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der_rod

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    Comment #43046592

    > They didn't modify anything other than the build, to exclude certain dependencies. To be clear here: They do modify it further than that by applying a number of patches. For exam…

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    Comment #41002124

    Unfortunately, some of the most popular/problematic software (default Windows video player and explorer) does not support `sidx` boxes.

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    Comment #41001351

    The mdat box does not have a defined structure, and the specification actually states that attempting to define a structure is almost certainly a mistake. In order to find the data…

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    Comment #41001338

    A hah, that sounds cool, looking forward to the writeup!

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    Comment #41001092

    > Having recently written my own fragmented-MP4 remuxing library, I felt this pain too, and my soon-to-be-published writeup has very similar things to say about the ISO's paywallin…

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    Comment #35812500

    > Also am I stupid for buying a switch instead of emulating it? No, while the emulation is pretty good, it's not perfect, and new titles won't always run out of the box. And things…

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    Comment #35329623

    > You just need to set up servers that are ready The "just" is doing a lot of work here. Extending existing RTMP infrastructure is obviously much easier than spinning up an entirel…

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    Comment #35329081

    1. Yes, it's an extension to the spec published by an organisation Adobe and Google are a part of. It extends the protocol in a backwards-compatible way. 2. SRT, in practice, is on…

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    Comment #35328751

    Doesn't support AV1.

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    Comment #35327611

    Well there just isn't "something better". Yet. MoQ (Media over QUIC) development is underway at the IETF - with involvement from Twitch/YouTube/Facebook/Cisco/etc. - but will proba…

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    Comment #31060329

    Why they chose that example I can only speculate, perhaps it was the first name they recognised and just used as an example because they were familiar with it? I just really didn't…

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    Comment #31059333

    You have to take the quote in context: > However, Germany ends up taking the prize for most Minecraft servers per capita, with a whopping four servers for every 10,000 people. This…