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RTMPS playback

Example of sub 1s latency video playback using RTMPS and ffplay

Before you can play live video, you must first be actively streaming to a live input.

Copy the RTMPS playback key for your live input from the Stream Dashboard or the Stream API, and paste it into the URL below, replacing <RTMPS_PLAYBACK_KEY>:

RTMPS playback with ffplay
ffplay -analyzeduration 1 -fflags -nobuffer -sync ext 'rtmps://live.cloudflare.com:443/live/<RTMPS_PLAYBACK_KEY>'

For more, refer to Play live video in native apps with less than one second latency.