Convert MP4 to HLS via API

HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) is the dominant adaptive streaming protocol. Convert MP4 to HLS to serve video content that adapts to viewer bandwidth in real-time.

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Use the API

curl -X POST https://renderio.dev/v1/commands \
  -H "X-API-KEY: ffsk_your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "ffmpeg_command": "-i {in_video} -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -hls_time 6 -hls_list_size 0 -f hls {out_video}",
  "input_files": {
    "in_video": "https://example.com/input.mp4"
  },
  "output_files": {
    "out_video": "output.m3u8"
  }
}'

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Common Variations

10-second segments

-i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -hls_time 10 -hls_list_size 0 -f hls output.m3u8

With segment filenames

-i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -hls_time 6 -hls_segment_filename seg_%03d.ts -f hls output.m3u8

Fragmented MP4 segments (fMP4)

-i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -hls_time 6 -hls_segment_type fmp4 -f hls output.m3u8

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