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Delivery
Adaptive streaming is the ability for a media player to adjust bitrate on the fly.
- More efficient use of bandwidth
- Lower latency allows for media to begin playing more quickly
- These benefits are also relevant for non-live streaming
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Protocols & Formats
http live streaming (hls)
- Created by Apple for iOS and Safari
- Can be decoded via JavaScript on non-native platforms
- Delivered to the browser packaged as multiple Transport Stream (.ts) or fmp4 files
Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH)
- Open ISO standard
- Supported in HTML5 and JavaScript by using Media Source Extensions
- Codec agnostic and interoperable between browsers
- Uses XHR to fetch and append "chunks" to the stream