[foms] Proposal: adaptive streaming using open codecs

[Chris Pearce]

On 13/11/2010 7:29 a.m., Frank Galligan wrote:
>
> With the proposal API below we are implying that to do 
> client adaptive streaming, the content creator must use interleaved 
> chunks, which I think we talked about before and the consensus was not 
> the preferred choice.
>

It was also my impression that breaking files into already interleaved 
chunks was not the preferred choice. I think the idea of defining an 
"append already interleaved chunk" API was a temporary measure to get a 
demo working sooner so that we can tests switching heuristics and the like.

> [...]
>
> 3. Chunks are virtual within files with separate files for all streams.
> [...]
> I think we should be leaning towards #3.

I agree.  This seems the most flexible, and least cumbersome. Long term 
I think we should aim for this.


Regards,
Chris P.