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implementations may request the metadata range at the end in this case, if the content length is known
by tomsonj 1y ago
implementations may request the metadata range at the end in this case, if the content length is known
- lxgr 1y agoFor "VOD", that works (and is how very simple <video> tag based players sometimes still do it), but for live streaming, it wouldn't – hence the need for fragmented MP4, MPEG-DASH, HLS etc. It does work for simpler codecs/containers though: Shoutcast/Icecast web radio streams are essentially just endless MP3 downloads, optionally with some non-MP3 metadata interspersed at known intervals.