Generate M3U8 Manifests from Live Stream TS Segments for On-Demand Playback - ApsaraVideo Live - Alibaba Cloud - ApsaraVideo Live

Creates an M3U8 index file for a specified time range.

Operation description

You have configured OSS. For more information, see Configure OSS. Live recording indexing records a live video stream in M3U8 format, stores it in OSS, and performs real-time clipping on the stored TS segment index files.

Note

To create a recording index, the live stream must have had stream ingest activity. If no live streaming occurred within the specified time range or the stream name is incorrect, the recording index creation is failed.
Make sure that DomainName, AppName, and StreamName are correct. Otherwise, the InvalidStream.NotFound error is returned.
The interval between StartTime and EndTime must be at least the duration of one TS segment (30 seconds by default).
EndTime must be later than StartTime, and the interval cannot exceed 4 days.
TS segment information is retained in the ApsaraVideo Live system for only 3 months. You can create an M3U8 file only from recordings within the last 3 months.
TS segment files are stored in OSS. The retention period is determined by the OSS storage configuration. For more information, see Settings lifecycle rules.
Information about created M3U8 index files is retained in the ApsaraVideo Live system for only 6 months. You can query only the information of index files created within the last 6 months.
M3U8 index files are stored in OSS. The retention period is determined by the OSS storage configuration.
If the M3U8 and TS files are stored in different buckets, the TS paths in the M3U8 file are in HTTP format.

QPS limit

The single-user QPS limit for this API is 45 calls per second. If this limit is exceeded, throttling is triggered, which may affect your business. Call this operation as appropriate.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

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API: The API that you can call to perform the action.
Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.
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Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

live:CreateLiveStreamRecordIndexFiles

create

*Domain

acs:cdn:*:{#accountId}:domain/{#DomainName}

None

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
DomainName	string	Yes	The streamer streaming domain.	example.com
AppName	string	Yes	The name of the application to which the stream belongs. The AppName must match the AppName in the ingest URL for the template to take effect. To match all AppName values, set this parameter to *.	liveApp****
StreamName	string	Yes	The stream name. The StreamName must match the StreamName in the ingest URL for the template to take effect. To match all StreamName values, set this parameter to *. The stream must have had actual stream ingest activity under the specified DomainName and AppName. Otherwise, the InvalidStream.NotFound error is returned.	liveStream****
OssEndpoint	string	Yes	The endpoint of the OSS bucket.	cn-oss-****.aliyuncs.com
OssBucket	string	Yes	The name of the OSS bucket.	liveBucket****
OssObject	string	Yes	The name of the recording file stored in OSS.	{AppName}/{StreamName}/{Date}/{Hour}/{Minute}_{Second}.m3u8
StartTime	string	Yes	The start time of the index file. TS files uploaded after this time are included in the index file. Specify the time in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format (UTC).	2017-12-21T08:00:00Z
EndTime	string	Yes	The end time of the index file. TS files uploaded before this time are included in the index file. Specify the time in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format (UTC).	2017-12-22T08:00:00Z
EndTimeIncluded	boolean	No	Specifies whether to include the end time. If you set this parameter to true, the system attempts to include one additional TS file so that the created index file fully covers the period between StartTime and EndTime.	false

Response elements

Element	Type	Description	Example
	object
RequestId	string	The request ID.	550439A3-F8EC-4CA2-BB62-B9DB43EEEF30
RecordInfo	object	The recording configuration information.
RecordUrl	string	The URL of the index file.	http://*****/atestObject.m3u8
StreamName	string	The stream name.	liveStream****
CreateTime	string	The creation time. The time is in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format (UTC).	2016-05-27T09:40:56Z
RecordId	string	The ID of the index file.	c4d7f0a4-b506-43f9-8de3-07732c3f****
Height	integer	The video height.	480
OssBucket	string	The name of the OSS bucket.	liveBucket****
DomainName	string	The streamer streaming domain.	example.com
OssObject	string	The name of the recording file stored in OSS.	liveObject****.m3u8
EndTime	string	The end time. The time is in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format (UTC).	2015-12-01T07:40:00Z
AppName	string	The name of the application to which the stream belongs.	liveApp****
StartTime	string	The start time. The time is in the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format (UTC).	2015-12-01T07:36:00Z
Width	integer	The video width.	640
Duration	number	The recording length. Unit: seconds.	20
OssEndpoint	string	The endpoint of the OSS bucket.	cn-oss-****.aliyuncs.com

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "550439A3-F8EC-4CA2-BB62-B9DB43EEEF30",
  "RecordInfo": {
    "RecordUrl": "http://*****/atestObject.m3u8",
    "StreamName": "liveStream****",
    "CreateTime": "2016-05-27T09:40:56Z",
    "RecordId": "c4d7f0a4-b506-43f9-8de3-07732c3f****",
    "Height": 480,
    "OssBucket": "liveBucket****",
    "DomainName": "example.com",
    "OssObject": "liveObject****.m3u8",
    "EndTime": "2015-12-01T07:40:00Z",
    "AppName": "liveApp****",
    "StartTime": "2015-12-01T07:36:00Z",
    "Width": 640,
    "Duration": 20,
    "OssEndpoint": "cn-oss-****.aliyuncs.com"
  }
}

Error codes

HTTP status code	Error code	Error message	Description
400	InvalidStartTime.Mismatch	Specified StartTime does not math the current time.
400	InvalidStartTime.Malformed	Specified StartTime is malformed.
400	InvalidParams	invalid params
400	InvalidEndTime.Malformed	Specified EndTime is malformed.
400	InvalidEndTime.Mismatch	Specified end time does not math the specified start time.	The end time does not match the start time. Make sure that the start and end times match.
400	InvalidOssEndpoint.Malformed	Specified OssEndpoint is malformed.
400	InvalidOssBucket.Malformed	Specified OssBucket is malformed.	Invalid value of OSSBucket. Check whether the OSSBucket parameter that you specified is correct.
400	InvalidOssObject.Malformed	Specified OssObject is malformed.
400	InvalidStream.NotFound	Speicified stream does not exist.
400	InvalidConfig.Changed	The oss bucket info between StartTime and EndTime has changed.	ossbucket start end time has changed.
400	NoRecordContent	The record content between StartTime and EndTime is empty.	No records were found between StartTime and EndTime.
400	RecordContentExceed	The record content between StartTime and EndTime is exceeded, please narrow down the range.
400	OperationNotSupport	The Operation is not support for flv/mp4 format or live to vod record.
500	InternalError	The request processing has failed due to some unknown error, exception or failure.
404	InvalidBucket.NotFound	The bucket does not belong to you.	the specified bucket does not belong to the current user.

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Release notes

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