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> Requirements: Live streaming uses Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) technology. HLS requires an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with Safari on iOS 7.0 or later, a
by splitbrain 9y ago
> Requirements: Live streaming uses Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) technology. HLS requires an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with Safari on iOS 7.0 or later, a Mac with Safari 6.0.5 or later on OS X v10.8.5 or later, or a PC with Microsoft Edge on Windows 10.
So this event is only intended for people who already are Apple customers? MS Edge as the only other way seems very weird.
How common is this HLS thing, what would be the more open alternative and what advantages do they believe HLS has over it?
- Osmium 9y agoThis question is asked literally every time there's an Apple event :) HTTP Live Streaming streams can be viewed with VLC. It's also a open standard[0] (though not yet a formal standard); it's not proprietary. [0] https://developer.apple.com/streaming/ https://developer.apple.com/streaming/
- parasubvert 9y agoHLS has been around a long time (8 years), and is pretty widely supported. There is an internet draft describing how the protocol works. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming