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authorStefano Sabatini <stefasab@gmail.com>2012-09-01 18:01:51 +0200
committerStefano Sabatini <stefasab@gmail.com>2012-09-11 01:24:54 +0200
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lavf/segment: add segment_list_flags option
Allow to specify options affecting the segment list generation. In particular: add +live and +cache flags. For a full discussion read trac ticket #1642: http://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/1642 Also add live M3U8 generation example.
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@@ -479,6 +479,24 @@ extension.
@item segment_list @var{name}
Generate also a listfile named @var{name}. If not specified no
listfile is generated.
+@item segment_list_flags @var{flags}
+Set flags affecting the segment list generation.
+
+It currently supports the following flags:
+@table @var
+@item cache
+Allow caching (only affects M3U8 list files).
+
+@item live
+Allow live-friendly file generation.
+
+This currently only affects M3U8 lists. In particular, write a fake
+EXT-X-TARGETDURATION duration field at the top of the file, based on
+the specified @var{segment_time}.
+@end table
+
+Default value is @code{cache}.
+
@item segment_list_size @var{size}
Overwrite the listfile once it reaches @var{size} entries. If 0
the listfile is never overwritten. Default value is 0.
@@ -584,6 +602,14 @@ and @code{libfaac} encoders:
@example
ffmpeg -i in.mkv -map 0 -codec:v libx264 -codec:a libfaac -f ssegment -segment_list out.list out%03d.ts
@end example
+
+@item
+Segment the input file, and create an M3U8 live playlist (can be used
+as live HLS source):
+@example
+ffmpeg -re -i in.mkv -codec copy -map 0 -f segment -segment_list playlist.m3u8 \
+-segment_list_flags +live -segment_time 10 out%03d.mkv
+@end example
@end itemize
@section mp3