Shaka Packager
Headless DASH and HLS packaging with Widevine CENC encryption, driven over SSH.
Shaka Packager is a fast, production-grade media packaging and DRM tool from the Shaka project, used across the streaming industry to prepare on-demand and live content for adaptive playback. This appliance installs the official static Linux x64 release binaries and gives you a ready-to-use packaging box you drive over SSH.
Key features
- Package mp4 and webm sources into MPEG-DASH and HLS for adaptive streaming
- CENC common encryption for Widevine, PlayReady, and raw keys
- Live and on-demand (VOD) segmenting, including fMP4 and TS outputs
- Ships the official, unmodified packager and mpd_generator binaries
- A small co-located landing page documents the command line and runs a first-boot version self-check, so you can confirm the box is healthy
- No web console and no credentials to manage: pure command-line workflow
Use cases
- Prepare DASH and HLS renditions and manifests for a player or CDN origin
- Apply Widevine or PlayReady DRM to protected catalogs
- Run packaging jobs in a PoP close to your encoders or object storage
Why run it on the NetActuate edge Running the packager in a PoP near your source media and origin shortens the path for large mezzanine and segment transfers and keeps your packaging pipeline on infrastructure you control.
Deployed from the NetActuate marketplace, the appliance boots with the binaries installed and the landing page serving on the instance IP. SSH in, point packager at your inputs, and write DASH or HLS output. A tiny sample MP4 ships on the box so you can run a demo packaging job immediately.
Frequently asked questions
How do I deploy Shaka Packager on NetActuate?
Use the Deploy on NetActuate button to talk to our team. We provision Shaka Packager on a NetActuate virtual machine in the point of presence you choose, close to your audience. Each deployment runs in the single location you select.
What does it cost to run Shaka Packager?
Shaka Packager is open-source software and free to run on the marketplace - you pay only for the NetActuate compute (virtual-machine size and location) it runs on, at standard rates. There are no usage-based software fees.
Where can Shaka Packager run?
Shaka Packager can be deployed in any of NetActuate's 45+ points of presence across every continent, so you can place ingest, transcode, delivery and caching close to your contributors and viewers.
Who supports Shaka Packager?
NetActuate operates and supports the underlying infrastructure - the virtual machine, network and edge platform. The application itself is supported by its upstream open-source project.
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