• SEARCH
  • DOWNLOADS
  • MY ACCOUNT
  • Buy (0)
  • CONTACT
  • Free Trial
Wowza Logo
  • PRODUCTS
  • DEVELOPER
  • SOLUTIONS
  • PRICING
  • RESOURCES
  • SUPPORT
  • My Account
  • Buy (0)
  • SEARCH
  • Ask a question
  • Forums
    • Wowza ClearCaster Pro
    • Wowza Streaming Engine
    • Wowza Streaming Cloud
    • Wowza Player
    • Wowza GoCoder SDK
    • Wowza Developer Dojo
    • Topics
    • Questions
    • Articles
    • Users
    • Badges
  • Sign in
  • Community Home /
  • Wowza Streaming Engine /
  • Wowza Streaming Engine in the Cloud /
avatar image
Question by Michel Croibier · Jun 07, 2010 at 10:52 AM · wowza streaming engine in the cloud

m3u8 file location

Hi,

Where is located the m3u8 file used for live HTTP Streaming ?

The url is http://[server_addres]/live/myStream/playlist.m3u8

But I can't find the playlist.m3u8 physical file.

The reason I want to find it is that I want to setup multiple bit-rate streams.

According to Apple specs, I should setup a static file which contains something like :

Index file :

#EXTM3U

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=200000

http://[server_addres]/live/myStream20/playlist.m3u8

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=311111

http://[server_addres]/live/myStream31/playlist.m3u8

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=484444

http://[server_addres]/live/myStream48/playlist.m3u8

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=737777

http://[server_addres]/live/myStream73/playlist.m3u8


Then I must make that file accessible through a URL like http://[server_addres]/live/indexFile.m3u8

I think I'm missing some information on the best way to do it.....

Any help appreciated.

Thanks
Comment

People who like this

0 Show 0
10 |600 characters needed characters left characters exceeded
▼
  • Viewable by all users
  • Viewable by moderators
  • Viewable by moderators and the original poster
  • Advanced visibility
Viewable by all users

3 Replies

· Add your reply
  • Sort: 
avatar image

Answer by Charlie Good · Nov 25, 2011 at 03:21 PM

I don't understand the issue. If you use SMIL files it will create a adaptive bitrate playlist.m3u8 just as yiu are showing above. The SMIL information is used to generate the intermediate playlist with the multiple renditions. Just use the URL:

http://[wowza-ip-address]:1935/live/smil:[smilfile]/playlist.m3u8


As long as the SMIL file describes all the streams then it will produce the correct intermediate playlist. The playlist.m3u8 is never saved to disk. It is availe up HTTP request from the player.

Charlie
Comment
carlos rios

People who like this

1 Show 0 · Share
10 |600 characters needed characters left characters exceeded
▼
  • Viewable by all users
  • Viewable by moderators
  • Viewable by moderators and the original poster
  • Advanced visibility
Viewable by all users
avatar image

Answer by Michel Croibier · Jun 07, 2010 at 11:03 AM

I Found everything here :

http://www.wowza.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6466

I should have RTFM :D
Comment

People who like this

0 Show 2 · Share
10 |600 characters needed characters left characters exceeded
▼
  • Viewable by all users
  • Viewable by moderators
  • Viewable by moderators and the original poster
  • Advanced visibility
Viewable by all users
avatar image Guillermo Revuelta · Jun 09, 2010 at 11:17 AM 0
Share
You won't find them. They are well hidden. What you can do is replicate them.
avatar image Martin Azpiroz Guillermo Revuelta · Nov 25, 2011 at 03:07 PM 0
Share
Hi, I have the same problem and I didn't find the solution on the related link, Adaptive Bitrate over HLS standard include a custom index playlist and if we use "smil" method we won't be applying HLS.

Please somebody help us, we want to use a play list like:

#EXTM3U

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=200000

http://[server_addres]/live/myStream20/playlist.m3u8

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=311111

http://[server_addres]/live/myStream31/playlist.m3u8

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=484444

http://[server_addres]/live/myStream48/playlist.m3u8

#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=737777

http://[server_addres]/live/myStream73/playlist.m3u8

which points to different playlist files with different bit rates.

Please help with this issue.

Regards.:)
avatar image

Answer by carlos rios · Nov 29, 2018 at 09:57 PM

Hello.

I am sorry to retake this thread... So there is or not a physical playlist.m3u8 file? it there really exists? and using http://[wowza-ip-address]:1935/live/smil:[smilfile]/playlist.m3u8 where is that file on the server folder tree? @Charlie Good

Thank you!

Comment

People who like this

0 Show 0 · Share
10 |600 characters needed characters left characters exceeded
▼
  • Viewable by all users
  • Viewable by moderators
  • Viewable by moderators and the original poster
  • Advanced visibility
Viewable by all users

Your answer

Hint: You can notify a user about this post by typing @username

Up to 2 attachments (including images) can be used with a maximum of 524.3 kB each and 1.0 MB total.

Follow this Question

Answers Answers and Comments

3 People are following this question.

avatar image avatar image avatar image

Related Questions

Live Switching Between Multiple Streams - Possible? 4 Answers

Extron SME 100 Encoder & Wowza 4.1 at EC2 1 Answer

Amazon Cloudfront Signed URL 1 Answer

Startup Script for Wowza Server 2 Answers

Two stream in the same application 4 Answers

Hot Topics
  • Streaming Protocols
  • Wowza SDKs
  • AWS Hosting
  • Deployment Options
  • Load Balancing
  • Content Security
Product Sign-in
  • Wowza Streaming Cloud
  • Wowza Player
Under the Hood
  • Developer Tools
  • Wowza System Status
  • Test Players
  • Developer IDE
Partners
  • Partners Overview
  • Find a Reseller
  • Channel Partner Program
  • OEM Program
  • Wowza Reseller Portal
Company
  • About Us
  • Blog
  • News
  • Events
  • Careers
  • Customers
  • Contact Us
Stay Connected
Sign Up for Our Blog
Select a Language
  • English
    • English
    • Español
    • 日本語
    • 한국어
    • हिन्दी भाषा
    • 中文
    • русский язык

© 2005–2019 Wowza Media Systems, LLC. All rights reserved.   Terms | Privacy | Trademarks | Legal


Enterprise
Social Q&A

  • Anonymous
  • Sign in
  • Create
  • Ask a question
  • Create an article
  • Forums
  • Wowza ClearCaster Pro
  • Wowza Streaming Engine
  • Wowza Streaming Cloud
  • Wowza Player
  • Wowza GoCoder SDK
  • Wowza Developer Dojo
  • Explore
  • Topics
  • Questions
  • Articles
  • Users
  • Badges