Http Live Streaming
Emby supports the HTTP Live Streaming protocol, also known as HLS.
The url is:
The required paramaters are:
- Id (in path)
- MediaSourceId
- DeviceId
For a complete list of parameters, see get
All of the optional parameters can be viewed using the swagger documentation.
- AudioCodec
- AudioBitrate
- MaxAudioChannels
- AudioSampleRate
- VideoCodec
- VideoBitrate
- MaxWidth
- MaxHeight
- Profile (h264 profile)
- Level
- AudioStreamIndex
- SubtitleStreamIndex (if burning into the video)
Post Playback
After playback is complete, it is necessary to inform the server to stop any related HLS transcoding. This is accomplished via an HTTP DELETE to:
/Videos/Active