Once the broadcast session is started, transcoding will automatically happen. To
playback a live stream, you’ll need the playbackId from when you
created a stream object. You also need to
know your playback base URL.
Users can view the live stream with any HLS video player (for example
video.js) by using the
playback URL: {playback_base_url}/{playbackId}/index.m3u8. The playback URL
for RTMP streams is delivered via a content delivery network (CDN).
You can use fetch and examine the playlist by using the playback URL. For example:
curl "https://{region}-cdn.livepeer.com/hls/{playbackId}/index.m3u8"
You should give you the full HLS playlist that includes the source and transcoded renditions. For example:
#EXTM3U#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=2145120,RESOLUTION=1920x1080,FRAME-RATE=30,CODECS="avc1.4d4028,mp4a.40.2"1_0/index.m3u8?sessId=23351#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=2018712,RESOLUTION=1280x720,FRAME-RATE=29.97,CODECS="avc1.4d401f,mp4a.40.2"2_0/index.m3u8?sessId=23351#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=1111792,RESOLUTION=854x480,FRAME-RATE=29.97,CODECS="avc1.4d401f,mp4a.40.2"3_0/index.m3u8?sessId=23351#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=638672,RESOLUTION=640x360,FRAME-RATE=29.97,CODECS="avc1.4d401e,mp4a.40.2"4_0/index.m3u8?sessId=23351
If you don't see a response like this, it's likely because the stream is not live.
Next, learn how to record stream sessions.