fragmented-mp4stream-pkg 0.0.3

Service to stream mp4 files in fragments

Fragmented mp4stream Package

Usage

import fragmentedmp4stream.service
import sys

def main(argv):
    fragmentedmp4stream.service.start(argv)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main(sys.argv[1:])

videocodec support

• h264
• h265

parameters

• -p(--port) port to bind(def. 4555)
• -r(--root) files directory(required) - path to seek required mp4 file
• -s(--segment) segment duration sec.(def. 6) - floor limit of segment duration
• -c(--cache) cache segmentation - save segmentation as .*.cache files
• -v(--verb) be verbose (show structure of required mp4 file)
• -h(--help) this help

installation

pip install fragmented-mp4stream-pkg==0.0.3

subtitles

• Innner subtitles: track handler=text, type=tx3g. Verified with MPlayer.
• Outer subtitles:
  • master playlist: m3u8-file - ex.

  #EXTM3U
  #EXT-X-MEDIA:TYPE=SUBTITLES,GROUP-ID="subs",NAME="English",DEFAULT=NO,FORCED=NO,URI="http://mkh-Aspire-A315-54K:4555/toystory20sub.m3u8"
  #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,SUBTITLES="subs"
  http://mkh-Aspire-A315-54K:4555/toystory20.m3u8
  

  • subtitles playlist: m3u8-file - ex. toystory20sub.m3u8

    #EXTM3U
    #EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:VOD
    #EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0
    #EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:8
    #EXTINF:4.0107,
    http://mkh-Aspire-A315-54K:4555/toystory20.vtt
  

  • webVTT subtitles: vtt-files - ex. toystory20.vtt

    WEBVTT
    
    00:00:02.829 --> 00:00:4.829 line:74% align:left
    <i>subtitles example.</i>
    

streams

• json list of available files

  http://ip:port/

• fragmented mp4

  http://ip:port/filename_without_extension

• hls container with fragmented mp4

  http://ip:port/filename_with_m3u_extension

example1

• service
  • python3 mp4stream.py -r ~/video/
• client
  • ffplay http://192.168.250.229:4555/

    mp4 file list of ~/video/

    [
      "MTV.mp4",
      "Wingsuit.mp4",
      "toystory.mp4",
      "nuts720p_4Mb.mp4"
    ]
    

example2

• service
  • python3 mp4stream.py -r ~/video/
• client
  • ffplay http://192.168.250.229:4555/toystory

    ~/video/toystory.mp4 - fragmented mp4

example3

• service
  • python3 mp4stream.py -r ~/video/`
• client
  • ffplay http://192.168.250.229:4555/toystory.m3u

    ~/video/toystory20.mp4 - fragmented mp4 in hls container