Live for content encryption, see DRM for full documentation, Packaging of VOD content without encryption. Shaka Packager supports HLS content packaging. Playlist containing the metadata for the various sub-streams which are At the start of the streaming session, HLS downloads an extended M3U Of data rates, allowing the streaming session to adapt to the available data
Of different alternate streams containing the same material encoded at a variety As the stream is played, the client may select from a number It resembles MPEG-DASH in that it works byīreaking the overall stream into a sequence of small HTTP-based file downloads,Įach download loading one short chunk of an overall potentially unbounded HTTP Live Streaming (also known as HLS) is an HTTP-based media streamingĬommunications protocol implemented by Apple Inc.