What is the difference between HLS and MPEG-DASH?

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Necip Onur Uzun picture Necip Onur Uzun · Mar 28, 2013 · Viewed 54.7k times · Source

It seems both protocol does the same thing but is there a advantage of one over the other?

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NiRR picture NiRR · May 12, 2013

You should ask yourself what is important to you (encoding, encryption methods, standardization, etc.)

Jason Schneid wrote an excellent comparison: http://www.internetvideoarchive.com/IVA/news/2012/09/13/progressive-download-vs.-adaptive-bitrate-how-to-choose-the-format-right-for-you

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