[foms] Proposal: adaptive streaming using open codecs

Christopher Blizzard blizzard at mozilla.com
Tue Nov 2 14:26:07 PDT 2010


On 11/1/2010 5:55 PM, Andy Berkheimer wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Christopher Blizzard
> <blizzard at mozilla.com>  wrote:
>> On 10/29/2010 12:53 PM, David R wrote:
>>
>> Few devices have sufficient storage to allow buffering high-bitrate video to
>> compensate for a slow connection.  In addition, content owners often place
>> limits on the device buffer size.
>>
>> Is that defined anywhere or is it on a per-contract basis?
> In my experience it's contract dependent, so it's not specified off in
> some MPEG or SMPTE standard if that's what you're wondering?  Policy
> can vary a lot depending on what other technologies are involved in the
> delivery.
>

I was mostly wondering if there was an industry norm.

--Chris


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