Media Streaming

When you access the BBC’s Service Information document with a valid Client Identifier, you should see multiple IP stream bearers for each of the services.

This section of the documentation provides guidance on how to handle playback of those IP streams.

• IP Bearers Overview
  • Codecs and Bitrates
  • MPEG-DASH Bearers
  • HLS Bearers
  • HTTPS or HTTP?
  • International Restrictions
• MediaSelector
  • CDNs
  • Redirects
  • Caching
  • Error Handling
  • Alarm Clocks
• MPEG-DASH Playback
  • Multiple ‘adaptation sets’
  • Multiple BaseURL elements
  • Media Presentation Descriptor reloading
  • Live edge determination
  • HTTP Redirects
  • HTTP Keep-Alive
• HLS Playback