Media Source Extensions

One of the key features of a production grade video player is the ability to recover from critical errors. Talking about web-based video players there are a lot of potential errors that can cause the playback to fail. From our…

To some degree, we can compare a DASH MPD to a novel. A novel usually has multiple chapters (DASH periods) with exciting parts (high quality segments) and rather boring parts (low quality segments). Sometimes, we even skip some chapters (seek)….

As head developers of the dash.js project we are frequently facing situations in which we have to evaluate if the failure of a DASH stream is caused by an actual bug in the implementation of the dash.js player or by…

In times of Corona not only are big conventions shifting to online meetings but Fraunhofer FOKUS (and many other companies,) have transitioned their regular town hall meetings to virtual settings as well. In this blog post we will explain how…

HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) and Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH) are the two main formats used for adaptive streaming. While HLS is natively supported on most of its target platforms (iOS and MacOSX), external players are needed for MPEG-DASH….

HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) and Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH) are the two main formats used for adaptive streaming. While HLS is natively supported on most of its target platforms (iOS and MacOSX), external players are needed for MPEG-DASH….

HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) and Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH) are the two main formats for adaptive streaming. While HLS is natively supported on most of its target platforms (iOS and MacOSX), we need external players for MPEG-DASH. For…

HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) and Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH) are the two main formats for adaptive streaming. While HLS is natively supported on most of its target platforms, (iOS and MacOSX), MPEG-DASH requires external players. For browser-based environments,…