Guide

How to protect an authorized HLS origin with Live Relay

Connect an HTTPS .m3u8 origin you control, verify its health, and issue a controlled TransferSize playback link.

Working checklist0 / 5

Use this checklist here; the full reasoning stays below.

Guide01

The origin remains the source of truth

V1 passes HLS through without transcoding. Broken playlists, missing segments, unsupported codecs, or an overloaded origin will still affect playback.

Guide02

Authorization must persist

Signed URLs, headers, allowlists, and upstream rules need to remain valid for the relay’s fetch pattern. Test them before a live window.

Guide03

Plan failure handling

Maintain operator access to the origin, a communication channel for viewers, and a fallback appropriate to the event. A relay reduces some delivery friction but cannot eliminate upstream failure.

Edge cases

Before the handoff

Does Live Relay restream arbitrary websites?

No. It is for authorized HTTPS HLS origins.

Does it transcode to new bitrates?

No. V1 is passthrough.

Put the guide to work

Open the sender and follow the same sequence.

Start the transfer