= DASH everywhere

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name : DASH everywhere
project-owner_wiki : [[people:danimo]]
project-description : Bring DASH to the masses
project-member_wiki : [[people:danimo]]
project-status : running
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== Background

We experimented with MPEG [[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Adaptive_Streaming_over_HTTP|DASH]] playout during 33c3. It uses a different player software. Server-side configuration for nginx are in ansible, but not rolled out to e.g. live.ber.

== Format compatibility

* DASH: https://bitmovin.com/mpeg-dash-browser-support-device-compatibility/ (all but Windows, currently assumes h264 encoding until we have the libav patches in our ffmpeg encoders)
* HLS: Safari on iOS, OS X native, would work on any h264-capable browser (with js library)
* webm (vp8) icecast streaming (along with audio formats opus, m4a und mp3): This is currently used as the perferred method on Chrome and Firefox.