Using absolute URLs in HLS

Wowza Streaming Engine
1

Hi,

We’ve set the cupertinoRelativePlaylistPlaylists property to false as described here: https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-switch-between-absolute-and-relative-urls-in-apple-http-live-streaming-playlists. While the child playlist uses an absolute URL, the actual chunks themselves show up as relative URLs.

HLS URL: http://xxx.xxx:1935/vod/test.mp4/playlist.m3u8

playlist.m3u8 contents:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=1174097,CODECS="avc1.66.30, mp4a.40.2",RESOLUTION=640x360
http://xxx.xxx:1935/vod/test.mp4/chunklist.m3u8?wowzasessionid=2121682419

chunklist.m3u8 contents:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:14
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0
#EXTINF:12.012,
media_0.ts?wowzasessionid=2121682419
#EXTINF:13.213,
media_1.ts?wowzasessionid=2121682419
#EXTINF:10.077,
...
...
media_87.ts?wowzasessionid=2121682419
#EXT-X-ENDLIST

We’re using 3.5.2 patch 8, also tried the latest 3.6.2.

Is this expected behavior?

2

Hi,

This is expected. If you would like the chunks to also be absolute you need to also use

<Property>
	<Name>cupertinoRelativePlaylistItems</Name>
	<Value>false</Value>
	<Type>Boolean</Type>
</Property>

Most of the time this property is not needed even when using absolute playlists.

Andrew