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No HLS in podcasting because of its legacy but just-in-time building of audio files with some caching is plenty fast. Some folks who do this use old internet ra
by chrisrhoden 7y ago
No HLS in podcasting because of its legacy but just-in-time building of audio files with some caching is plenty fast. Some folks who do this use old internet radio streaming technology with the max buffer size set to infinity, but most of the time it's operating with plain old mp3s.
- 52-6F-62 7y agoFor sure? Not sure that HLS is bound to AAC (though that’s the standard) as it’s just the container format. Could be transmitted MP3 10s chunks split and added metadata encoded by the distributor. Either way if you’re right about the JIT and buffering it would be trivial to stitch some ad markers in at that point. But I’m sure independents/lower-volume shows at the very least operate like you’ve said. Makes sense.
- chrisrhoden 7y agoyes, for sure. lower volume shows mostly don't use DAI. the big ones use the systems I described. The podcasting standard does not allow for HLS enclosures. source: I have worked in podcasting for almost 10 years.
- 52-6F-62 7y agoWell thanks for the insight!