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Why hasn't HLS caught on more broadly? From what I know it's not licensed / patented by apple. Many Flash players implement it, and overall its a great way of d
by x0054 12y ago
Why hasn't HLS caught on more broadly? From what I know it's not licensed / patented by apple. Many Flash players implement it, and overall its a great way of delivering video over HTTP.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoIts encumbered by being an Apple standard (NIH). Adobe is pushing HDS, and Google is pushing an open standard called MPEG-DASH. They all do the same thing fundamentally; the only differences are slight technical details and who is in control of the standard.
- makomk 12y agoIt appears to have interoperability issues. The Apple livestreams certainly never seem to play reliably in non-Apple HLS clients.