bpa wrote: > I used a trick - by getting the user to add a prefix protocol > designation to the HLS URL - (e.g. http://.. become xplay://http://...) > - that way it bypasses all LMS http processing - quick and dirty but > means no changes to LMS. The best solution would be to change LMS to > supprt HLS/HDS/DASH but that is a bigger task and needs someone with > time and I worry that nature of HLS (small fragemenbt of audio each > possibly with different bit rate characteristics) could cause problems > for old SB players. Ok, that makes sense, I think I understand now. I did not see where the xplay came from and did not realise that was the URL that would be entered. I might be able to hack something using this knowledge.
bpa wrote: > I don't believe the BBC has fully revealed their plans - HLS is Apple > proprietary and not well structured - it may not work well with large > number of BBC users. Why go with a format which can be tweaked/changed > by a vendor - BBC will then have to follow wherever Apple leads them. Yes, that is true, but unless Apple supports DASH, they are too big a market to disable HLS. Thanks for your replies. If I get time and get something working, I'll report back, but it would probably not be before the weekend either. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gasteropod's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64020 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
