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title: "Get an HLS CMAF playlist for a live stream. Returns a master playlist when `track` is omitted, or a single-track media playlist when `track` is supplied. The playlist references each segment + per-track init segment via getLiveSegment. Segments come from an in-memory sliding window fed as the stream is ingested (or replicated to this node), so a playlist is only available while the stream is live here."
method: GET
path: "/xrpc/place.stream.playback.getLivePlaylist"
tags: ["place.stream.playback"]
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# Get an HLS CMAF playlist for a live stream. Returns a master playlist when `track` is omitted, or a single-track media playlist when `track` is supplied. The playlist references each segment + per-track init segment via getLiveSegment. Segments come from an in-memory sliding window fed as the stream is ingested (or replicated to this node), so a playlist is only available while the stream is live here.

`GET /xrpc/place.stream.playback.getLivePlaylist`

## Query parameters

- `streamer` string, required — The streamer to play back: a DID (did:plc/did:web/did:key) or a Bluesky handle, which is resolved to its DID.
- `track` string — Track ID (stringified u32 matching the MUXL container) for a single-track media playlist. Omit for the master playlist.
- `sid` string — Opaque playback session identifier. Omit on the master playlist request; the server generates one and threads it through the sub-playlist + segment URLs it returns, for view-count correlation.

## Response `200`

Success

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request

## Changes

- **2026-05-26** `db7574d6e1c1` — 1 breaking, 1 warning
  - added the new required `query` request parameter `streamer`
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `did`
- **2026-05-26** `15b4f9a5be47` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-01-21** `b21cd7605630` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/streamplace/apis/generated-lexicon-api-schema/changes/xrpc/place.stream.playback.getLivePlaylist/get.md)

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