HTTP Live Streaming
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Independent Submission                                    R. Pantos, Ed.
Request for Comments: 8216                                   Apple, Inc.
Category: Informational                                           W. May
ISSN: 2070-1721                                       MLB Advanced Media
                                                             August 2017

                          HTTP Live Streaming

Abstract

   This document describes a protocol for transferring unbounded streams
   of multimedia data.  It specifies the data format of the files and
   the actions to be taken by the server (sender) and the clients
   (receivers) of the streams.  It describes version 7 of this protocol.

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Pantos & May                  Informational                     [Page 1]
RFC 8216                   HTTP Live Streaming               August 2017

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction to HTTP Live Streaming .............................4
   2. Overview ........................................................4
   3. Media Segments ..................................................6
      3.1. Supported Media Segment Formats ............................6
      3.2. MPEG-2 Transport Streams ...................................7
      3.3. Fragmented MPEG-4 ..........................................7
      3.4. Packed Audio ...............................................8
      3.5. WebVTT .....................................................8
   4. Playlists .......................................................9
      4.1. Definition of a Playlist ..................................10
      4.2. Attribute Lists ...........................................11
      4.3. Playlist Tags .............................................12
           4.3.1. Basic Tags .........................................12
                  4.3.1.1. EXTM3U ....................................12
                  4.3.1.2. EXT-X-VERSION .............................12
           4.3.2. Media Segment Tags .................................13
                  4.3.2.1. EXTINF ....................................13
                  4.3.2.2. EXT-X-BYTERANGE ...........................14
                  4.3.2.3. EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY .......................14
                  4.3.2.4. EXT-X-KEY .................................15
                  4.3.2.5. EXT-X-MAP .................................17
                  4.3.2.6. EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME ...................18
                  4.3.2.7. EXT-X-DATERANGE ...........................18
                           4.3.2.7.1. Mapping SCTE-35 into
                                      EXT-X-DATERANGE ................20
           4.3.3. Media Playlist Tags ................................22
                  4.3.3.1. EXT-X-TARGETDURATION ......................22
                  4.3.3.2. EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE ......................22
                  4.3.3.3. EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE ..............23
                  4.3.3.4. EXT-X-ENDLIST .............................23
                  4.3.3.5. EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE .......................24
                  4.3.3.6. EXT-X-I-FRAMES-ONLY .......................24
           4.3.4. Master Playlist Tags ...............................25
                  4.3.4.1. EXT-X-MEDIA ...............................25
                           4.3.4.1.1. Rendition Groups ...............28
                  4.3.4.2. EXT-X-STREAM-INF ..........................29
                           4.3.4.2.1. Alternative Renditions .........32
                  4.3.4.3. EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF ..................33
                  4.3.4.4. EXT-X-SESSION-DATA ........................34