[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avformat/hlsenc: added segment file deletion

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 03:31:00PM +0000, Christian Suloway wrote:
> On 12/9/14, 7:44 PM, "Michael Niedermayer" <michaelni at gmx.at> wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 10:25:05AM -0600, Christian Suloway wrote:
> >> This option flag deletes segment files removed from the playlist after a
> >> period of time equal to the duration of the segment plus the duration of
> >> the playlist.
> >
> >can you explain the usecase for this ?
> >isnt -hls_wrap <num> already achieving this more or less ?
> 
> -hls_wrap <num> does achieve this more or less, but the option has been
> proposed for two reasons:
> 
> (1) Simplify compliance with HLS Internet-Draft
> (http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming) section
> 6.2.2., Live Playlists:
> 
>    When the server removes a Media Segment URI from the Playlist, the
>    corresponding Media Segment MUST remain available to clients for a
>    period of time equal to the duration of the segment plus the duration
>    of the longest Playlist file distributed by the server containing
>    that segment.  Removing a Media Segment earlier than that can
>    interrupt in-progress playback.
> 
> The playlist length/duration can change without computation and
> modification to the -hls_wrap <num> argument.
> 
> (2) Although not required in the HLS Internet-Draft, it can be useful to
> have the sequence number in the segment URI for tracking when logging and
> making modifications to playlists.

hmm, ok, applied

thanks

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