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Nelson Tatius
Nelson Tatius

Reputation: 8053

Why is there is no specifications for file format (e.g. HLS or DASH) in Media Source Extension?

I'm trying to understand what does impose support of certain media file formats by different browsers.

Why there is no specifications for file format (e.g. HLS or DASH) in Media Source Extension? And if file format is not specified by MSE, then which standart specifies it? Is it up just to browser implementation?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 305

Answers (1)

aergistal
aergistal

Reputation: 31229

HLS and DASH are not file formats, they are adaptive streaming standards. They can use various containers and codecs.

For MSE there's a registry of byte stream formats here: https://www.w3.org/TR/mse-byte-stream-format-registry/

At the time of writing they are WebM, MP4, MPEG-2 TS and MPEG/AAC audio-only.

Upvotes: 2

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