[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg's HLS muxer's deprecation of the hls_wrap option

[Zhao Zhili]

> On Jan 22, 2024, at 18:20, Dennis Mungai <dmngaie at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 at 13:10, Steven Liu <lingjiujianke at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Dennis Mungai <dmngaie at gmail.com> 于2024年1月21日周日 00:42写道：
>> 
>>>> 
>>> Perfect, and thanks for considering a revert of this deprecated feature.
>> 
>> Hi Dennis,
>> 
>> Need more talk, Why don't try to use hls_flags
>> +delete_segments+append_list. ?
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Steven
>> 
> 
> As stated earlier, even with these flags, we cannot replicate the advantage
> of the deprecated -hls_wrap whereby the segment names remain constant.
> append_list only omits the #EXT-EXT-ENDLIST tag.

The hls_wrap conflicts with current HLS specification, which add the restriction
at 2014. The specification explicitly says "EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE tag MUST
NOT decrease or wrap". So hls_wrap can’t be reverted.

Try what Steven suggests, or figure out a better idea than revert hls_wrap.

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