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Updated Candidate Recommendation of Media Source Extensions; Encrypted Media Extensions Draft Published

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Published:: 31 March 2015

The HTML Working Group invites implementation of the Candidate Recommendation of Media Source Extensions. This specification extends HTMLMediaElement to allow JavaScript to generate media streams for playback. Allowing JavaScript to generate streams facilitates a variety of use cases like adaptive streaming and time shifting live streams.

The group also published a Working Draft of Encrypted Media Extensions. This proposal extends HTMLMediaElement HTML5 providing APIs to control playback of protected content. Learn more about the HTML Activity.

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