[milesrout]

Why would they support a closed, proprietary format when there exist better, open ones?

[clouddrover]

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...

[icebraining]

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.

[dogecoinbase]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming#Server_imp...

[PhasmaFelis]

You didn't actually answer the question.