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Apple Special Event October 2013 Live Stream

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Re: Apple Special Event October 2013 Live Stream

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Post by ScottWhigham »

coolnow wrote: post #2

Sorry if this is always brought up (i haven't seen an Apple stream since the iPhone 4 event), but we /still/ need Quicktime to stream this? What the hell?

When I view the page in FF24, it says "Live Streaming video requires Safari 4 or later on OS X v10.6 or later; Safari on iOS 4.2 or later."

I'm just as surprised that it "requires Safari" which is just ... silly.

Re: Apple Special Event October 2013 Live Stream

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Post by iMark »

ScottWhigham wrote: post #3
coolnow wrote: post #2

Sorry if this is always brought up (i haven't seen an Apple stream since the iPhone 4 event), but we /still/ need Quicktime to stream this? What the hell?

When I view the page in FF24, it says "Live Streaming video requires Safari 4 or later on OS X v10.6 or later; Safari on iOS 4.2 or later." I'm just as surprised that it "requires Safari" which is just ... silly.

The iPod didn't take off until the release of the Windows version. I wonder if that lesson has been lost.

Re: Apple Special Event October 2013 Live Stream

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Post by danpalmer »

coolnow wrote: post #2

Sorry if this is always brought up (i haven't seen an Apple stream since the iPhone 4 event), but we /still/ need Quicktime to stream this? What the hell?

I've just spent this morning setting up an Apple HTTP Live Stream to other platforms with a flash player. It's not too difficult to do, so I assume the reason for not doing it is Apple's unwillingness to use 3rd party technology.

In their defence, the technology is open, and the only reason Mozilla/Google etc aren't implementing support for HLS is that they are betting on their own technology instead of using HLS, which is currently far ahead.

Re: Apple Special Event October 2013 Live Stream

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Post by SEMW »

danpalmer wrote: post #6
coolnow wrote: post #2

Sorry if this is always brought up (i haven't seen an Apple stream since the iPhone 4 event), but we /still/ need Quicktime to stream this? What the hell?

I've just spent this morning setting up an Apple HTTP Live Stream to other platforms with a flash player. It's not too difficult to do, so I assume the reason for not doing it is Apple's unwillingness to use 3rd party technology. In their defence, the technology is open, and the only reason Mozilla/Google etc aren't implementing support for HLS is that they are betting on their own technology instead of using HLS, wh…

> In their defence, the technology is open, and the only reason Mozilla/Google etc aren't implementing support for HLS...

Android, for one example, does support http live streaming (since Honeycomb). Try it: Apple's own demonstration sample HLS stream[1] plays fine on Android. (I think VLC does too now, etc.)

Of course, Android users are still blocked from this event, the page won't show you the stream unless it detects you're using an Apple product, even if you could play it fine. This was a deliberate restriction by Apple, not a technical limitation.

[1] http://devimages.apple.com/iphone/samples/bipbop/gear1/prog_...

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