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HLS video podcasting

Trying to summarize HLS video podcasting in the most concise way possible so more developers and podcasters adopt it.

Manton Reece
Sep 19, 20261 min read

This is a streamlined version of Justin Jackson's original page about HLS video and podcasts. This is all you need to know to create video podcasts that use open standards.

  1. Publish the audio version of your podcast.
  2. Publish the video version as HLS video streaming with a .m3u8 file.
  3. Add an element to your RSS feed that connects the audio to the video.
<podcast:alternateEnclosure type="application/x-mpegURL" 
	height="1080" 
	lang="en" 
	title="HD Video Stream" 
	rel="alternate">
	<podcast:source uri="manifest.m3u8" />
</podcast:alternateEnclosure>

That's it. Now compatible podcast players can switch between audio and video. I've also written a longer post specifically about Micro.blog.

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