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by huxley 3375 days ago
Neither Chrome or Firefox support HLS on the desktop despite providing support on mobile (since Android 3.0 I believe). They have categorically refused to add desktop support, if you have any complaints I would take it up with them.
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clouddrover 3375 days ago
> Neither Chrome or Firefox support HLS on the desktop

Both work well with JavaScript based implementations of HLS, such as VideoJS's HLS plugin:

http://videojs.github.io/videojs-contrib-hls/

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milesrout 3375 days ago
Why would they support a closed, proprietary format when there exist better, open ones?
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clouddrover 3375 days ago
What is a better one? A patent pool has formed around DASH and you need to buy a license to use it:

http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/MPEG-DASH/Pages/Intro.as...

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icebraining 3374 days ago
Use a plain file? It's not like that video is a real time feed anymore.

Otherwise, include a js player with HLS support for other browsers.

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dogecoinbase 3375 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming#Server_imp...
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PhasmaFelis 3375 days ago
You didn't actually answer the question.
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apenguin 3375 days ago
I can't find any reference for them supporting it on mobile, and it doesn't work in either on my phone (Android 7.0, for what it's worth). In fact, in Chrome it even fails to display the "not supported" message.

Besides that, I would rather complain that Apple is using an obscure format than complain that Mozilla and Google don't support an obscure format.

EDIT: sorry, it seems mobile Chrome is supposed to work, but it just... doesn't. Still don't see any reference for firefox, though.

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