How to create byte-range m3u8 playlist for HLS?

Question

Apple gives an example of support for byte-range segments in m3u8 files for HLS

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:11
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:0
#EXT-X-VERSION:4
#EXTINF         


        

Answer 1

Unified Streaming also offers a tool that can do this for you:

mp4split --package-hls output-single-file -o prog_index.m3u8 input.mp4

This is part of their commercial streaming package (they offer a free trial upon request). They also provide an Amazon AWS instance with hourly fees.