Tag: HLS

Support for FLAC in ISO BMFF with MSE in StreamingServer application

Chrome platform supports FLAC encoding in ISO BMFF (fragmented MP4) media since version 62 (October 2017), however the support for FLAC (and Opus) overall did not become standard and comprehensive since then. I hooked up Microsoft FLAC Audio Encoder MFT into media streaming application to produce media and check browser compatibility. /audio.mp4?flac – produces FLAC…

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DRM-enabled streaming media playback bug with UWP MediaElement

Addition of another crazy thing into internal tooling uncovered new interesting bug. An application is creating audiovisual HLS (HTTP Live Streaming – adaptive streaming developed by Apple) stream on the fly now with Microsoft PlayReady DRM encryption attached. UWP samples offer a sample application for playback: PlayReady sample. The playback looks this: Oops, no video!…

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