Monday, May 27, 2013

VOD HLS in Nginx

Recently I have finished one project for Nginx Inc. The project is VOD HLS module making HLS stream from mp4 file. The module is fast and completely asynchronous. I think it is the fastest solution available. The module is easy to configure as well.

location / {
    hls;
    root /var/mp4;
}


Nginx VOD HLS module is proprietary. Please apply to Nginx Inc for more details.
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18 comments:

  1. fjyaniezMay 27, 2013 at 5:14 PM

    Hi,

    Where could I find more info?

    Thanks Rarut

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  2. rarutMay 27, 2013 at 5:31 PM

    Do you mean technical info or contacts?
    I think you can try this contact e-mail: nginx-inquiries@nginx.com. I have several personal contacts but I'm not sure I can share them here.

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  3. fjyaniezMay 28, 2013 at 4:55 PM

    Thank you again.

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  4. soonMay 29, 2013 at 3:28 PM

    Is not add-on for nginx-rtmp? How to build it?

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  5. rarutMay 29, 2013 at 3:37 PM

    It's not nginx-rtmp add-on, it's nginx addon, plain --add-module is used.
    I think it will cost some money, please apply to Nginx Inc I made this work for.

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  6. ankursMay 29, 2013 at 3:57 PM

    Ouch, any plans to make this available as open source ? or available at a sane price.

    HDS module from nginx was costing around $500 per server.

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  7. rarutMay 29, 2013 at 4:18 PM

    That's not something i can tell.

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  8. ankursMay 29, 2013 at 5:54 PM

    No problem :)

    Got a reply from nginx inc, it would cost 1200/yr/server.

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  9. ankursJune 9, 2013 at 4:50 PM

    Before i buy this from nginx inc, would like to know if something like http://rarut.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/secure-links-in-nginx-rtmp/ works with vod hls mod ?

    Is it possible to secure the stream.

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  10. rarutJune 9, 2013 at 5:01 PM

    It does not. But don't worry, it'll be fine, I'll add it if you or any other customer requests. Please feel free to request any features.

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  11. ankursJune 9, 2013 at 5:40 PM

    Cool, yah we do need to secure the stream.

    Can you tell how much of a CPU overhead does this module cause, against ngx_http_mp4_module. We have servers which stream to 1000+ users at a time with ngx_http_mp4_module., am little worried about the cpu consumption as the this module would be making those segments on the fly.

    Thanks again for your prompt replies, even on a sunday :)

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  12. rarutJune 9, 2013 at 6:12 PM

    CPU usage is a little higher than with plain mp4 module which just outputs static files in most cases. It's better to cache all data generated on the fly for better performance.

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  13. VladJune 11, 2013 at 2:42 PM

    I have reply from nginx inc, price is 1500/server/year. It is too big price, because wowza - 995$/server (unlim years), ams starter 995$/server (unlim years), erlyvideo HDS-free, hls 1900$/server (unlim years)

    Nginx inc: why the price is too big?

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  14. rarutJune 11, 2013 at 2:55 PM

    I think nginx (including hls module) is much faster than those you have mentioned.

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  15. ankursJune 14, 2013 at 4:32 PM

    Has there been any benchmarking done for hls, comparing to other servers ?

    you mentioned cache the data generated, can multiple devices be used to cache ? does it work similar to nginx static cache.

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  16. rarutJune 14, 2013 at 5:03 PM

    I think you should apply to nginx inc for these details.

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  17. JekJune 15, 2013 at 7:06 AM

    hi Arut,
    I don't understand purpose of hls vod module, why not stream mp4 file?

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  18. UnknownJuly 14, 2016 at 11:17 PM

    and what is this module

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