hls: add primary playlist

README.md

@@ -326,10 +326,10 @@ http://localhost:8888/mystream
 
 where `mystream` is the name of a stream that is being published.
 
-The direct HLS URL, that can be used to read the stream with Javascript libraries (hls.js) can be obtained by appending `/stream.m3u8`:
+The direct HLS URL, that can be used to read the stream with players (VLC) or Javascript libraries (hls.js) can be obtained by appending `/index.m3u8`:
 
 ```
-http://localhost:8888/mystream/stream.m3u8
+http://localhost:8888/mystream/index.m3u8
 ```
 
 Please note that most browsers don't support HLS directly (except Safari); a Javascript library, like [hls.js](https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js), must be used to load the stream.

internal/core/hls_remuxer.go

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const create = () => {
 	const video = document.getElementById('video');
 
 	if (video.canPlayType('application/vnd.apple.mpegurl')) {
-		video.src = 'stream.m3u8';
+		video.src = 'index.m3u8';
 		video.play();
 	} else {
 		const hls = new Hls({
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const create = () => {
 			}
 		});
 
-		hls.loadSource('stream.m3u8');
+		hls.loadSource('index.m3u8');
 		hls.attachMedia(video);
 
 		video.play();
@@ -434,9 +434,13 @@ func (r *hlsRemuxer) handleRequest(req hlsRemuxerRequest) {
 	}
 
 	switch {
+	case req.File == "index.m3u8":
+		req.W.Header().Set("Content-Type", `application/x-mpegURL`)
+		req.Res <- r.muxer.PrimaryPlaylist()
+
 	case req.File == "stream.m3u8":
 		req.W.Header().Set("Content-Type", `application/x-mpegURL`)
-		req.Res <- r.muxer.Playlist()
+		req.Res <- r.muxer.StreamPlaylist()
 
 	case strings.HasSuffix(req.File, ".ts"):
 		r := r.muxer.TSFile(req.File)

internal/core/hls_server_test.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestHLSServerRead(t *testing.T) {
 	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 
 	cnt2, err := newContainer("ffmpeg", "dest", []string{
-		"-i", "http://localhost:8888/test/stream/stream.m3u8",
+		"-i", "http://localhost:8888/test/stream/index.m3u8",
 		"-vframes", "1",
 		"-f", "image2",
 		"-y", "/dev/null",
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TestHLSServerReadAuth(t *testing.T) {
 	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 
 	cnt2, err := newContainer("ffmpeg", "dest", []string{
-		"-i", "http://testuser:testpass@127.0.0.1:8888/teststream/stream.m3u8",
+		"-i", "http://testuser:testpass@127.0.0.1:8888/teststream/index.m3u8",
 		"-vframes", "1",
 		"-f", "image2",
 		"-y", "/dev/null",

internal/hls/muxer.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package hls
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"io"
 	"math"
 	"strconv"
@@ -208,15 +209,34 @@ func (m *Muxer) WriteAAC(pts time.Duration, aus [][]byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Playlist returns a reader to read the playlist.
-func (m *Muxer) Playlist() io.Reader {
-	m.mutex.RLock()
-	defer m.mutex.RUnlock()
+// PrimaryPlaylist returns a reader to read the primary playlist
+func (m *Muxer) PrimaryPlaylist() io.Reader {
+	var codecs []string
 
+	if m.videoTrack != nil {
+		codecs = append(codecs, "avc1."+hex.EncodeToString(m.h264SPS[1:4]))
+	}
+
+	if m.audioTrack != nil {
+		codecs = append(codecs, "mp4a.40.2")
+	}
+
+	cnt := "#EXTM3U\n"
+	cnt += "#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=200000,CODECS=\"" + strings.Join(codecs, ",") + "\"\n"
+	cnt += "stream.m3u8\n"
+
+	return bytes.NewReader([]byte(cnt))
+}
+
+// StreamPlaylist returns a reader to read the stream playlist.
+func (m *Muxer) StreamPlaylist() io.Reader {
 	cnt := "#EXTM3U\n"
 	cnt += "#EXT-X-VERSION:3\n"
 	cnt += "#EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE:NO\n"
 
+	m.mutex.RLock()
+	defer m.mutex.RUnlock()
+
 	targetDuration := func() uint {
 		ret := uint(math.Ceil(m.hlsSegmentDuration.Seconds()))
 

internal/hls/muxer_test.go

@@ -64,7 +64,14 @@ func TestMuxer(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	byts, err := ioutil.ReadAll(m.Playlist())
+	byts, err := ioutil.ReadAll(m.PrimaryPlaylist())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Equal(t, "#EXTM3U\n"+
+		"#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=200000,CODECS=\"avc1.010203,mp4a.40.2\"\n"+
+		"stream.m3u8\n", string(byts))
+
+	byts, err = ioutil.ReadAll(m.StreamPlaylist())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	re := regexp.MustCompile(`^#EXTM3U\n` +