[foms] Proposal: adaptive streaming using open codecs

[David R]

On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:43:23, Steve wrote: > I agree, even though that may make Vorbis a little less competitive (8 KB codec initialization).My company never switches audio streams except when playback as been interrupted (re-buffer or seek).  Thus, we only need carry the Vorbis initialization data in the stream header.  Of course this makes sense only with separate audio/video streams.>That means people should be able to create their stream, put them on *any* website and it will work. So those chuncks, in general, have to be in different files.
Any website that supports range requests can handle non-chunked files.  A requirement that a new adaptive streaming model work on *any* website is excessive.

> A crossfader will be necessary for audio to avoid any glitch when switching streams. That's (a little) more buffering needed.
Requiring clients to maintain multiple decode pipelines, splice video, and crossfade audio, is excessive and unnecessary complexity that few devices will be able to support.
David
 		 	   		  
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