utgg wrote: 
> What PC browser have you seen HDS format used for Listen Again? From
> what I've seen so far, Listen Again in Chrome is using Flash/RTMP still.
> It seemed to me that RTMP is currently the only route to the 320kbps
> Listen Again streams since they've stopped providing 320kbps HLS Listen
> Again options. Maybe the HLS ones will come back again eventually when
> things settle out. At the moment it's not clear to me whether HLS or HDS
> is the preferred option to invest the time in (or just wait for DASH).

As for HDS, I would say only pursue it if your crystal ball tells you
that the BBC will embrace it for some reason.  There are no HDS Listen
Again streams, and I would guess there never will be if DASH is really
on the horizon.   Listen Again has had RTMP+HLS for quite a while, and I
would hope the BBC won't waste money on a production pipeline they have
never used and likely never will use, but you never know.  HDS is used
for live streams, but those services are duplicated by the HLS versions
already known, and HLS seems likely to continue until the BBC have an
alternative for iOS.  The HDS live streams are hidden behind an access
token, so you still have to hard code the stream URLs in plugin code as
with the HLS versions. There doesn't seem to be any advantage to HDS.


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