As one of the major browsers, Firefox officially released its support for the MSE in version 42, which is now available to the public and can be downloaded at the Firefox website! This is another step towards replacing Flash and adaptive streaming in HTML5. But what is the so called MSE and why is it…
Having advanced features such as cropping (changing the size of the video) available with MPEG-DASH and HLS, through a unified API with API clients for different languages can be very handy Streaming has become more complex in the last few years, with modern technologies such as MPEG Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH) and Apple HTTP…
HLS Encryption Bitmovin supports HLS encryption with AES-128 and SAMPLE-AES now. Bitmovin already supports DRM for MPEG-DASH with Widevine Modular and Microsoft PlayReady. The next logical step was to support encryption for HLS with AES-128 and SAMPLE-AES as well. How to Encrypt your HLS Content The easiest way to encrypt your HLS content using AES-128 or SAMPLE-AES…
Apple HTTP Live Streaming (Apple HLS) is a widely used adaptive HTTP streaming protocol available as IETF Internet Draft. It is mainly targeted towards mobile devices based on iOS such as iPhone, iPad or AppleTV, as well as at OS X desktop computers. Apple’s Internet browser Safari also accepts HLS streams as the source of the HTML5 <Video> tag,…
All existing adaptive HTTP streaming technologies, such as the proprietary Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS), Apple HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), Microsoft Smooth Streaming (MSS), and the only international standardized solution MPEG Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH) follow nearly the same principle All existing adaptive HTTP streaming technologies, such as the proprietary Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS), Apple HTTP…
First of all, I am using the word “transcoding” in this article instead of “encoding”. You may have heard the term “encoding” used in this context, and for the purposes of this article, they are completely interchangeable. So when I talk about 4K transcoding, it’s basically the same as 4K encoding. When we start talking about…
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