HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)

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#1  Edited By sofakng

Does anybody know if Giant Bomb is planning to add support for HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) so we can stream videos directly over cellular on our iOS devices?

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The site already uses HLS on iOS and Android for VODs and live streams. They plan to implement HLS for desktop browsers as well.

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Oh, interesting... can we get access to the HLS URL using the API? (I'd like to stream it to the native iOS video player to enable picture-in-picture, etc)

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@sofakng: That would be nice, but I'm not sure if it will ever happen. It depends if you want it just for yourself or you want to make an app. In any case, @rick can say more about it.

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@szlifier: @sofakng: Sorry that's not available yet. Do not reverse engineer and use the m3u8 links we use. That does and will change and could very easily get your users IP banned for malicious access. Public access requires more work on our end. Its something we have to and will do but that's not going to be available until at the very earliest Q1 2017.