adaptive

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ittybit adaptive \
  -i video.mp4 \
  -o stream.m3u8

Creates an HLS stream. Players switch quality based on viewer bandwidth. Output must be .m3u8. Adaptive streams prevent buffering for users on slow connections.

Options

FlagValuesDefault
--startseconds—
--endseconds—

Examples

ittybit adaptive \
  -i video.mp4 \
  -o output/stream.m3u8

Trim before streaming:

ittybit adaptive \
  -i video.mp4 \
  -o trimmed.m3u8 \
  --start 10 \
  --end 120

From S3 to S3:

ittybit adaptive \
  -i s3://bucket/raw/video.mp4 \
  -o s3://bucket/streams/stream.m3u8 \
  --connection my-s3

Local

Run locally using FFmpeg instead of cloud:

ittybit adaptive \
  -i video.mp4 \
  -o ./hls/master.m3u8 \
  --local

Requires FFmpeg installed. The file is processed on your machine.

See also

  • API POST /jobs with kind: "adaptive_video" — create HLS streams via HTTP
  • video — produce a single-file MP4 instead
  • connections — set up S3 for input/output