hls-recorder

Node library for recording HLS Live

Prerequisites

• nodejs >= 12.0.0

Installation

npm install --save @eyevinn/hls-recorder

Usage (with Eyevinn Channel Engine)

const { HLSRecorder } = require("@eyevinn/hls-recorder");
const ChannelEngine = require("eyevinn-channel-engine");

/*
  For instructions on how to properly set up a channel engine, see:
  https://www.npmjs.com/package/eyevinn-channel-engine
*/

// First set up your channel engine instance
const assetMgr = new YourAssetManager();
const channelMgr = new YourChannelManager();

const engineOptions = {
  heartbeat: '/',
  channelManager: channelMgr
}

const engine = new ChannelEngine(assetMgr, engineOptions);

// Then use the instance as first input argument in HLSRecorder instance
const opts = {
  recordDuration: 4000, // seconds (-1 for infinite)
  windowSize: 240000, // seconds | -1 for infinite* (will fallback to Default if source is not EVENT or VOD type) | Default = 300000
  vod: true // insert EXT-X-ENDLIST on end (creating a VOD)
};
const recorder = new HLSRecorder(engine, opts);

recorder.on("mseq-increment", mseq => {
  // Do stuff with media seq
});

recorder.start(); // Start recording VOD2live stream

/** 
 * The recording can also be played back, in the form of an event Hls stream.
 *  If you want to view the recorded stream locally, then use the follwoing lines: 
 **/

// (!) Be sure to have 'restify' imported first 
recorder.setRestifyServer(restify); // Create a Restify server instance in recorder
recorder.listen(8001); // Have server listening on port 8001

// View Recorder Stream Playback at: "http://localhost:8001/live/master.m3u8"

Usage (with HLS Live Stream URL)

const { HLSRecorder } = require("@eyevinn/hls-recorder");

const source = "https://true.live.stream/hls/master.m3u8"

const opts = {
  recordDuration: 4000, // seconds | -1 for infinite | Default = -1
  windowSize: 240000, // seconds | -1 for infinite* (will fallback to Default if source is not EVENT or VOD type) | Default = 300000
  vod: true // insert EXT-X-ENDLIST on end (creating a VOD)
const recorder = new HLSRecorder(source, opts);

recorder.on("mseq-increment", mseq => {
  // Do stuff with media seq
});

recorder.start(); // Start recording live stream

/** 
 * The recording can also be played back, in the form of an event Hls stream.
 *  If you want to view the recorded stream locally, then use the follwoing lines: 
 **/

// (!) Be sure to have 'restify' imported first 
recorder.setRestifyServer(restify); // Create a Restify server instance in recorder
recorder.listen(8001); // Have server listening on port 8001

// View Recorder Stream Playback at: "http://localhost:8001/live/master.m3u8"

Stopping

To stop the recorder use:

recorder.stop()

This will close the server, if listening, and will add an ENDLIST tag to the bottom of each playlist manifest

About Eyevinn Technology

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