Create a Microsoft Smooth Stream (MSS) out of an existing H.264/AAC stream. Smooth Streaming was developed by Microsoft to compete with other adaptive streaming technologies.

This function has the following parameters:

Parameter Name Mandatory Default Value Description
localStreamNames true null The stream(s) that will be used as the input. This is a comma-delimited list of active stream names (local stream names)
targetFolder true null The folder where all the manifest and fragment files will be stored. This folder must be accessible by the MSS clients. It is usually in the web-root of the server
bandwidths false 0 The corresponding bandwidths for each stream listed in localStreamNames. Again, this can be a comma-delimited list
groupName false mss_group_xxxx (random) The name assigned to the MSS stream or group. If the localStreamNames parameter contains only one entry and groupName is not specified, groupName will have the value of the input stream name
playlistType false Appending Either `appending` or `rolling`
playlistLength false 10 The number of fragments before the server starts to overwrite the older fragments. Used only when playlistType is ‘rolling’. Ignored otherwise
manifestName false manifest.ismc The manifest file name
chunkLength false 10 The length (in seconds) of fragments to be made
chunkOnIDR false 0 false If 1 (true), chunking is performed ONLY on IDR. Otherwise, chunking is performed whenever chunk length is achieved
keepAlive false 1 true If 1 (true), the EMS will attempt to reconnect to the stream source if the connection is severed
overwriteDestination false 1 true If 1 (true), it will allow overwrite of destination files
staleRetentionCount false If not specified, it will have the value of playlistLength How many old files are kept besides the ones present in the current version of the playlist. Only applicable for rolling playlists
cleanupDestination false 0 false If 1 (true), all manifest and fragment files in the target folder will be removed before MSS creation is started
ismType false ismc Either ismc for serving content to client or isml for serving content to smooth server
isLive false 1 true If true, creates a live MSS stream, otherwise set to 0 for VOD
publishingPoint false none This parameter is needed when ismType=isml, it is the REST URI where the mss contents will be ingested
ingestMode false single Either single for a non looping ingest or loop for looping an ingest

An example of the createMSSStream interface is:

Enter the following stream URL: http://My_IP_or_Domain/group1/manifest

In other words: http://my_web_server/MSS_group_name/manifest_file_name

Example:

API Call:

createMSSStream localstreamnames=testpullStream targetfolder=../evo-webroot groupname=mss

JSON Response:

{
"data":{
    "bandwidths":[0],
    "chunkLength":10,
    "chunkOnIDR":true,
    "cleanupDestination":false,
    "configIds":[10],
    "groupName":"mss",
    "ingestMode":"single",
    “isLive”:”true”,
    "ismType":"ismc",
    "keepAlive":true,
    "localStreamNames":["testpullStream"],
    "manifestName":"manifest.ismc",
    "overwriteDestination":true,
    "playlistLength":10,
    "playlistType":"appending",
    "publishingPoint":"http://192.168.2.35:88/liveingest.isml",
    "staleRetentionCount":10,
    "targetFolder":"..\/evo-webroot"
},
"description":"MSS stream created",
"status":"SUCCESS"
}

The JSON response contains the following details:

  • data – The data to parse
    • bandwidths – An array of integers specifying the bandwidths used for streaming
    • chunkLength – The length (in seconds) of each playlist element (.ismc files)
    • chunkOnIdr – If true, chunking was made on IDR boundary
    • cleanupDestination – If true, MSS files at the target folder were deleted before MSS creation began
    • configIds - The configuration IDs for this command
    • groupName – The name of the target folder where MSS files will be created
    • ingestMode – The type of ingest
    • isLive - Creates a live MSS stream, otherwise set to 0 for VOD
    • keepAlive – If true, the stream will attempt to reconnect if the connection is severed
    • localStreamNames – An array of local names for the streams
    • manifestName – The file name of the manifest file. If blank, defaults to ‘manifest’
    • overwriteDestination – If true, overwriting of destination files during MSS creation is allowed
    • playlistLength – The number of fragments before the server starts to overwrite the older fragments. Useful only for `rolling` playlistType
    • playlistType – Either `appending` or `rolling`
    • publishingPoint - It is the REST URI where the mss contents will be ingested
    • staleRetentionCount – The number of old files kept besides the ones listed in the current version of the manifest. Only applicable to rolling playlist type
    • targetFolder – The folder where all the manifest and chunk files are stored

  • description – Describes the result of parsing/executing the command

  • status – SUCCESS if the command was parsed and executed successfully, FAIL if not

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