HTTP Live Streaming via AWS cloudfront

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eyeconect picture eyeconect · Jun 20, 2013 · Viewed 7.7k times · Source

Like to know if anyone been able to stream HLS video via AWS Cloudfront with Signed URL.

My experience so far is, it is not possible. AWS documentation is not clear. AWS Forum is silent.

I seem to be able to get the first file ( .m3u8 ) then it stops. Using JW player, which complains cannot get media file.

If answer is yes, please point me in the right direction.

Thanks.

Answer

protomouse picture protomouse · Jul 17, 2013

The scenario with unsigned URLs will most definitely work. I've successfully segmented video streams with ffmpeg onto S3 and served from CF. It's all HTTP after all.

If you wish to restrict access to your HLS content, your playlist file would need to include signed URLs as well. You would typically compute these as the playlist is requested, based on whatever credentials you wish to authenticate the user with. Thus, you need a server-side implementation that generates session-unique m3u8's for you in order for the signed-URL scheme to make sense.

Depending on your needs, another option would be to look into DRM. JW Player supports single/rotating key fragment decryption, which arguably tends to be a more complicated solution. You would then be left with the matter of securely distributing decryption keys to your clients.

I hope this somewhat addresses your concerns. If not, feel free to leave a comment.

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