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Introduction to HLS integration

Learn how to use the HLS integration

CaptionHub Live can produce a HLS manifest file with WebVTT captions. You can either integrate this into the HLS stream yourself or use a modified manifest file from CaptionHub.

 

Supported players

Any player that supports HLS should be able to display subtitles using this methods. The following is a list of players that have been tested with our HLS manifest:

  • Video.js
  • HLS.js
  • THEOplayer
  • Plyr
  • Bitmovin
  • Safari native
  • AVPlayer (macOS/iOS)
  • VLC player

Missing your player? Contact us to see if it’s compatible.

Known issues

  • Shakaplayer has an issue where the subtitles disapear for very a very short amount of time, creating a flashing effect.
 
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