Hls-player Guide

Despite HLS being an industry standard, there is a significant historical hurdle:

An is a media player (software or library) specifically designed to handle the HTTP Live Streaming protocol, developed by Apple Inc. in 2009. While standard media players (like VLC or Windows Media Player) play local files (MP4, AVI, MKV), an HLS-Player is built to consume a special type of file called an M3U8 playlist . hls-player