
      "bundle_steps": true
    },
    "technique": "hls",
    "playlist_name": "my_playlist.m3u8"
  },
  "exported": {
    "robot": "/s3/store",
    "use": "adaptive",
    "path": "hlstest/${file.meta.relative_path}/${file.name}",
    "key": "YOUR_AWS_KEY",
    "secret": "YOUR_AWS_SECRET",
    "bucket": "YOUR_S3_BUCKET"
  }
}' > ./steps.json

export TRANSLOADIT_KEY="YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY"
export TRANSLOADIT_SECRET="YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET"

transloadify \
  --input ./lolcat.jpg \
  --output ./resized-lolcat.jpg \
  --steps ./steps.json
{
  "steps": {
    "low": {
      "robot": "/video/encode",
      "use": ":original",
      "ffmpeg_stack": "v2.2.3",
      "preset": "hls_270p"
    },
    "mid": {
      "robot": "/video/encode",
      "use": ":original",
      "ffmpeg_stack": "v2.2.3",
      "preset": "hls_360p"
    },
    "high": {
      "robot": "/video/encode",
      "use": ":original",
      "ffmpeg_stack": "v2.2.3",
      "preset": "hls_540p"
    },
    "adaptive": {
      "robot": "/video/adaptive",
      "use": {
        "steps": [
          "low",
          "mid",
          "high"
        ],
        "bundle_steps": true
      },
      "technique": "hls",
      "playlist_name": "my_playlist.m3u8"
    },
    "exported": {
      "robot": "/s3/store",
      "use": "adaptive",
      "path": "hlstest/${file.meta.relative_path}/${file.name}",
      "key": "YOUR_AWS_KEY",
      "secret": "YOUR_AWS_SECRET",
      "bucket": "YOUR_S3_BUCKET"
    }
  }
}

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