mpegts.js

HTML5 MPEG2-TS stream player written in TypeScript & JavaScript.

mpegts.js is optimized for low-latency live stream playback, such as DVB/ISDB television or surveillance cameras.

This project is based on flv.js.

Overview

mpegts.js works by transmuxing MPEG2-TS stream into ISO BMFF (Fragmented MP4) segments, followed by feeding mp4 segments into an HTML5 <video> element through Media Source Extensions API.

Demo

http://xqq.github.io/mpegts.js/demo/

demo with aribb24.js

Features

Playback for MPEG2-TS stream with H.264 + AAC codec transported in http(s) or WebSocket
Extremely low latency of less than 1 second in the best case
Playback for .m2ts file like BDAV/BDMV with 192 bytes TS packet, or 204 bytes TS packet
Support handling dynamic codec parameters change (e.g. video resolution change)
Support Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Edge (Old or Chromium) or any Chromium-based browsers
Support chasing latency automatically for internal buffer of HTMLMediaElement
Low CPU overhead and low memory usage (JS heap takes about 10MiB for each instance)
Support extracting PES private data (stream_type=0x06) like ARIB B24 subtitles (with aribb24.js)
Support Timed ID3 Metadata (stream_type=0x15) callback (TIMED_ID3_METADATA_ARRIVED)

CORS

If you use standalone video server for MPEG2-TS stream, Access-Control-Allow-Origin header must be configured correctly on video server for cross-origin resource fetching.

See cors.md for more details.

Installation

npm install --save mpegts.js

Build

npm install                 # install dev-dependences
npm install -g webpack-cli  # install build tool
npm run build               # packaged & minimized js will be emitted in dist folder

cnpm mirror is recommended if you are in Mainland China.

Getting Started

<script src="mpegts.js"></script>
<video id="videoElement"></video>
<script>
    if (mpegts.getFeatureList().mseLivePlayback) {
        var videoElement = document.getElementById('videoElement');
        var player = mpegts.createPlayer({
            type: 'mse',  // could also be mpegts, m2ts, flv
            isLive: true,
            url: 'http://example.com/live/livestream.ts'
        });
        player.attachMediaElement(videoElement);
        player.load();
        player.play();
    }
</script>

mpegts.js could be tested with Simple Realtime Server.

TODO

MPEG2-TS static file playback (seeking is not supported now)
H.265/HEVC video codec support (only Safari support HEVC for now)
MP3/AC3 audio codec support
AV1/OPUS codec over MPEG2-TS stream support (?)

Limitations

mpeg2video is not supported
HTTP MPEG2-TS live stream could not work on old browsers like IE11
mpegts.js is not usable on iOS caused by the banning of Media Source Extensions (available on iPadOS)

Features inherited from flv.js

FLV container with H.264 + AAC / MP3 codec playback
Multipart segmented video playback
HTTP FLV low latency live stream playback
FLV over WebSocket live stream playback
Compatible with Chrome, FireFox, Safari 10, IE11 and Edge
Extremely low overhead, and hardware accelerated by your browser!

FLV playback limitations

MP3 audio codec is currently not working on IE11 / Edge
HTTP FLV live stream is not currently working on all browsers, see livestream.md

FLV Multipart playback

You only have to provide a playlist for MediaDataSource. See multipart.md

Livestream playback

See livestream.md

API and Configuration

See api.md

Debug

npm install                 # install dev-dependences
npm install -g webpack-cli  # install build tool
npm run build:debug         # packaged & minimized js will be emitted in dist folder

Design

See design.md

License

Copyright (C) 2021 magicxqq. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

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