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URL changes in 4.7.0

We have refactored HTTP URLs in Flussonic to make them unified and simple to understand.

Here we give an explanation to what we want to achieve and how can it affect your system.

New Flussonic HTTP URL structure is unified and consists of following details:

Name (Track specification) (Media request) (Extension)

What it means?

  • Name is your file or stream name
  • Track specification is a modifier that you can use to change from default behaviour to some specific video or audio tracks
  • Media request is what you can to get from your content
  • Extension is a protocol that you want to use.

Examples:

  • HLS index playlist: /ort/index.m3u8
  • HLS archive playlist (file-like access): /ort/archive-1508403742-3600.m3u8
  • MP4 export: /ort/archive-1508403742-3600.mp4
  • DASH archive playlist (file-like access): /ort/archive-1508403742-3600.mpd

Now this is looks very similar.

Changes

To achieve this we had to change urls from what have you used before.

Don't worry, we will try to maintain backward compatibility for a reasonable amount of time, but we encourage you to move forward.

Old New Description
/archive/1508403742/3600/manifest.f4m /archive-1508403742-3600.f4m HDS file-like DVR access
/archive/1508403742/3600/index.m3u8 /archive-1508403742-3600.m3u8 HLS file-like DVR access (long version)
/index-1508403742-3600.m3u8 /archive-1508403742-3600.m3u8 HLS file-like DVR access
/Manifest-1508403742-3600.mpd /archive-1508403742-3600.mpd DASH file-like DVR access
/archive/1508403742/3600/mpegts replaced by /timeshift_abs-1508403742.ts Stream-like MPEG-TS access to archive starting from some UTC
Manifest.mpd index.mpd DASH manifest
video1 video1.ts HTTP MPEG-TS access to stream with selected video track and all audio included
/event-3600.m3u8 /rewind-3600.m3u8 Access to live having very long playlist. Changed due to bad 'event' name selection.
/event-mono-3600.m3u8 /mono-rewind-3600.m3u8 Access to live with very long playlist and no multi-bitrate selection
/event-video-3600.m3u8 /video-rewind-3600.m3u8 Access to live with very long playlist and multi-bitrate selection with all audio tracks combined.
/timeshift_abs_mono-1508403742.m3u8 /mono-timeshift_abs-1508403742.m3u8 Play DVR via HLS from some point in time.
/timeshift_abs_video-1508403742.m3u8 /video-timeshift_abs-1508403742.m3u8 Play DVR via HLS from some point in time.
/timeshift_rel_mono-3600.m3u8 /rel-timeshift_rel-3600.m3u8 Play DVR via HLS with static shift back.
/timeshift_rel_mono-3600.m3u8 /mono-timeshift_rel-3600.m3u8 Play DVR via HLS with static shift back.