[vlc-devel] [PATCH 1/2] demux/mp4: Add fragmented MP4 support

[Robert Forsman]

On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 05:38:54 -0400
Frédéric Yhuel <fyhuel at viotech.net> wrote:

> It works well with Smooth Streaming, but for MPEG-DASH, I need to find a
> way to detect properly a DASH stream, and also DASH module needs a
> slight modification. However, cheating a little, I've been able to play
> a DASH stream succesfully.

Well, if the file begins with <?xml .... <MPD  it's probably a DASH MPD.

If the mime type is application/dash+xml , it's probably a DASH MPD.

  Although I don't know if this is your exact recognition problem.