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Mention newly added hlscmafsink element and new properties Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-rs/-/merge_requests/1306>
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# GStreamer HTTP Live Streaming Plugin
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A GStreamer HLS sink plugin. Based on the
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["hlssink2"](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/hls/hlssink2.html?gi-language=c)
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element.
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The `hlssink3` plugin consists of `hlssink3` and `hlscmafsink` elements.
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`hlssink3` element generates traditional MPEG-TS based HLS segments
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and playlist while `hlscmafsink` generates `CMAF` (fragmented mp4)
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segments.
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**NOTE**: `hlssink3` element is feature-equivalent to the `hlssink2` element.
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Any pipeline that uses `hlssink2` can use the `hlssink3` element
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and the result should be the same.
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Both elements have a `playlist-type` property used to control the behavior of the HLS playlist file. The
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available values for this property are:
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- `null` (default): The tag `#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE` won't be present in the playlist during the pipeline processing. The
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playlist will be updated in sync as new segments are available, old segments are removed, keeping N segments as
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defined in the property `playlist-length`. This is the default behavior, and is compatible with how "hlssink2" works;
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- `"event"`: The playlist is updated as new segments are available, and the tag `#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:EVENT` is present
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during processing. No segments will be removed from the playlist.
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- `"vod"`: The playlist behaves like the `event` option (a live event), but at the end of the processing, the playlist
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will be set to `#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:VOD`.
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At the end of the processing, `#EXT-X-ENDLIST` is added to the playlist
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if a `enable-endlist` property is enabled (default is `true`).
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## Live playlist generation
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In case of live recording with multiple playlists,
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the `#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME` tags can be useful hint for clients
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when mapping each stream time to the wall-clock.
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The `#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME` tags will be written to the playlist
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if `enable-program-date-time` property is enabled.
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