diff --git a/apps/sandbox/templates/live-hls-engine/index.html b/apps/sandbox/templates/live-hls-engine/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b65e0232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/sandbox/templates/live-hls-engine/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
+    <title>Live HLS Engine (SPF)</title>
+    <style>
+      * { box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0; margin: 0; }
+      body { padding: 16px; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; color: #e0e0e0; background: #1a1a1a; }
+      h1 { margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 15px; color: #fff; }
+      video { display: block; width: 100%; max-width: 900px; aspect-ratio: 16/9; background: #000; }
+      .state { display: grid; grid-template-columns: max-content 1fr; gap: 2px 16px; max-width: 900px; padding: 6px 8px; margin: 8px 0; background: #222; border-radius: 3px; }
+      .state-key { color: #777; }
+      .val { color: #6cf; }
+      .log { max-width: 900px; height: 360px; padding: 6px 8px; overflow-y: auto; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.6; background: #111; border-radius: 3px; }
+      .err { color: #f66; }
+    </style>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <h1>Live HLS Engine — <code>createLiveHlsEngine</code></h1>
+    <video id="video" controls muted playsinline></video>
+    <div class="state" id="state"></div>
+    <h2>Log</h2>
+    <div class="log" id="log"></div>
+    <script type="module" src="./main.ts"></script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/apps/sandbox/templates/live-hls-engine/main.ts b/apps/sandbox/templates/live-hls-engine/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c9f4fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/sandbox/templates/live-hls-engine/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/**
+ * Bare harness for the experimental SPF live HLS engine — wires
+ * `createLiveHlsEngine` to a raw <video> (no player/skin) and logs playback
+ * state, to validate live CMAF/LL-HLS playback end-to-end.
+ */
+import { createLiveHlsEngine, type LiveHlsEngineSignals } from '@videojs/spf/live-hls';
+
+const SRC = 'https://stream.mux.com/1DRguGQyA2K2TIelbV7rU7uePlZXHyYWR1LEMC8iTC4.m3u8';
+
+const video = document.getElementById('video') as HTMLVideoElement;
+const logEl = document.getElementById('log')!;
+const stateEl = document.getElementById('state')!;
+
+const log = (msg: string, cls = '') => {
+  const line = document.createElement('div');
+  if (cls) line.className = cls;
+  line.textContent = `${new Date().toISOString().slice(11, 23)}  ${msg}`;
+  logEl.prepend(line);
+};
+
+const buffered = () =>
+  video.buffered.length
+    ? `${video.buffered.start(0).toFixed(2)}–${video.buffered.end(video.buffered.length - 1).toFixed(2)}`
+    : 'none';
+
+function renderState() {
+  const rows: [string, string][] = [
+    ['paused', String(video.paused)],
+    ['currentTime', video.currentTime.toFixed(2)],
+    ['readyState', String(video.readyState)],
+    ['buffered', buffered()],
+    ['duration', String(video.duration)],
+    ['error', video.error ? `${video.error.code}` : 'none'],
+  ];
+  stateEl.innerHTML = rows.map(([k, v]) => `<div class="state-key">${k}</div><div class="val">${v}</div>`).join('');
+}
+setInterval(renderState, 500);
+
+for (const ev of ['loadedmetadata', 'durationchange', 'canplay', 'playing', 'waiting', 'stalled', 'seeked', 'ended']) {
+  video.addEventListener(ev, () =>
+    log(`${ev}  t=${video.currentTime.toFixed(2)} buffered=${buffered()} ready=${video.readyState}`)
+  );
+}
+video.addEventListener('error', () => log(`video error: ${video.error?.code}`, 'err'));
+
+let signals: LiveHlsEngineSignals | undefined;
+const engine = createLiveHlsEngine({
+  onSignalsReady: (refs) => {
+    signals = refs;
+  },
+});
+if (!signals) throw new Error('live engine signals not ready');
+
+video.preload = 'auto';
+signals.context.mediaElement.set(video);
+signals.state.presentation.set({ url: SRC });
+log(`engine wired; presentation = ${SRC}`);
+
+video.play().then(
+  () => log('play() resolved'),
+  (e) => log(`play() rejected: ${e}`, 'err')
+);
+
+// Expose for ad-hoc debugging from the console / Playwright.
+Object.assign(window as unknown as Record<string, unknown>, { __live: { engine, signals, video } });
diff --git a/packages/spf/package.json b/packages/spf/package.json
index 90682bc5..8cef5a90 100644
--- a/packages/spf/package.json
+++ b/packages/spf/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
       "development": "./dist/dev/hls.js",
       "default": "./dist/default/hls.js"
     },
+    "./live-hls": {
+      "types": "./dist/dev/live-hls.d.ts",
+      "development": "./dist/dev/live-hls.js",
+      "default": "./dist/default/live-hls.js"
+    },
     "./background-video": {
       "types": "./dist/dev/background-video.d.ts",
       "development": "./dist/dev/background-video.js",
diff --git a/packages/spf/src/playback/engines/live-hls/engine.ts b/packages/spf/src/playback/engines/live-hls/engine.ts
index e8d94069..f10e1133 100644
--- a/packages/spf/src/playback/engines/live-hls/engine.ts
+++ b/packages/spf/src/playback/engines/live-hls/engine.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,12 @@ import { resolvePresentation } from '../../behaviors/resolve-presentation';
 import { setupFailoverMonitor } from '../../behaviors/setup-failover-monitor';
 import { syncPreload } from '../../behaviors/sync-preload';
 import { switchAudioTrack, switchVideoTrack } from '../../behaviors/track-switching';
-import type { SimpleHlsEngineConfig, SimpleHlsEngineContext, SimpleHlsEngineState } from '../hls/engine';
+import type {
+  SimpleHlsEngineConfig,
+  SimpleHlsEngineContext,
+  SimpleHlsEngineSignals,
+  SimpleHlsEngineState,
+} from '../hls/engine';
 
