MPEG Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP vs. Apple HTTP Live Streaming vs. Microsoft Smooth Streaming vs Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming

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MPEG-DASH VS. APPLE HLS VS. MICROSOFT
SMOOTH STREAMING VS. ADOBE HDS

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BITMOVINADAPTIVE HTTP STREAMING
› Generate multiple quality versions on the server
› Chop these quality versions into segments
› Provide a manifest which describes the temporal relationships between the
segments
› Client requests the manifest first and based on the manifest information the
individual segments
Different Quality Levels
Bandwidth Changes
Selection of the
appropriate Quality Level

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» Apple HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)
» Microsoft Smooth Streaming (MSS)
» Adobe HTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS)
» MPEG Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH)
ADAPTIVE HTTP STREAMING TECHNOLOGIES

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BITMOVINADAPTIVE STREAMING FEATURE
COMPARISON

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