20899 2013-02-07 22:48:55 +0000 loosen media segment random access point constraint 2013-02-25 20:56:19 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG Media Source Extensions unspecified All All RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 mthornbu acolwell acolwell mike public-html-media public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 82720 0 mthornbu 2013-02-07 22:48:55 +0000 the current Media Source Extensions specification requires media segments to begin with a Random Access Point (RAP). some media formats, such as Apple's HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) require only that media segments contain a RAP, not necessarily begin with one. one possible use case for this is encoders/packagers creating media segments of exactly N seconds, where the segment boundary does not fall on a natural GOP boundary. the constraint that media segments must begin with a RAP should be loosened to require only that a media segment contain at least one RAP. 83674 1 acolwell 2013-02-25 20:21:51 +0000 Change committed https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-media/rev/668a1c82fb88 83676 2 acolwell 2013-02-25 20:56:19 +0000 (In reply to comment #1) > Change committed > https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-media/rev/668a1c82fb88 Media segments don't have to start with RAPs now. The splice happens at the first RAP, in each track, encountered in an append sequence.