[vlc-devel] DASH access plugin

[Christopher Müller]

> 
> Hello Christopher,
> 
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 01:03:02PM +0100, Christopher Müller wrote :
> > During our research work we have developed a VLC Plugin that supports
> DASH
> > (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP). DASH is an international
> standard
> > that is currently under development by MPEG. A first public version
> of the
> > standard is available via MPEG:
> > http://mpeg.chiariglione.org/working_documents.htm#MPEG-B
> 
> Yep, we talked quite a bit about DASH at the W3C Web&TV workshop.
> 
> > Due to some requests on the MPEG-DASH mailing-list we (Christian
> Timmerer
> > and Christopher Mueller) made our DASH implementation as VLC plugin
> > available: http://www-itec.uni-klu.ac.at/dash/
> This is very welcome.
> 
> > The plugin and test content (ISO Base Media File Format segments and
> sample
> > MPDs) are located at this page. If you have any questions, please
> contact us
> > through this list or directly.
> 
> 
> > Please check the documentation (for caveats and obstructions) and, of
> > course, please feel free to extend and improve it (e.g., in terms of
> the
> > actual adaptation logic).
> 
> Do you mean this plugin for inclusion upstream?
Sorry but I do not exactly know what you mean with that?

> Do you want to create a lib at some point?
Currently we do not plan to build a own lib. What we will do next is to
implement new adaptation logics for further experiments.

Best Regards
Christoper Müller