diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 0ae7af3..bd65730 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -2,20 +2,28 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 import uuid
 import shutil
+import time
+import signal
+import threading
 from pathlib import Path
 from flask import Flask, render_template, request, jsonify, send_from_directory
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config["UPLOAD_FOLDER"] = "/data/uploads"
 app.config["OUTPUT_FOLDER"] = "/data/output"
+app.config["LIVE_SPLIT_FOLDER"] = "/data/live-split"
 app.config["MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH"] = 10 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024  # 10GB
 
 os.makedirs(app.config["UPLOAD_FOLDER"], exist_ok=True)
 os.makedirs(app.config["OUTPUT_FOLDER"], exist_ok=True)
+os.makedirs(app.config["LIVE_SPLIT_FOLDER"], exist_ok=True)
 
-# Track job status in memory
+# Track job status in memory (file-based splits)
 jobs = {}
 
+# Track live-split sessions
+live_sessions = {}
+
 
 def get_video_info(filepath):
     """Get video resolution and duration using ffprobe."""
@@ -183,5 +191,261 @@ def cleanup(job_id):
     return jsonify({"status": "cleaned"})
 
 
+# ── Live-Split Session Management ──
+
+STALE_SESSION_TIMEOUT = 300  # 5 min after all processes die
+
+
+def start_live_split_session(stream_url, num_views, h_fov, v_fov, overlap, output_res):
+    """Spawn N FFmpeg processes, each reading RTMP and outputting HLS for one view."""
+    session_id = "ls-" + str(uuid.uuid4())[:8]
+    session_dir = os.path.join(app.config["LIVE_SPLIT_FOLDER"], session_id)
+
+    effective_fov = h_fov + overlap
+    step = 360.0 / num_views
+    views = []
+    processes = []
+
+    for i in range(num_views):
+        yaw = i * step
+        label = get_direction_label(yaw, num_views)
+        view_dir = os.path.join(session_dir, f"view_{i}")
+        os.makedirs(view_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+        vf = f"v360=equirect:flat:h_fov={effective_fov}:v_fov={v_fov}:yaw={yaw}"
+        if output_res:
+            vf += f",scale={output_res}"
+
+        cmd = [
+            "ffmpeg", "-re", "-i", stream_url,
+            "-vf", vf,
+            "-c:v", "libx264", "-preset", "veryfast", "-tune", "zerolatency",
+            "-g", "30", "-sc_threshold", "0",
+            "-c:a", "aac", "-b:a", "128k",
+            "-f", "hls", "-hls_time", "2", "-hls_list_size", "10",
+            "-hls_flags", "delete_segments+append_list",
+            os.path.join(view_dir, "stream.m3u8"),
+        ]
+
+        proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        processes.append(proc)
+
+        views.append({
+            "index": i,
+            "label": label,
+            "yaw": yaw,
+            "hls_path": f"view_{i}/stream.m3u8",
+        })
+
+    live_sessions[session_id] = {
+        "session_id": session_id,
+        "status": "running",
+        "started_at": time.time(),
+        "stream_url": stream_url,
+        "num_views": num_views,
+        "views": views,
+        "processes": processes,
+        "stopped_at": None,
+        "error": None,
+    }
+
+    return session_id
+
+
+def stop_live_session(session_id):
+    """SIGTERM all FFmpeg processes, wait, then SIGKILL survivors."""
+    session = live_sessions.get(session_id)
+    if not session:
+        return False
+
+    for proc in session["processes"]:
+        if proc.poll() is None:
+            try:
+                proc.send_signal(signal.SIGTERM)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+
+    # Wait up to 5s for graceful shutdown
+    deadline = time.time() + 5
+    for proc in session["processes"]:
+        remaining = max(0, deadline - time.time())
+        try:
+            proc.wait(timeout=remaining)
+        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+            try:
+                proc.kill()
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+
+    session["status"] = "stopped"
+    session["stopped_at"] = time.time()
+    return True
+
+
+def check_session_health(session_id):
+    """Check if FFmpeg processes are still alive."""
+    session = live_sessions.get(session_id)
+    if not session or session["status"] != "running":
+        return
+
+    all_dead = True
+    for proc in session["processes"]:
+        if proc.poll() is None:
+            all_dead = False
+
+    if all_dead:
+        # Try to read stderr from first dead process for error info
+        err_msg = ""
+        for proc in session["processes"]:
+            if proc.stderr:
+                try:
+                    stderr_bytes = proc.stderr.read()
+                    if stderr_bytes:
+                        err_msg = stderr_bytes.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")[-500:]
+                        break
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+        session["status"] = "error"
