Technical Overview of HLS Streaming

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Table of Contents

• What Is HLS?
• Apple HLS Snapshot
• A Brief History of HLS
• How Does HLS Streaming Work
  • Typical RTMP to HLS Workflow
  • Transcoding for Adaptive Bitrate Streaming
  • Delivery and Scaling
• HTTP Live Streaming Tools and Services
  • HLS Streaming Server
  • Content Delivery Network (CDN)
  • HTML5 Player
• Technical Overview of HLS Streaming
  • UDP vs. TCP
  • Container Format
  • Encoding Requirements
  • .M3U8 Manifest File
  • Segment Size and Latency
• Apple Low-Latency HLS
• HLS Alternatives
  • HLS vs. MPEG-DASH Comparison
  • HLS vs. WebRTC Comparison
  • HLS vs. RTMP Comparison
• When Not to Use the HLS Protocol
• When to Use the HLS Protocol
• HLS Streaming With Wowza

What Is HLS (HTTP Live Streaming)