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Comparing Adaptive HTTP Streaming Technologies

Could you use a little help identifying the differences between the three main adaptive streaming technologies and the pros and cons of each? We don’t think you’re alone. Adaptive streaming is rapidly becoming a dominant force in our industry, and with its quick adoption by video service providers, many people may be left feeling that they could use a few more details to round out their knowledge.

To help, we’ve put together an overview comparing Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), Microsoft’s Silverlight Smooth Streaming (MSS) and Adobe’s HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS). This paper includes an overview of adaptive HTTP streaming, discussing delivery architectures, highlighting its strengths and weaknesses, and discussing live and video-on-demand (VoD) delivery; it then delves into each technology, explaining how they work and highlighting how each is different from the others; finally, it looks at specific features and describes how they are implemented or deployed.

Other topics mentioned include: CDNs, DASH, encryption, DRM, packagers, stream latency, targeted ad insertion, transcoders and trick modes.

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