ffmpeg - generate hls videos from an input video

hls.sh

# how to generate hls outputs
#        from https://ottverse.com/hls-packaging-using-ffmpeg-live-vod/
#        had to make a slight adjustment for zsh by wrapping quotes around the -map params, as explained in https://stackoverflow.com/a/60290103/1927767

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 \
-filter_complex \
"[0:v]split=3[v1][v2][v3]; \
[v1]copy[v1out]; [v2]scale=w=960:h=540[v2out]; [v3]scale=w=480:h=270[v3out]" \
-map "[v1out]" -c:v:0 libx264 -x264-params "nal-hrd=cbr:force-cfr=1" -b:v:0 5M -maxrate:v:0 5M -minrate:v:0 5M -bufsize:v:0 10M -preset slow -g 48 -sc_threshold 0 -keyint_min 48 \
-map "[v2out]" -c:v:1 libx264 -x264-params "nal-hrd=cbr:force-cfr=1" -b:v:1 3M -maxrate:v:1 3M -minrate:v:1 3M -bufsize:v:1 3M -preset slow -g 48 -sc_threshold 0 -keyint_min 48 \
-map "[v3out]" -c:v:2 libx264 -x264-params "nal-hrd=cbr:force-cfr=1" -b:v:2 1M -maxrate:v:2 1M -minrate:v:2 1M -bufsize:v:2 1M -preset slow -g 48 -sc_threshold 0 -keyint_min 48 \
-map a:0 -c:a:0 aac -b:a:0 96k -ac 2 \
-map a:0 -c:a:1 aac -b:a:1 96k -ac 2 \
-map a:0 -c:a:2 aac -b:a:2 48k -ac 2 \
-f hls \
-hls_time 2 \
-hls_playlist_type vod \
-hls_flags independent_segments \
-hls_segment_type mpegts \
-hls_segment_filename stream_%v/data%02d.ts \
-master_pl_name master.m3u8 \
-var_stream_map "v:0,a:0 v:1,a:1 v:2,a:2" stream_%v.m3u8