 /** Config for the live HLS engine: the VoD config plus live-only options. */
 export interface LiveHlsEngineConfig extends SimpleHlsEngineConfig {
@@ -44,6 +49,7 @@ export interface LiveHlsEngineConfig extends SimpleHlsEngineConfig {
 
 export type LiveHlsEngineState = SimpleHlsEngineState;
 export type LiveHlsEngineContext = SimpleHlsEngineContext;
+export type LiveHlsEngineSignals = SimpleHlsEngineSignals;
 
 const shareSignals = makeShareSignals<LiveHlsEngineState, LiveHlsEngineContext>([
   'userVideoTrackSelection',
diff --git a/packages/spf/src/playback/engines/live-hls/index.ts b/packages/spf/src/playback/engines/live-hls/index.ts
index cd8011cc..de3ddb3f 100644
--- a/packages/spf/src/playback/engines/live-hls/index.ts
+++ b/packages/spf/src/playback/engines/live-hls/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
-export type { LiveHlsEngineConfig, LiveHlsEngineContext, LiveHlsEngineState } from './engine';
+export type {
+  LiveHlsEngineConfig,
+  LiveHlsEngineContext,
+  LiveHlsEngineSignals,
+  LiveHlsEngineState,
+} from './engine';
 export { createLiveHlsEngine } from './engine';
diff --git a/packages/spf/tsdown.config.ts b/packages/spf/tsdown.config.ts
index 7cfa55b9..5f5b0963 100644
--- a/packages/spf/tsdown.config.ts
+++ b/packages/spf/tsdown.config.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const createConfig = (mode: PackageBuildMode): UserConfig => ({
     index: 'src/index.ts',
     dom: 'src/dom.ts',
     hls: 'src/playback/engines/hls/index.ts',
+    'live-hls': 'src/playback/engines/live-hls/index.ts',
     'background-video': 'src/playback/engines/background-video/index.ts',
   },
 });
