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Unfortunately Flash still fills a couple gaps in browser support: live video streaming and adaptive bit rate streaming (live or recorded). I posted a similar c
by sethd 11y ago
Unfortunately Flash still fills a couple gaps in browser support: live video streaming and adaptive bit rate streaming (live or recorded).
I posted a similar comment about it the other day: [0]
Personally I would like to see HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) [1] implemented in the all the browsers, it's a nice lightweight protocol and would be the path of least resistance since it's already used heavily in the mobile space.
[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9874338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9874338
[1] - https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming-16 https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pantos-http-live-streaming...
- nacs 11y agoAgreed. I was looking into this streaming/live video issue as well and there really is no cross platform method of doing this without having a Flash fallback. For everything else however (like pre-recorded video, games via WebGL), Flash should be phased out.
- sethd 11y agoEven for pre-recorded video you still need Flash if you want to implement adaptive bitrate streaming in order to provide multiple quality levels and have the client automatically switch between them rather than buffer.