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Tag: Adaptive Bitrate

Microsoft Smooth Streaming

Microsoft Smooth Streaming is a technology developed by Microsoft for adaptive bitrate streaming of media content over HTTP.

Adaptive Bitrate

Adaptive Bitrate is a method of video streaming that adjusts video quality based on network conditions to improve video streaming over HTTP networks. This process involves encoding source content at multiple bit rates with the video player choosing the most appropriate to makes playback as smooth as possible for viewers

Manifest

A manifest refers to a text file that describes other files that can be fetched as part of Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR). A master manifest is a text file which describes a list of rendition manifests along with the resolution, bitrate, location (URL) and other details of each rendition. A rendition

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