Here is a list of free HLS m3u8 test URLs for testing OTT HLS Video Players (including Big Buck Bunny, Sintel, Tears of Steel, and m3u8 URLs from Akamai, Dolby, Azure, Unified Streaming).
HLS m3u8 URLs
When you are working with HLS (either writing a packager, or writing an HLS-compliant player, or you just want to see how HLS works), it is always convenient to have a few sample HLS m3u8 URLs to test against – right? I always find myself googling for such URLs, so I have made a list of them right here for you!
- Tears of Steel m3u8
http://demo.unified-streaming.com/video/tears-of-steel/tears-of-steel.ism/.m3u8 - Big Buck Bunny VOD m3u8
https://multiplatform-f.akamaihd.net/i/multi/will/bunny/big_buck_bunny_,640x360_400,640x360_700,640x360_1000,950x540_1500,.f4v.csmil/master.m3u8 - Sintel VOD m3u8
https://multiplatform-f.akamaihd.net/i/multi/april11/sintel/sintel-hd_,512x288_450_b,640x360_700_b,768x432_1000_b,1024x576_1400_m,.mp4.csmil/master.m3u8 - Sample from Apple
http://devimages.apple.com/iphone/samples/bipbop/bipbopall.m3u8 - fMP4 m3u8
https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/img_bipbop_adv_example_fmp4/master.m3u8 - Live Akamai m3u8
https://cph-p2p-msl.akamaized.net/hls/live/2000341/test/master.m3u8 - Live Akamai m3u8
https://moctobpltc-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/571329/eight/playlist.m3u8 - Dolby VOD m3u8
http://d3rlna7iyyu8wu.cloudfront.net/skip_armstrong/skip_armstrong_stereo_subs.m3u8– this is served over HTTP, so it might result in media errors. To avoid this, reload your HLS player using HTTP (less secure, but, you can play back this stream!) - Dolby Multichannel m3u8
http://d3rlna7iyyu8wu.cloudfront.net/skip_armstrong/skip_armstrong_multichannel_subs.m3u8– this is served over HTTP, so it might result in media errors. To avoid this, reload your HLS player using HTTP (less secure, but, you can play back this stream!) - Dolby Multilanguage m3u8
http://d3rlna7iyyu8wu.cloudfront.net/skip_armstrong/skip_armstrong_multi_language_subs.m3u8– this is served over HTTP, so it might result in media errors. To avoid this, reload your HLS player using HTTP (less secure, but, you can play back this stream!) - Azure HLSv4 m3u8
http://amssamples.streaming.mediaservices.windows.net/91492735-c523-432b-ba01-faba6c2206a2/AzureMediaServicesPromo.ism/manifest(format=m3u8-aapl).. again, served over HTTP. - Azure HLSv4 m3u8
http://amssamples.streaming.mediaservices.windows.net/69fbaeba-8e92-4740-aedc-ce09ae945073/AzurePromo.ism/manifest(format=m3u8-aapl)served over HTTP. - Azure 4K HLSv4 m3u8
http://amssamples.streaming.mediaservices.windows.net/634cd01c-6822-4630-8444-8dd6279f94c6/CaminandesLlamaDrama4K.ism/manifest(format=m3u8-aapl)served over HTTP.
All credits go to the wonderful folks at Apple, Akamai, Unified Streaming, Dolby, Azure for creating and hosting these HLS m3u8 URLs.
If you have any more HLS m3u8 URLs that you can add to this list, please add it in the comments section, and I will add them to the list.
Also, if any of the streams are not working, let me know. Thanks!
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I’m Dr. Krishna Rao Vijayanagar, and I am the Founder and Editor of OTTVerse.com. I've spent several years working hands-on with Video Codecs (AVC, HEVC, MultiView Plus Depth), ABR streaming, and Video Analytics (QoE, Content & Audience, and Ad). I hope to use my experience and love for video streaming to bring you information and insights into the OTT universe. Please use the Contact Page to get in touch with me.
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