New major features
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Support Low-Latency HLS (#938) (#556) (#641) - LL-HLS is a recently-introduced HLS variant that allows to significantly decrease latency when viewing a stream through the browser. It is disabled by default, to enable it you have to follow instructions in the README. Please be aware that:
- it requires a TLS/HTTPS certificate;
- it greatly increases the number of requests/responses exchanged between clients and the server - therefore, it's much heavier than standard HLS in terms of client requirements (not server requirements, since tests showed that generating MP4 segments consumes much less CPU than MPEG-TS segments);
- although this version has been tested on ~500 cameras from various vendors, there could still be compatibility problems with some streams. If you have problems, first try to increase the
hlsPartDurationparameter, then feel free to open an issue.
other than that, this server is now is one of the few (if not the only one) that allows to generate LL-HLS without re-encoding the stream, therefore enjoy!