These didn't post to dev-media or dev-tech-network yesterday, so I'm including 
some folks directly, and trying a resend to the mailing lists.

On May 17, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Steve Workman wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Cross posting to dev-media and dev-tech-network.  I've uploaded new patches 
> to Bug 734546 with the following comment:
> 
> Patches for non-adaptive, DASH/WebM On Demand Demo Build:
> -- Please patch and build the complete diff or run try builds 
> (https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/try-builds/[email protected]/)
>  and point your browser to 
> http://people.mozilla.com/~sworkman/Elephants_Dream.html
> Notes: 
> 1)  I've tested this on Mac, Android and Windows - let me know if your system 
> doesn't work.
> 2)  please add/set media.dash.enabled=true in your prefs.
> 
> 
> What's working:
> -- Current patches parse MPD according to WebM On Demand profile, pick a 
> video and audio stream and mix them to a single decoder to play them 
> non-adaptively
> -- Seeking
> -- Refreshing the page without issue
> 
> What's not working/not right:
> -- no adaption/stream switching yet; initial work done on this, but not 
> reflected in this code
> -- Seeking far enough from the current offset adds a buffering icon on the 
> video, which does not go away
> -- some URLs are leaking in the MPD files
> -- stats are not correct - some data only pertains to the video stream, not 
> both - to be examined/fixed.
> 
> Patches:
> 1)  Decoder files 
> *** Description of interaction in nsDASHDecoder.cpp at top of file. ***
> -- Muxes multiple resources through multiple readers to a single decoder and 
> state machine. Proxy classes distribute/aggregate calls as need be.
> -- Note: I said in an email earlier on dev-media that I was going to stick 
> with multiple decoders for now, but I quickly discovered that audio and video 
> do not sync easily like this. Hence the change to a single decoder and 
> multiple readers/resources :)
> -- includes minor changes to existing files.
> -- aiming for abstract - less work when adding DASH profiles/decoders later - 
> to be improved.
> -- used nsIByteBuffer in a hacky way to store the downloaded MPD data; to be 
> cleaned up.
> -- some #ifdef DASH_IGNORES are present. The ignored code is to be reviewed 
> for inclusion.
> 
> 2) WebMOnDemand, MPD files
> -- files to parse MPD into classes, and report MPD contents to 
> DASHMediaResource
> -- based on WebM On Demand profile: 
> http://wiki.webmproject.org/adaptive-streaming/webm-dash-specification
> 
> Other patches include changes to nsHTMLMediaElement and build files.
> 
> General Patch notes:
> -- Makefile/config note - I've hardcoded MOZ_DASH something similar to 
> MOZ_WEBM, but not to the extent of having a "--disable-dash" just yet.
> -- The complete patch file includes some Adaptation files from libdash (ITEC) 
> but these are not included in the build yet.
> 
> TODO:
> -- Stream switching and Adaptation
> -- rate limiting video
> -- Other decoder/DASH profile types
> 
> Although there's not a lot to see yet demo-wise, this is a milestone and I'd 
> appreciate any and all constructive feedback.
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve.

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