[Bug 17094] Define segment formats for MPEG2-TS

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17094

--- Comment #11 from Alex Giladi <alex.giladi@huawei.com> 2012-07-03 23:28:14 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #10)
> (In reply to comment #9)
> > (In reply to comment #8)
> > > (In reply to comment #7)
> > > > When you say "compatible with HLS" do you mean
> > > > (1) Any segments compatible with HLS will also be compatible with the
> > > > requirements here, or
> > > > (2) Segments compatible with the requirements here are also compatible with
> > > > HLS, or
> > > > (3) both of the above
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Ideally (3) if that is reasonable to do. If not then I'd prefer to fall back to
> > > (2) so that existing content could be slightly modified to work with existing
> > > clients and the Media Source Extensions.
> > (2), with (3) happening nearly always.
> > 
> > The difference is that HLS does not disallow "bad practices" that makes
> > switching problematic (e.g. starting a segment in the middle of a picture).
> 
> On indeed somewhere that does not have an I-Frame.
> 
> (2) is reasonable, but I think if we are not planning to *guarantee* (1) we
> should be clear about that, even if you think that in practice a lot of
> existing HLS content will work.
Agreed.

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