Wowza HTTP Live streaming San Jose vs Cupertino i.e Flash vs APPLE what exactly is the difference?

Question

http://www.wowza.com/forums/content.php?217#cupertinostreaming The only difference i can make out is that flash http streaming uses an xml manifest and apple http streaming uses playlist warper. I Am not sure if these are any different in concept. What exactly is the purpose of having two different ways of implementing the same concept?.

I can see from the documentation the flash http streaming needs a flash based player built using OSMF. What player is required for apple http streaming.?

Answer 1

The true answer for why support both is that flash only plays HDS (http dynamic streaming aka flash streaming aka sanjose streaming) and iOS / quicktime for OSX only support HLS (http live streaming).

A minor correction on the previous post is that Apple's Http Live Streaming was created first. Adobe went a different route because there is another key difference between the two. Apple's streaming is encapsulated in a mpeg2 transport protocol and Adobe's in an mpeg4 which they say is a lot more flexible.