Hi,
looking at some specifications of HLS, is it possible to generate alternative locations of streams inside m3u8 file for iOS devices?
Since load balancing is not done for HLS streaming - but only Flash, how can the fail-over be taken care of in a multi edge server environment?
It seems that altenative (backup) locations can be defined. For example, using to different locations/servers for same content.
#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=1136296
http://x.x.x.x:8008/livetv/definst/cnn.stream/playlist.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=1136296
http://x.x.y.y:8008/livetv/definst/cnn.stream/playlist.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=64000
http://x.x.x.x:8008/livetv/definst/cnn.stream/playlist.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=64000
http://x.x.y.y:8008/livetv/definst/cnn.stream/playlist.m3u8
Is this possible?
Thanks!