Run this script with a file argument to convert. Ex: convert.js myFile.avi

app.js

var ffmpeg = require('fluent-ffmpeg');

// convert to small streamable MP4
ffmpeg(process.argv[2], { timeout: 432000 }).addOptions([
    '-c:v libx264',
    '-pix_fmt yuv420p',
    '-movflags faststart'
  ]).output(process.argv[2] + '.mp4')

  .on('progress', function(progress) {
		console.log('Processing: ' + progress.percent + '% done' + '\r\n');
  })

  .on('end', function() {
    console.log('Finished converting');
  }).run()
  
  // convert to HLS (m3u8). Apple's favorite media format.
  ffmpeg(process.argv[2], { timeout: 432000 }).addOptions([
    '-profile:v baseline', // baseline profile (level 3.0) for H264 video codec
    '-level 3.0',
    '-start_number 0',     // start the first .ts segment at index 0
    '-hls_time 10',        // 10 second segment duration
    '-hls_list_size 0',    // Maxmimum number of playlist entries (0 means all entries/infinite)
    '-f hls'               // HLS format
  ]).output(process.argv[2] + '/index.m3u8')

  .on('progress', function(progress) {
		console.log('Processing: ' + progress.percent + '% done' + '\r\n');
  })

  .on('end', function() {
    console.log('Finished converting');
  }).run()

package.json

{
	"name": "hls",
	"version": "1.0.0",
	"main": "app.js",
	"scripts": {
		"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
		"start": "node app.js hls",
		"stop": "killall -SIGINT hls"
	},
	"engines": {
		"node": "4.6.0"
	},
	"author": "",
	"license": "ISC",
	"description": "",
	"dependencies": {
		"fluent-ffmpeg": "^1.7.0"
	}
}