Live Media Ingest (CMAF)

Using FFMPEG to demonstrate live encoder failover

This demo showcases multiple encoder sending synchronized Video & Audio fragments (each 1 sample in duration) to the same Unified Origin. To achieve this, each encoder using it's internal systemclock (UTC) as reference stamps the fragment with a decode time/offset based upon the same algorithm.

The benefits of this solution:

A specification developed through the DASH-Industry Forum
An industry best practice approach for ingesting live media to processing entities
A scalable and fault-tolerant method of delivery
A way of ingesting CMAF media tracks
A method of delivery media for both Live and VOD streaming workflows

Every 60s the Active ContainerID in picture will change. When 1 of the 2 encoders is stopped mid-stream showing how encoder failure can be handled without impacting playback. The stream is based on the following Github Demo. Where the client manifest can also be accessed directly via the following link.