Why is QuickTime 7.6.9 or any other version for Windows OS is not supporting Apple's HTTP Live Streaming?? Any idea? What are the other player supported to play Apple's HLS? appreciate any help. Thanks!
HTTP Live Streaming-OTHER, Windows 7
VLC Media Player 3.0.0 can play HLS streams.
With alternate audio tracks too.
But it doesn't work with alternate subtitle tracks.
It can play HLS video tracks encoded with HEVC H265 too.
Apple Quicktime isn't yet ready for HEVC decoding.
Windows 10 has a new Web browser : Edge.
It can play HLS video streams with alternate audio and subtitle tracks.
But it doesn't support properly longtimed movies.
Hello, unfortunately I don't know any Windows software that supports Apple's HTTP-Live Streaming at the moment, but in the future VLC (Version 1.2) will support it.
Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git:
HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
A case in point is the June 6 Apple Special Event http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/11piubpwiqubf06/event/
When I tried to show to my son on Windows 7, Chrome or explorer, it looked like some arty graphics art project with the changed bits layering on the previous bits. I gave it an F. Safari on windows was the most tolerable rendering. Mind you the Mac sometime went into freeze frame mode. I fiddled with the slider to get it to flow again. So if this is related to the above - it is an apple bug vs. my PC problem.
I am really suprised that you were able to play it, because HTTP (Live) Streaming only seems to work on Safari (Mac), iOS and very painful in VLC with big gaps between the segments.
As I said, the new VLC Version 1.2 will fix this issue and maybe than Windows users will be able to enjoy HTTP (Live) Streams too.
Apple's HTTP Live Streaming on QuickTime 7.6.9 for Windows OS
