hlshd download speeds

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The timestamp of the dev version I am referring to is 14 Feb 2016 at 2305. 
The Perl includes this

# require ffmpeg for HLS
if ( $mode =~ /^(hls|hvf)/ && (! main::exists_in_path('ffmpeg')) ) {
    if ( $opt->{hlsffmpeg} ) {
        main::logger "\nWARNING: --hls-ffmpeg specified and required 
ffmpeg/avconv does not exist - cannot download HLS audio/video\n";
        return 'next';
    } else {
        my $ext = $mode =~ /^hlshigh/ && $prog->{type} eq 'radio' ? ".m4a" : 
".ts";

which suggests it is using ffmpeg to download HLS.