HLS playback with red5pro
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 1:00 pmI’ve been experimenting with https://www.red5.net/blog/what-is-transcoding/ as a streaming server to see if it can handle on-demand MPEG-TS / M2TS content for iOS devices. Streaming MP4 (H.264 + AAC) works fine, but on-demand MPEG-TS playback seems more limited unless it’s coming directly from a live encoder.
Since iOS supports H.264 with AAC in M2TS via HLS, I’m wondering if the best approach is to use FFmpeg to remux H.264 content from MKV or M2TS, transcode audio to AAC if needed, and then let https://www.red5.net/ handle HLS segmentation and delivery. Has anyone here used FFmpeg + Red5 Pro for on-demand HLS on iPad/iPhone? Do you remux ahead of time, or rely on server-side transcoding/segmentation?
Since iOS supports H.264 with AAC in M2TS via HLS, I’m wondering if the best approach is to use FFmpeg to remux H.264 content from MKV or M2TS, transcode audio to AAC if needed, and then let https://www.red5.net/ handle HLS segmentation and delivery. Has anyone here used FFmpeg + Red5 Pro for on-demand HLS on iPad/iPhone? Do you remux ahead of time, or rely on server-side transcoding/segmentation?