Video Streaming Techniques

Discussions focus on standard video streaming methods like HTTP streaming, HLS, DASH, adaptive bitrate, and CDNs, often questioning why novel frame-based approaches aren't replaced by these proven browser-compatible techniques for live or on-demand playback.

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e.g ONVIF AirPlay P2P DASH BEAM RT MPEG IETF RTSP streaming video stream bitrate live latency adaptive bandwidth protocol frames

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bawolff Sep 29, 2020 View on HN

Why not just stream a normal video stream?

baybal2 Jul 8, 2019 View on HN

Why can't you simply use plain HTTP streaming directly loaded by the browser with video tag?

rektide Apr 23, 2022 View on HN

why stream on demand if we have the bandwidth to just send the whole video in the first 100ms? this might actually save power; instead of back & forth back & forth with the service, we can transmitnthe whole thing & be done, the server can now go serve other people.

toohotatopic Jun 8, 2020 View on HN

Now do the same with video streaming ...

chimpburger May 17, 2019 View on HN

Streaming anything but frames defeats the purpose of a frame streaming service.

jgh May 5, 2016 View on HN

No they're probably just muxing the video stream to an MP4 or something on the server side while the broadcast is happening.

kibibu May 5, 2013 View on HN

The article suggests that this is for live streaming shows. Would a CDN based approach work in this use case?

MaxBarraclough Jun 10, 2019 View on HN

Video might mean adaptive bitrate I suppose.

PascLeRasc Feb 16, 2017 View on HN

Ok, good point on the streaming.

ing33k Jun 5, 2014 View on HN

Looks neat. I want to know if this consumes the same bandwidth required to stream a video ..