Usage

Prerequisites

Register Domain

Register your domain to activate P2P service.

tip

Localhost is always whitelisted. This means that you do not have to configure anything to perform tests locally.

Host Service Worker (Optional)

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Secure your site with HTTPS, if it isn't already. HTTPS is required for Service Worker, which we'll set up in the next step. To maintain a high-security standard, foreign software to be integrated into the browser with the help of ServiceWorkers is not allowed. This is only possible if the software is hosted on the same server as the web page. So the ServiceWorkers only work if they are hosted under the same domain as the main page, meaning that a client running a website needs to host our web SDK on his own servers instead of getting it from our public cloud.

If you don't have a Service Worker

Copy sw.js to your server and make it available at https://your_website.com/sw.js . Alternatively, download hls-proxy.js then rename to sw.js .

If you already have a Service Worker

Integrate hls-proxy.js into your existing Service Worker by adding this code to the beginning of your Service Worker's root JavaScript file:

self.importScripts('https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swarmcloud-hls@latest/dist/hls-proxy.js')

Then set the correct path to sw.js for p2pConfig:

var p2pConfig = {
     swFile: PATH_TO_SW_FILE
}

Once added, 1) your existing Service Worker will continue to be installed, and 2) SwarmCloud's imported Service Worker script will handle CDN 'fetch' events to intercept HLS request. All 'fetch' events not handled by SwarmCloud's Service Worker will fall through to your existing Service Worker's 'fetch' event handler(s).

tip

You don't need to secure your site with HTTPS or host Service Worker if only hls.js is used.

Install P2P Engine

Script

Include the pre-built script of latest version bundled with hls.js, Or include the latest version without hls.js:

P2pEngine standalone

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hls.js@latest"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swarmcloud-hls@latest/dist/p2p-engine.min.js"></script>

P2pEngine built in

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swarmcloud-hls@latest/dist/hls.min.js"></script>

File

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This needs to be included before your player code. You can either prepend it to your compiled code or include it in a <script> before it.

Browserify / Webpack

npm install --save swarmcloud-hls

To include swarmcloud-hls you need to require it in the player module:

P2pEngine standalone

var Hls = require('hls.js');
var P2pEngineHls = require('swarmcloud-hls');

P2pEngine built in

var Hls = require('swarmcloud-hls/dist/hls.min');

If you are using ES6's import syntax:

P2pEngine standalone

import Hls from 'hls.js';
import P2pEngineHls from 'swarmcloud-hls';

P2pEngine built in

import Hls from 'swarmcloud-hls/dist/hls.min';

Usage

P2pEngine standalone

Create hls.js instance passsing hlsjsConfig as parameter. Create P2pEngineHls instance passing p2pConfig as parameter.

var p2pConfig = {
    // Other p2pConfig options if applicable
}
var engine;
if (P2pEngineHls.isMSESupported()) {
    var hlsjsConfig = {
        maxBufferSize: 0,       // Highly recommended setting in live mode
        maxBufferLength: 10,     // Highly recommended setting in live mode
        liveSyncDurationCount: 10,   // Highly recommended setting in live mode
    };
    var hls = new Hls(hlsjsConfig);
    p2pConfig.hlsjsInstance = hls;        // set hlsjs instance to SDK
    engine = new P2pEngineHls(p2pConfig);
    // Use hls just like your usual hls.js…
    hls.loadSource(contentUrl);
    hls.attachMedia(video);
    hls.on(Hls.Events.MANIFEST_PARSED,function() {
        video.play();
    });
} else {
    engine = new P2pEngineHls(p2pConfig);   // equal to new P2pEngineHls.ServiceWorkerEngine(p2pConfig);
    engine.registerServiceWorker().catch(() => {}).finally(() => {
        // native video playback here

    });
}

P2pEngine built in

Add p2pConfig as a property of hlsjsConfig, then Create hls.js instance passing hlsjsConfig as constructor param.

var p2pConfig = {
    logLevel: 'debug',
    // Other p2pConfig options if applicable
}
if(Hls.isSupported()) {
    var hlsjsConfig = {
        debug: true,
        // Other hlsjsConfig options provided by hls.js
        p2pConfig
    };
    // Hls constructor is overriden by included bundle
    var hls = new Hls(hlsjsConfig);
    // Use hls just like the usual hls.js ...
    hls.loadSource(contentUrl);
    hls.attachMedia(video);
} else {
    // use ServiceWorker based p2p engine if hls.js is not supported
    var engine = new Hls.P2pEngine(p2pConfig);   // equal to  new Hls.P2pEngine.ServiceWorkerEngine(p2pConfig);
    engine.registerServiceWorker().catch(() => {}).finally(() => {
        // native video playback here

    });
}

note

If the media segment is generated by multiple servers, please add this configuration:

var p2pConfig = {
    strictSegmentId: true,
}

How it works

When the SDK is instantiated, it will give priority to trying to use hls.js based engine (hereinafter referred to as MSE Engine). If failed, try the ServiceWorker based engine (hereinafter referred to as SW Engine), as follows:

• If the browser does not support webrtc datachannel, no engine will be enabled
• If the browser supports MSE && hlsjsInstance is passed in && proxyOnly is not set, try to enable the MSE Engine
• Otherwise, enable the SW Engine if ServiceWorker is supported

Player Integration

See players demo .

Electron

Electron is also supported, you just need to register AppId and get a token from dashboard:

var hlsjsConfig = {
    p2pConfig: {
        token: YOUR_TOKEN,
        appName: YOUR_APP_NAME,
        appId: YOUR_APP_ID,
        // Other p2pConfig options if applicable
    }
};

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