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mahusa7
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‎11-06-2017 11:59 AM

HLS not playing through pkg

I am trying to play a m3u8 file from pkg. The same file works from a server that I created.

  ContentNode.url = "pkg:/files/blah.m3u8" does not work

  ContentNode.url = "http://192.168.1.168:8001/blah.m3u8" works

I am able to play ts files from pkg. 

Is there a way to play HLS files from the Roku filesystem?
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Tyler_Smith
Streaming Star
‎11-06-2017 12:36 PM

Re: HLS not playing through pkg

Does your m3u8 have relative references to the streams in the playlist?
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mahusa7
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‎11-06-2017 02:10 PM

Re: HLS not playing through pkg

Yes, here's how my M3U8 looks:
___________________________________

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:4
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0

#EXTINF:4,
http://myOriginServer/seg-0000000000-da ... ~360000.ts
#EXTINF:4,
http://myOriginServer/seg-0000360000-da ... ~360000.ts
#EXTINF:4,
http://myOriginServer/seg-0000720000-da ... ~360000.ts
#EXTINF:4,
http://myOriginServer/seg-0001080000-da ... ~360000.ts
#EXTINF:4,
http://myOriginServer/seg-0001440000-da ... ~360000.ts
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renojim
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‎11-06-2017 03:49 PM

Re: HLS not playing through pkg

What happens if you copy it to tmp:/ ?
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mahusa7
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‎11-07-2017 08:43 AM

Re: HLS not playing through pkg

Thank you for the suggestions.

The fix was deleting the file from the project, and importing it again to package. 
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