MSE Update - Streaming Learning Center

11/20/14
MSE Update
John Luther
Vice President, Devices
Who is JW Player?
Founded:
2008
Employees:
80
Headquarters:
New York City
Products:
JW Player, JW
Ads,
JW Platform
Business model:
Freemium /
10
Billion
SaaS
Financing:
We’re the world’s most popular video player
Raised $5 $25
videos
watched
900
Million
unique
viewers
1
Million
unique
domains
in September 2014
million
Investors:
Greycroft,
Greenspring,
Cueball, E.ventures
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MSE: Industry Support
What are Media Source Extensions?
➔  W3C spec for APIs to create media stream
buffers in Javascript
➔  MSE is not only MPEG DASH
◆ 
Adaptive streaming is a major, but not only,
use case
➔  MSE can be used for many other things
◆ 
◆ 
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◆ 
Ad insertion
Time-shifting (DVR)
Nonlinear video editing
And more!
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MSE in web browsers
Latest production versions as of 11/1/2014
Browser
MSE
✓
Chrome
Internet Explorer
✓1
Firefox
✕2
Flash
✕
Safari
✓3
Opera
✓
1
Windows 8.1 +
be in Beta soon. See http://mxzl.la/1BDys3A
OS X Yosemite only
2 Might
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MSE in devices
Latest production versions as of 11/1/2014
Platform
MSE
Android
✓
Chromecast
✓
iOS
✕
Fire OS
✓
Opera
✓
Windows Phone
✓
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Codecs in browsers
Native support, latest shipping release as of 11/1/2014
H.264
HEVC
VP9
Chrome
✓
✕
✓
Firefox
✕
✕
✓
Flash
✓
✕1
✕
IE
✓
✕
✕
Opera
✕
✕
✓
Safari
✓
✕
✕
1 Support
in Primetime announced but not released yet
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Codecs in devices
Native support, latest shipping release as of 11/1/2014
H.264
HEVC
VP9
Android
✓
✓
✓
Chromecast
✓
✕
✕
FireOS
✓
✕
✕
iOS
✓
Opera
✕
✕
✓
Windows Phone
✓
✕
✕
1
✓
1
✕
iPhone 6 only, Facetime
MSE in production
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JW Player DASH Demo
http://www.jwplayer.com/labs/roadmap/mpeg-dash/
JW Labs HTML5 Report
jwplayer.com/html5
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Thank you
[email protected]
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