@@ -408,6 +408,14 @@ Will produce the playlist, @file{out.m3u8}, and a single segment file,

 @item hls_flags delete_segments

 Segment files removed from the playlist are deleted after a period of time

 equal to the duration of the segment plus the duration of the playlist.

+

+@item hls_playlist_type event

+Emit @code{#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:EVENT} in the m3u8 header. Forces

+@option{hls_list_size} to 0; the playlist can only be appended to.

+

+@item hls_playlist_type vod

+Emit @code{#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:VOD} in the m3u8 header. Forces

+@option{hls_list_size} to 0; the playlist must not change.

 @end table

 @anchor{ico}

@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ typedef enum HLSFlags {

     HLS_OMIT_ENDLIST = (1 << 4),

 } HLSFlags;

+typedef enum {

+    PLAYLIST_TYPE_NONE,

+    PLAYLIST_TYPE_EVENT,

+    PLAYLIST_TYPE_VOD,

+    PLAYLIST_TYPE_NB,

+} PlaylistType;

+

 typedef struct HLSContext {

     const AVClass *class;  // Class for private options.

     unsigned number;

@@ -79,6 +86,7 @@ typedef struct HLSContext {

     int max_nb_segments;   // Set by a private option.

     int  wrap;             // Set by a private option.

     uint32_t flags;        // enum HLSFlags

+    uint32_t pl_type;      // enum PlaylistType

     char *segment_filename;

     int use_localtime;      ///< flag to expand filename with localtime

@@ -357,6 +365,10 @@ static int hls_append_segment(struct AVFormatContext *s, HLSContext *hls, double

     hls->last_segment = en;

+    // EVENT or VOD playlists imply sliding window cannot be used

+    if (hls->pl_type != PLAYLIST_TYPE_NONE)

+        hls->max_nb_segments = 0;

+

     if (hls->max_nb_segments && hls->nb_entries >= hls->max_nb_segments) {

         en = hls->segments;

         hls->segments = en->next;

@@ -432,6 +444,11 @@ static int hls_window(AVFormatContext *s, int last)

     }

     avio_printf(out, "#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:%d\n", target_duration);

     avio_printf(out, "#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:%"PRId64"\n", sequence);

+    if (hls->pl_type == PLAYLIST_TYPE_EVENT) {

+        avio_printf(out, "#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:EVENT\n");

+    } else if (hls->pl_type == PLAYLIST_TYPE_VOD) {

+        avio_printf(out, "#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:VOD\n");

+    }

     av_log(s, AV_LOG_VERBOSE, "EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:%"PRId64"\n",

            sequence);

@@ -908,6 +925,9 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {

     {"omit_endlist", "Do not append an endlist when ending stream", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = HLS_OMIT_ENDLIST }, 0, UINT_MAX,   E, "flags"},

     {"use_localtime", "set filename expansion with strftime at segment creation", OFFSET(use_localtime), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64 = 0 }, 0, 1, E },

     {"use_localtime_mkdir", "create last directory component in strftime-generated filename", OFFSET(use_localtime_mkdir), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64 = 0 }, 0, 1, E },

+    {"hls_playlist_type", "set the HLS playlist type", OFFSET(pl_type), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = PLAYLIST_TYPE_NONE }, 0, PLAYLIST_TYPE_NB-1, E, "pl_type" },

+    {"event", "EVENT playlist", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = PLAYLIST_TYPE_EVENT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, E, "pl_type" },

+    {"vod", "VOD playlist", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = PLAYLIST_TYPE_VOD }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, E, "pl_type" },

     {"method", "set the HTTP method", OFFSET(method), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = NULL},  0, 0,    E},

     { NULL },