Play the Live Stream

Each video stream is available at https://stream.comprimato.com/. The URL for your particular stream is formatted: https://stream.comprimato.com/hls/${player_key}.m3u8. You will have received the player_key value in the REST API response, as described in the chapter Create a live stream. Or simply make a GET request to https://api.comprimato.com/v1/streams/{id} and get the player_key value from there.

In our example, the complete URL is http://stream.comprimato.com/hls/lU1rTlq0mwc1.m3u8.

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URL for HLS streams:

Your video player should be pointed to https://stream.comprimato.com/hls/${player_key}.m3u8.

Supported players

• HLS.js is an open source HLS video player. Please note that the HLS.js library does not have any UI components. You can create your own buttons and controls or use the default HTML5 <video> controls.
• Video.js is a widely used open source video player, built from the ground up for an HTML5 world.
• Plyr.io is open source, simple, lightweight and customisable HTML5 media player. Plyr extends the standard HTML5 <video> element. and by default does not support HLS. However it can be integrated with HLS.js.

Using VLC

1. In the VLC menu, go to Media > Open Network Stream.
2. Copy the stream URL into the address field.
3. Press Enter or the Play button.

Browser

You can use the HLS.js player to play the video in a browser if HLS is not supported natively.

<!-- This example was adapted from hls.js documentation -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hls.js@latest"></script>
<video id="video" controls></video>
<script>
var video = document.getElementById('video');
var playerKey = 'your-player-key'; // taken from stream.player_key
var videoSrc = 'https://stream.comprimato.com/hls/' + playerKey + '.m3u8';

// Check for native browser HLS support
// HLS is currently supported in Safari
if (video.canPlayType('application/vnd.apple.mpegurl')) {
  video.src = videoSrc;

// In other browsers, check if HLS.js player supports them
} else if (Hls.isSupported()) {
  var hls = new Hls();
  hls.loadSource(videoSrc);
  hls.attachMedia(video);
} else {
  console.error('HLS is not supported.')
}
</script>