+        session["error"] = err_msg or "All FFmpeg processes exited unexpectedly"
+        session["stopped_at"] = time.time()
+
+
+def watchdog_loop():
+    """Background thread: check session health, clean stale dirs."""
+    while True:
+        time.sleep(30)
+        try:
+            for sid in list(live_sessions.keys()):
+                session = live_sessions.get(sid)
+                if not session:
+                    continue
+
+                if session["status"] == "running":
+                    check_session_health(sid)
+
+                # Clean up stale sessions (stopped/error for > 5 min)
+                if session["status"] in ("stopped", "error") and session.get("stopped_at"):
+                    if time.time() - session["stopped_at"] > STALE_SESSION_TIMEOUT:
+                        session_dir = os.path.join(app.config["LIVE_SPLIT_FOLDER"], sid)
+                        if os.path.exists(session_dir):
+                            shutil.rmtree(session_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+                        del live_sessions[sid]
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"[watchdog] error: {e}")
+
+
+# Start watchdog thread
+_watchdog = threading.Thread(target=watchdog_loop, daemon=True)
+_watchdog.start()
+
+
+# ── Live-Split API Endpoints ──
+
+@app.route("/live-split", methods=["POST"])
+def live_split_start():
+    data = request.get_json()
+    if not data or not data.get("stream_url"):
+        return jsonify({"error": "stream_url required"}), 400
+
+    stream_url = data["stream_url"]
+    num_views = int(data.get("num_views", 4))
+    h_fov = float(data.get("h_fov", 360.0 / num_views))
+    v_fov = float(data.get("v_fov", 90))
+    overlap = float(data.get("overlap", 0))
+    output_res = data.get("output_res", "").strip()
+
+    try:
+        session_id = start_live_split_session(
+            stream_url, num_views, h_fov, v_fov, overlap, output_res
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        return jsonify({"error": str(e)}), 500
+
+    session = live_sessions[session_id]
+    hls_base = f"/live-split/hls/{session_id}"
+    return jsonify({
+        "session_id": session_id,
+        "status": session["status"],
+        "hls_base_url": hls_base,
+        "views": [
+            {
+                "index": v["index"],
+                "label": v["label"],
+                "yaw": v["yaw"],
+                "hls_url": f"{hls_base}/{v['hls_path']}",
+            }
+            for v in session["views"]
+        ],
+    })
+
+
+@app.route("/live-split/status/<session_id>")
+def live_split_status(session_id):
+    session = live_sessions.get(session_id)
+    if not session:
+        return jsonify({"error": "Session not found"}), 404
+
+    # Check health on each status call
+    if session["status"] == "running":
+        check_session_health(session_id)
+
+    uptime = time.time() - session["started_at"]
+    views_status = []
+    for i, v in enumerate(session["views"]):
+        proc = session["processes"][i]
+        views_status.append({
+            "index": v["index"],
+            "label": v["label"],
+            "yaw": v["yaw"],
+            "hls_url": f"/live-split/hls/{session_id}/{v['hls_path']}",
+            "alive": proc.poll() is None,
+        })
+
+    return jsonify({
+        "session_id": session_id,
+        "status": session["status"],
+        "uptime_seconds": round(uptime, 1),
+        "views": views_status,
+        "error": session.get("error"),
+    })
+
+
+@app.route("/live-split/stop/<session_id>", methods=["POST"])
+def live_split_stop(session_id):
+    session = live_sessions.get(session_id)
+    if not session:
+        return jsonify({"error": "Session not found"}), 404
+
+    if session["status"] == "running":
+        stop_live_session(session_id)
+
+    duration = (session.get("stopped_at") or time.time()) - session["started_at"]
+    return jsonify({
+        "session_id": session_id,
+        "status": "stopped",
+        "duration_seconds": round(duration, 1),
+    })
+
+
+@app.route("/live-split/hls/<session_id>/<path:subpath>")
+def live_split_hls(session_id, subpath):
+    session_dir = os.path.join(app.config["LIVE_SPLIT_FOLDER"], session_id)
+    if not os.path.isdir(session_dir):
+        return jsonify({"error": "Session not found"}), 404
+
+    # Determine content type
+    content_type = "application/vnd.apple.mpegurl"
+    if subpath.endswith(".ts"):
+        content_type = "video/mp2t"
+
+    response = send_from_directory(session_dir, subpath)
+    response.headers["Access-Control-Allow-Origin"] = "*"
+    response.headers["Access-Control-Allow-Methods"] = "GET, OPTIONS"
+    response.headers["Access-Control-Allow-Headers"] = "Range"
+    response.headers["Cache-Control"] = "no-cache, no-store"
+    response.headers["Content-Type"] = content_type
+    return response
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=5000, debug=False)