DASH everywhere

Background

We experimented with MPEG 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.