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The book · Volume 3 of 7
Video Streaming: A Complete Guide to Video Delivery: From ABR and CDNs to Players, WebRTC, DRM, and the Economics of Streaming
This checklist collects the iOS Safari native-player behaviours that break streams in production, enough for a pre-release test pass. Volume 3 covers playback in detail: player stall recovery, ABR rung selection, subtitles, DRM including FairPlay, and QoE monitoring that catches device-specific failures. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
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