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If you want this functionality you can encode the video into chunks at multiple quality levels using video2hls[0] and host them anywhere you like[1]. [0]: http

by guu 6y ago

If you want this functionality you can encode the video into chunks at multiple quality levels using video2hls[0] and host them anywhere you like[1]. [0]: https://github.com/vincentbernat/video2hls https://github.com/vincentbernat/video2hls [1]: https://ryanparman.com/posts/2018/serving-bandwidth-friendly-video-with-hls/ https://ryanparman.com/posts/2018/serving-bandwidth-friendly...

guptaneil 6y ago
video2hls looks awesome, thanks for sharing that! I usually use AWS MediaConvert[0] to do the conversion for me, but nice to see an open-source tool to easily do the same. [0]: https://blog.metamorphium.com/2020/07/20/diy-video-streaming/ https://blog.metamorphium.com/2020/07/20/diy-video-streaming...
poxrud 6y ago
You can also use ffmpeg to do this, but figuring out the correct command line options is not easy.
news_to_me 6y ago
I used MPEG-DASH to build a netflix-party clone when the pandemic started, mostly following this tutorial: https://www.isrv.pw/html5-live-streaming-with-mpeg-dash https://www.isrv.pw/html5-live-streaming-with-mpeg-dash. It could easily be adapted to on-demand video streaming. My solution was pretty janky, but it's an interesting problem space to explore.
simlevesque 6y ago
HLS is half of the answer, that will only work of half of all devices. You need HLS + MPEG-DASH.
- joshmn 6y ago
  I can't think of a device that would support MPEG-DASH that wouldn't support HLS. What are some? HLS has been around for a decade. I think you're thinking of certain DRM mechanisms. HLS with FairPlay wouldn't work on an Android device running Chrome, just as iOS Safari doesn't support Widevine. But for most of us, we don't need DRM.
  - simlevesque 6y ago
    What? that's the opposite of the truth. Firefox, Chrome, Edge, IE, do not support HLS. https://caniuse.com/#feat=http-live-streaming https://caniuse.com/#feat=http-live-streaming
    - joshmn 6y ago
      Sorry, I didn't think we were talking about native support. I'm just so used to shipping something like videojs. In any event, nothing natively supports MPEG-DASH. https://caniuse.com/#feat=mpeg-dash https://caniuse.com/#feat=mpeg-dash Though there is a disclaimer "DASH can be used with a JavaScript library in browsers that doesn't support it natively as long as they support Media Source Extensions." the same is true for HLS, without the requirement of MSEs.
- guu 6y ago
  For browsers that do not support HLS you can use a JavaScript HLS client implementation[0] using Media Source Extensions[1]. [0]: https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/ https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/ [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Media_Source_Extensions_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Media_Sourc...
  - simlevesque 6y ago
    Isn't this super battery intensive?

by guu 6y ago

guptaneil 6y ago

video2hls looks awesome, thanks for sharing that! I usually use AWS MediaConvert[0] to do the conversion for me, but nice to see an open-source tool to easily do the same. [0]: https://blog.metamorphium.com/2020/07/20/diy-video-streaming/ https://blog.metamorphium.com/2020/07/20/diy-video-streaming...

poxrud 6y ago

You can also use ffmpeg to do this, but figuring out the correct command line options is not easy.

news_to_me 6y ago

I used MPEG-DASH to build a netflix-party clone when the pandemic started, mostly following this tutorial: https://www.isrv.pw/html5-live-streaming-with-mpeg-dash https://www.isrv.pw/html5-live-streaming-with-mpeg-dash. It could easily be adapted to on-demand video streaming. My solution was pretty janky, but it's an interesting problem space to explore.

simlevesque 6y ago

HLS is half of the answer, that will only work of half of all devices. You need HLS + MPEG-DASH.

joshmn 6y ago
I can't think of a device that would support MPEG-DASH that wouldn't support HLS. What are some? HLS has been around for a decade. I think you're thinking of certain DRM mechanisms. HLS with FairPlay wouldn't work on an Android device running Chrome, just as iOS Safari doesn't support Widevine. But for most of us, we don't need DRM.
- simlevesque 6y ago
  What? that's the opposite of the truth. Firefox, Chrome, Edge, IE, do not support HLS. https://caniuse.com/#feat=http-live-streaming https://caniuse.com/#feat=http-live-streaming
  - joshmn 6y ago
    Sorry, I didn't think we were talking about native support. I'm just so used to shipping something like videojs. In any event, nothing natively supports MPEG-DASH. https://caniuse.com/#feat=mpeg-dash https://caniuse.com/#feat=mpeg-dash Though there is a disclaimer "DASH can be used with a JavaScript library in browsers that doesn't support it natively as long as they support Media Source Extensions." the same is true for HLS, without the requirement of MSEs.
guu 6y ago
For browsers that do not support HLS you can use a JavaScript HLS client implementation[0] using Media Source Extensions[1]. [0]: https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/ https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/ [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Media_Source_Extensions_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Media_Sourc...
- simlevesque 6y ago
  Isn't this super battery intensive?