#3376: -hls_list_size 0 does not write playlist entries ------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: blacktrash | Type: defect Status: new | Priority: normal Component: ffmpeg | Version: git-master Keywords: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Reproduced by developer: 0 Analyzed by developer: 0 | ------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Summary of the bug: How to reproduce: {{{ $ ffmpeg -i testhls.mp4 -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb -c copy -map 0 -f hls -hls_list_size 0 testhls0.m3u8 ffmpeg version N-60230-gcfe282e Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers built on Jan 29 2014 14:17:03 with Apple LLVM version 5.0 (clang-500.2.79) (based on LLVM 3.3svn) configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree --disable-network --disable-ffserver --enable-shared --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-librtmp --extra-cflags=-I/sw/include --extra-libs=-L/sw/lib libavutil 52. 63.100 / 52. 63.100 libavcodec 55. 49.101 / 55. 49.101 libavformat 55. 28.101 / 55. 28.101 libavdevice 55. 7.100 / 55. 7.100 libavfilter 4. 1.101 / 4. 1.101 libswscale 2. 5.101 / 2. 5.101 libswresample 0. 17.104 / 0. 17.104 libpostproc 52. 3.100 / 52. 3.100 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'testhls.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41 encoder : Lavf55.28.101 Duration: 00:00:35.23, start: 0.229388, bitrate: 314 kb/s Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 320x240 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 282 kb/s, 15 fps, 15 tbr, 15360 tbn, 30 tbc (default) Metadata: handler_name : VideoHandler Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 22050 Hz, stereo, fltp, 32 kb/s (default) Metadata: handler_name : SoundHandler Output #0, hls, to 'testhls0.m3u8': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41 encoder : Lavf55.28.101 Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 320x240 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], q=2-31, 282 kb/s, 15 fps, 90k tbn, 15 tbc (default) Metadata: handler_name : VideoHandler Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 22050 Hz, stereo, 32 kb/s (default) Metadata: handler_name : SoundHandler Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy) Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help [adts @ 0x7fb72883c000] Encoder did not produce proper pts, making some up. frame= 524 fps=0.0 q=-1.0 Lsize=N/A time=00:00:35.29 bitrate=N/A video:1203kB audio:138kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead -100.001603% $ cat testhls0.m3u8 #EXTM3U #EXT-X-VERSION:3 #EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:0 #EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:3 #EXT-X-ENDLIST }}} The segments are created, but the list is empty. However man ffmpeg- formats says: hls_list_size size Set the maximum number of playlist entries. If set to 0 the list file will contain all the segments. Default value is 5. Same behaviour with ffmpeg version N-60430-gc72f587. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/3376> FFmpeg <https://ffmpeg.org> FFmpeg issue tracker