MSE stalling can cause buffering gaps and workaround proposed by an expert might work across browsers. We tested for gaps in Chrome and other browsers to see if the workaround works properly.MSE stalling can cause buffering gaps and workaround proposed by an expert might work across browsers. We tested for gaps in Chrome and other browsers to see if the workaround works properly.
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Google Chrome has become the top web browser, reaching 60% of the global market by 2023. Safari is the next biggest with 20%, while other browsers are small in comparison.Google Chrome has become the top web browser, reaching 60% of the global market by 2023. Safari is the next biggest with 20%, while other browsers are small in comparison.
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Summer’s here, but July could bring extra clouds for marketers. This month, Apple and Google are both expected to introduce new privacy changes when they debut new versions of their platforms. With iOS 17 — which expands to public beta in July before the official launch in September — Apple will start automatically removing link trackers from URLs sent via Message and Mail as well as from links in Safari Private Browsing. Meanwhile, Google is moving forward with its own privacy changes by rolling out new APIs to Chrome and kicking off an 18-month roadmap for Privacy Sandbox . By having Safari 17 block “known trackers and fingerprinting,” Apple will boost user privacy protections and make it more difficult to identify individual users. However, some marketers say removing URL parameters could make campaign analytics less reliable. Some of the “unintended impact” changes could include URL trackers related to ad measurement, embedded media, social widgets, fraud prevention, b…
Read MoreThe purpose of the PATCG meeting this week was to present ad tech privacy proposals, but also to get the W3C working group members focused on short-term, achievable goals, said Martin Thomson, Mozilla engineer and co-author of...
Read MoreUsing this technique we were able to create this simple PoC demo show-casing how HLS interstitials can look today in Safari. This means that the only thing we are limited by is our ability to read the HLS interstitials from the...
Read MoreA regression was introduced in the iOS & iPadOS 15 versions which has an impact upon playback of Fairplay protected streams in Safari. All video players (including Apple’s own playback support) which attempt to play an impacted Fairplay stream in browsers will receive an error.
Read MoreThe new player is already live on BBC Weather, BBC Food and BBC Motorsport for most browsers as it begins to incrementally roll out over the coming months – Safari and iPhones will be supported in due course. We are pleased to...
Read MoreRelated to SharePlay, the Media Session API is now available on Safari for all Apple devices. Note: you may need to use the Apple Developer macOS application to view certain videos.
Read MoreNote that because we are setting the attribute directly and not running any javascript this code will only work in browsers that support HLS natively (mobile and desktop Safari do this). There appears to be a bug in Mobile...
Read MoreMy takeI kinda agree with the prediction that latency will get below 5 seconds. But, I don’t think 2021 will be the year where most vendors offers LL-HLS and LL-DASH.
Read MoreTo some degree, we can compare a DASH MPD to a novel. A novel usually has multiple chapters (DASH periods) with exciting parts (high quality segments) and rather boring parts (low quality segments). Sometimes, we even skip some chapters (seek)….
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