HTTP Live Streaming

Send live and on‐demand audio and video to iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and PC with HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) technology from Apple. Using the same protocol that powers the web, HLS lets you deploy content using ordinary web servers and content delivery networks. HLS is designed for reliability and dynamically adapts to network conditions by optimizing playback for the available speed of wired and wireless connections.

Guides and Specifications

Technical Notes and FAQs

Videos

  • Streaming Examples

    View examples of .M3U8 files formatted to index streams and .ts media segment files.

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  • Downloads

    Get HTTP Live Streaming tools, including the Media Streaming Validator Tool to validate your streams and servers.

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  • Developer Forums

    Ask questions and discuss HTTP Live Streaming with Apple engineers and other developers.

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