Author Archives: Christian Timmerer

I have rebased some old patches due to the fact that some of the patches from the “dataset patch-set” are already part of VLC. Furthermore I have added some more patches which will add a download thread and a buffer … Continue reading →

libdash is a library that simplifies DASH with the intention to make the usage of DASH streams as simple as the usage of a file. The library handles the whole HTTP connection setup, the xml parsing and the bandwidth adaptation … Continue reading →

The first patch “Patch 001: Parsing and management of the isoffmain profile” has been split into 17 patches and is now officially part of VLC and can be checked out through the git repo of vlc. The other ones are … Continue reading →

I have seen that somebody has changed the logic in the basiccm manager. I don’t think that it is a good idea to use the best representation when no information about the client bandwidth is available. This patch would correct … Continue reading →

A new set of patches is now available which make the plugin fully compatible with the dataset from our website and a part of the actual standard. A zip package with the patches could be found here. The profile used … Continue reading →

It could be that DASH is disabled in VLC due to the fact that it is currently in an experimental state. So if you want to make sure that is enabled, you should check the “Modules.am” file in the streamfilter … Continue reading →

This is the presentation from the ACM Multimedia 2011. One of the most asked questions at the poster session and even at the discussion after the presentation was if we have compared our solution to the solutions that have been … Continue reading →

The paper “A VLC Media Player Plugin enabling Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP” will be presented at the ACM Multimedia 2011 Open Source Competition in Scottsdale. Here you can find a preview of the poster that will be presented on … Continue reading →

Here we offer a subset out of our DASH Dataset which is fully compatible with our DASH VLC Plugin. These MPDs maintain the same resolution and are based on the CM profile shown on this website. Other MPDs of our … Continue reading →

For our dataset we developed a new content generation tool – on top of GPAC’s MP4Box – for DASH video on demand content called DASHEncoder. Current features and restrictions: Generation of video only, audio only or audio+video DASH content h.264 … Continue reading →