https://github.com/mafintosh/hls-buffer

Preload and buffer http live streams (aka do not lag on crappy networks)
https://github.com/mafintosh/hls-buffer

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Preload and buffer http live streams (aka do not lag on crappy networks)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mafintosh/hls-buffer
• Owner: mafintosh
• Created: 2013-10-05T14:40:02.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-10-05T19:14:37.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-16T23:45:34.325Z (28 days ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 145 KB
• Stars: 36
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 11
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md

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# hls-buffer

Preload and buffer http live streams (aka do not lag on crappy networks)

	npm install hls-buffer

## Usage

hls-buffer takes a m3u8 url from a remote server and preloads and buffers the linked .ts files in memory

``` js

var hls = require('hls-buffer');

var buffer = hls('http://my-favorite-stream.com/some/path/index.m3u8');

var http = require('http');

var server = http.createServer(function(request, response) {

	if (request.url === '/index.m3u8') {

		// first return a playlist

		buffer.playlist(function(err, pl) {

			response.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/vnd.apple.mpegurl');

			response.end(pl);

		});

	} else {

		// else return the linked segment

		var stream = buffer.segment(request.url);

		response.setHeader('Content-Type', 'video/mp2s');

		stream.pipe(response);

	}

});

server.listen(8080);

```

If you run the above example with your favorite http live streaming service a local preloading proxy

will be started on `http://localhost:8080/index.m3u8`.

Per default up to 10 segments will be buffered in ram. To change this pass `{max:number}` as the second parameter

to the constructor

## License

MIT