Smooth Streaming Module fork

The module ingests the mp4 file, packages one into fragments, and delivers the fragments to iOS clients in real-time.

cd to NGINX source directory & run this:

./configure --add-module=/path/to/nginx-hls-module
make
make install

http {
    server {
        listen 80;
        rewrite ^(.*)\.mp4$ $1.m3u8 last;

        location ~ \.(m3u8|ts)$ {
            hls;
            hls_length 10; # length of fragment (seconds)
        }
    }
}

syntax: hls_length <integer>

default: 8

context: http, server, location

Set the fragment length requested without the "length" argument.

syntax: hls_relative <on | off>

default: on

context: http, server, location

The directive specifies whether to keep the full URL of fragments.

syntax: hls_mp4_buffer_size <size>

default: 512k

context: http, server, location

Sets the initial size of the buffer used for processing MP4 files.

syntax: hls_mp4_max_buffer_size <size>

default: 10m

context: http, server, location

Size of moov atom may be quite large and can't exceed the hls_mp4_max_buffer_size size.