Create an MSS (Microsoft Smooth Streaming). From Microsoft, “If the Internet bandwidth and video rendering capability on your playback device are sufficiently high, you’ll experience high-definition video playback of the sample content. You will also be able to simulate end user experiences under varying conditions by simulating drops and recoveries in bandwidth.” See more.

How To

Single Stream

General Format:

createMSSStream localstreamnames=<localstreamname> bandwidths=<bandwidth> targetFolder=<target_folder_path> groupname=<groupname>

  • For Windows:

    createMSSStream localstreamnames=myStream bandwidths=51265536 targetfolder=C:\EvoStream\evo-webroot groupname=myMSSGroup

  • For Linux Package:

    createMSSStream localstreamnames=myStream bandwidths=51265536 targetfolder=/var/evo-webroot groupname=myMSSGroup

  • For Linux Archive:

    createMSSStream localstreamnames=myStream bandwidths=51265536 targetfolder=/path_to_evo-webroot groupname=myMSSGroup

The created files will automatically save in the targetFolder path.

evo-webroot:                            --> targetfolder
myMSSGroup                              --> groupname
- myStream                              --> localstreamname
-- audio                                --> audio_folder
--- 51265536                            --> bitrate_folder
---- XXXXXXXXXX000.fmp4                 --> audio_segment_file
---- XXXXXXXXXXXXX.fmp4                 --> audio_segment_file
-- video                                --> video_folder
--- 51265536                            --> bitrate_folder
---- XXXXXXXXXX000.fmp4                 --> video_segment_file
---- XXXXXXXXXXXXX.fmp4                 --> video_segment_file
- manifest.ismc                         --> manifest_file

Multiple Stream

To use multiple localStreamNames using one createMSSStream command do the following:

General Format:

createMSSStream localstreamnames=<localstreamname1>,<localstreamname2>,<localstreamnameX> bandwidths=<bandwidth1,bandwidth2,bandwidthX> targetFolder=<target_folder_path> groupname=<groupname>

  • For Windows:

    createMSSStream localstreamnames=myStream1,myStream2 bandwidths=10000000,20000000 targetfolder=C:\EvoStream\evo-webroot groupname=myMSSGroup

  • For Linux Package:

    createMSSStream localstreamnames=myStream1,myStream2 bandwidths=10000000,20000000 targetfolder=/var/evo-webroot groupname=myMSSGroup

  • For Linux Archive:

    createMSSStream localstreamnames=myStream1,myStream2 bandwidths=10000000,20000000 targetfolder=/path_to_evo-webroot groupname=myMSSGroup

The created files will automatically save in the targetFolder path.

evo-webroot:                           --> targetfolder
myMSSGroup                             --> groupname
- 10000000                             --> bitrate_folder_1
-- audio                               --> audio_folder
--- xxxxxxxxxx000.fmp4                 --> fmp4_audio_file
--- xxxxxxxxxxxxx.fmp4                 --> fmp4_audio_file
-- video                               --> video_folder
--- xxxxxxxxxx000.fmp4                 --> fmp4_video_file
--- xxxxxxxxxxxxx.fmp4                 --> fmp4_video_file
- 20000000                             --> bitrate_folder_2
-- audio                               --> audio_folder
--- xxxxxxxxxx000.fmp4                 --> fmp4_audio_file
--- xxxxxxxxxxxxx.fmp4                 --> fmp4_audio_file
-- video                               --> video_folder
--- xxxxxxxxxx000.fmp4                 --> fmp4_video_file
--- xxxxxxxxxxxxx.fmp4                 --> fmp4_video_file
- manifest.ismc                        --> manifest_file

JSON CLI Response

Sample API Call:

createMSSStream localstreamnames=testpullstream,testpullstream bandwidths=10000000,20000000 targetfolder=../evo-webroot groupname=mss playlisttype=rolling

JSON CLI Response:

Command entered successfully!
MSS stream created

    groupName: mss
    localStreamNames:
      -- testpullStream
    manifestName: manifest.ismc
    playlistType: rolling
    targetFolder: /var/evo-webroot

Playing an MSS Manifest File

The corresponding link to play this stream would then be:

General Format:

http://<EMS_IP_Address:<Web_Server_Port>/<MSS_groupname>/<manifest_filename>

Sample URL:

  • Single Stream

    http://192.168.2.34:8888/myMSSGroup/manifest.ismc

  • Multiple Stream

    http://192.168.2.34:8888/myMSSGroup/myStream1/manifest.ismc

    http://192.168.2.34:8888/myMSSGroup/myStream2/manifest.ismc

    http://192.168.2.34:8888/myMSSGroup/myStream3/manifest.ismc

The player will now automatically play the stream once the MSS manifest is read.

Automatic MSS

The EMS can be configured to automatically create an MSS stream for every new inbound stream. The details for the MSS creation are placed in the config.lua file instead of as parameters to the createMSSStream API call.

autoMSS=
{
    targetFolder= "/var/evo-webroot",
},

To enable automatic MSS a section in the config.lua file needs to be enabled and modified. See configuration here.