Streaming

Complete bash script for generating DASH and HLS with FFMPEG, Shaka Packager and Shaka Player

Single file MP4 output with dash_only and hls_only options:

First clone this repository and grant execute permissions to the file encoder-single-file-mp4.sh and packager

> git clone https://github.com/leodanisbi/streaming.git
> cd streaming
> chmod +x encoder-single-file-mp4.sh
> chmod +x packager

• The file encoder-single-file-mp4.sh must be executed passing as parameter the name of the video found in the videos folder.

> ./encoder-single-file-mp4.sh SampleVideo_1280x720_1mb.mp4

• We need to install ffmpeg or use Static Builds from official ffmpeg page ffmpeg.

> apt install ffmpeg

• The file encoder-single-file-mp4.sh encode the video input with ffmpeg to 6 qualities and extract all audios and subtitles stream automaticly, then with shaka-packager generate a VOD for DASH and HLS in the ouput folder.

• In this example the shaka-packager binary is used which can be downloaded from the official repository shaka-packager-releases, below there is more information about other ways to use shaka-packager.

• HLS and DASH outputs are located in the output folder as master.m3u8 for HLS and manifest.mpd for DASH

Shaka Player with Youtube theme:

• Finally we can see the output of the shaka player, we need a web server to load the output of shaka packager.

• The latest version of shaka player is included in this repository, but it can be used from any CDN like CDN.

• Inside the shaka-player folder edit the youtube-script.js file the variable youtube_theme_manifestUri with the url of the manifest.mpd or master.m3u8.

• A youtube theme was used from the repository https://github.com/lucksy/shaka-player-themes but you can use any other theme.

• This is a simple example of shaka player, if you want to see some more advanced settings you can visit Shaka-Player-Demo-Docs.

FFmpeg

FFmpeg is a collection of libraries and tools to process multimedia content such as audio, video, subtitles and related metadata.

Official project

https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg

Shaka Packager

Shaka Packager is a tool and a media packaging SDK for DASH and HLS packaging and encryption. It can prepare and package media content for online streaming.

There are several ways you can get Shaka Packager.

• Using Docker. Instructions are available here.
• Get prebuilt binaries from release.
• Built from source, see Build Instructions for details.

Official project

https://github.com/shaka-project/shaka-packager

Shaka Player

Shaka Player is an open-source JavaScript library for adaptive media. It plays adaptive media formats (such as DASH and HLS) in a browser, without using plugins or Flash. Instead, Shaka Player uses the open web standards MediaSource Extensions and Encrypted Media Extensions.

Official project

https://github.com/shaka-project/shaka-player

Shaka Player Themes

Themes for Shaka player.

Official project

https://github.com/lucksy/shaka-player-themes