Rocky, Pirates of the Caribbean, Die Hard and The Matrix: What do all these movies have in common? All of them are often cited for having a poorly received fifth edition. With dash.js we do it differently. Thanks to all of…

To find a suitable opener for this blog article, I truly fell down the rabbit hole. In my search on Google for the latest deepfakes over the past 24 hours, I came across 21 pages of search results. I got…

I’m not a parent myself but I was a teenager once. Looking back at that time it must have been quite annoying for my mom to deal with me. Not only did I always want to eat Schnitzel for dinner,…

Prologue Imagine this: You are coming home after a long day, ready to relax on your couch with a good book or an exciting movie. You are in front of your apartment, you have your key, but you can’t open…

In part 2 of our blogpost series, “Decoding Green Streaming” we discussed the analysis of streaming devices’ energy consumption. We focused on exploring how various factors such as content characteristics, stream parameters, and display settings can impact overall energy consumption…

In part 1 of this blog post series, we set the stage for our analysis on energy efficiency and energy saving potentials in streaming by introducing our Green Streaming Measurement Architecture that seamlessly integrates Energy Consumption Data and Streaming Metrics…

The Impact of Bitrate, Resolution, and Beyond In an era where streaming has evolved into an essential and omnipresent aspect of our everyday routines, the relevance of the ecological footprint of our multimedia entertainment is gaining prominence. Behind the scenes…

This blog post is an update to “Is this the end of ‘cenc’? An overview of DRM/Codec support in 2021”. If you still need to support Smart TV devices older than 2020 it is still not the end of ‘cenc’,…

Introduction When I thought about how to introduce this blog post, the first thing that popped to my mind was to start with a warning. Something like “this blog post will be technical and focus on details that are only…

Introduction Modern MSE and EME based media players such as dash.js can run on several platforms including Desktop Browsers, Smart TVs and Smartphones. While maintaining a single code base for the majority of the relevant platforms offers great advantages, it…