I'm trying to set up a local ad server to test HLS live streams with interstitials. I'm not being able to make it work with hls.js v1.6.0-beta.1.

These are the steps I followed:

Setup Eyevinn/test-adserver:

git clone https://github.com/Eyevinn/test-adserver.git
cd test-adserver
npm install
Update the Port in the .env file to use 3333
```
HOST=localhost
PORT=3333
HOSTDOMAIN
```
npm start to run the server.

Follow Eyevinn/sgai-ad-proxy README to setup the proxy

Prerequisites:

ffmpeg
Python
Rust

Steps:

Download mp4 video For example: http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/Sintel.mp4 More videos at: https://gist.github.com/jsturgis/3b19447b304616f18657

Create a live stream Use the downloaded mp4 video.

# Use ffmpeg to create a simple HLS Live stream under the "test" directory
ffmpeg -y -re -stream_loop -1 -i Sintel.mp4 \
-preset slow -g 48 -sc_threshold 0 \
-map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 \
-s:v:0 640x360 -c:v:0 libx264 -b:v:0 365k \
-s:v:1 960x540 -c:v:1 libx264 -b:v:1 2000k  \
-c:a copy \
-var_stream_map "v:0,a:0 v:1,a:1" \
-master_pl_name master.m3u8 \
-f hls -hls_time 4 -hls_list_size 8 -hls_flags round_durations+program_date_time+delete_segments \
-hls_segment_filename "test/v%v/fileSequence%d.ts" test/v%v/media.m3u8

Download a interstitial sample Download an HLS content and paste it under the same folder as the HLS live stream (test/) and rename it to `interstitials.m3u8``
Serve the HLS live stream and interstitial.m3u8

# Serve the HLS Live stream using a simple http server *above* the "test" directory
cd test
python -m http.server 8001

# Now you can access the HLS stream at http://127.0.0.1:8001/test/master.m3u8

Run proxy

cargo run --bin ad_proxy 127.0.0.1 3333 http://localhost:8001/master.m3u8 \
"http://localhost:3333/api/v1/vast?dur=[template.duration]&uid=[template.sessionId]&ps=[template.pod]&min=5&max=5" \
--ad-insertion-mode static --interstitials-address http://localhost:8001

[!NOTE] Notice that I set --ad-insertion-mode and --interstitials-address options

Options:
  -a, --ad-insertion-mode <AD_INSERTION_MODE>
          Ad insertion mode to use:
          1) static  - add interstitial every 30 seconds (100 in total).
          2) dynamic - add interstitial when requested (Live Content only). [default: static] [possible values: static, dynamic]
  -i, --interstitials-address <INTERSTITALS_ADDRESS>
          Base URL for interstitials (protocol://ip:port)
          If not provided, the server will use 'localhost' and the 'listen port' as the base URL
          e.g., http://localhost:${LISTEN_PORT} [default: ]

If --add-insertion-mode is set to dynamic, a get request can be done to add interstitials with desired specifications as follows:

curl "http://127.0.0.1:3333/command?in=5&dur=30&pod=2"

Response:

{
  "status": "success",
  "command": {
    "index": 2,
    "in_sec": 5,
    "duration": 30,
    "pod_num": 2
  }
}

Resulting in a modified playlist:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:4
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:4417
#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2024-11-20T16:01:20.836-0300
#EXTINF:4,
fileSequence4417.ts
#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2024-11-20T16:01:24.836-0300
#EXTINF:4,
fileSequence4418.ts
#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2024-11-20T16:01:28.836-0300
#EXTINF:4,
fileSequence4419.ts
#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2024-11-20T16:01:32.836-0300
#EXTINF:4,
fileSequence4420.ts
#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2024-11-20T16:01:36.836-0300
#EXTINF:4,
fileSequence4421.ts
#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2024-11-20T16:01:40.836-0300
#EXTINF:4,
fileSequence4422.ts
#EXT-X-DATERANGE:ID="ad_slot2",CLASS="com.apple.hls.interstitial",START-DATE="2024-11-20T16:01:43.013-03:00",DURATION=30,CUSTOM-DROP-OFFSET=0,X-ASSET-LIST="http://localhost:8001/interstitials.m3u8?_HLS_interstitial_id=ad_slot2",X-RESTRICT="SKIP,JUMP",X-SNAP="IN,OUT"
#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2024-11-20T16:01:44.836-0300
#EXTINF:4,
fileSequence4423.ts
#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2024-11-20T16:01:48.836-0300
#EXTINF:4,
fileSequence4424.ts

Result

Currently, I'm getting the following error with hls.js player (v1.6.0-beta.1) when it identifies the interstitial.

Also, tried to use the couchdb endpoint to get the ads:

cargo run --bin ad_proxy 127.0.0.1 3333 http://localhost:8001/master.m3u8 \
"http://localhost:8080/api/v1/vast?dur=[template.duration]&uid=[template.sessionId]&ps=[template.pod]&min=5&max=5" \
--ad-insertion-mode dynamic --couchdb-endpoint https://eyevinn-sgai.apache-couchdb.auto.prod.osaas.io/

As a result, hls.js player instantiates another player, but it throws the following error:

montevideo-tech / vast-2-sgai

How can we test HLS live content with interstitials? #4

Setup Eyevinn/test-adserver:

Follow Eyevinn/sgai-ad-proxy README to setup the proxy

Result