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Definition: > "An open standard [1] is a standard that is publicly available and has various rights to use associated with it," Published standard: HTTP Live
by diroussel 13y ago
Definition:
> "An open standard [1] is a standard that is publicly available and has various rights to use associated with it,"
Published standard: HTTP Live Streaming at IETF [2]
See also: HTTP Live Streaming at apple.com [3]
The real question is why have none of the other browsers gone on to implement what is a very efficient streaming technology. And HTTP live streaming is very web-like, there's not really any new technology there. Instead Firefox and Chrome put effort into WebRTC, which seems like a lot more work. Although I do accept that WebRTC is orthogonal to HTTP Live streaming.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_standard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_standard
[2] https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-11 https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming...
[3] https://developer.apple.com/streaming/ https://developer.apple.com/streaming/
- philfreo 13y agoDidn't realize there was an actual standard being used here that simply wasn't supported by the other browsers.