Radiant Media Player supports MPEG-DASH streaming with Shaka Player to HTML5 video & audio. Our implementation relies on media source extensions (MSE). Where media source extensions support is not available (e.g. iOS, older Android) we fallback to native HLS to HTML5 video, provided the player has a valid HLS stream as an input setting.
See our compatibility table for a list of environments where MPEG-DASH streaming is supported with Radiant Media Player.
You must set up your streaming server to return proper CORS settings permitting GET requests for DASH streaming to Radiant Media Player to work as expected.
MPEG-DASH stream with HLS fallback:
<!-- Include Radiant Media Player - here we use the optimised build for Shaka player --> <script src="https://cdn.radiantmediatechs.com/rmp/5.10.2/js/rmp-shaka.min.js"></script> <!-- Player container element --> <div id="rmpPlayer"></div> <!-- Set up player configuration options --> <script> // Here we pass our MPEG-DASH streaming source var src = { dash: 'https://your-dash-url.mpd', // For older devices and iOS where MPEG-DASH is not supported, we provide a HLS (or MP4) fallback hls: 'https://your-hls-url.m3u8' }; var settings = { licenseKey: 'your-license-key', src: src, width: 640, height: 360, // Here we need to state that MPEG-DASH is preferred over HLS, when both are available on the device dashFirst: true, contentMetadata: { poster: [ 'https://your-poster-url.jpg' ] } }; var elementID = 'rmpPlayer'; var rmp = new RadiantMP(elementID); rmp.init(settings); </script>
dashFirst: Boolean
When used in conjonction with HLS this setting will tell the player to pick DASH (where supported) as a first choice over HLS (picking HLS as a first choice is the player default). DASH (where supported) is always picked first over MP4/WebM progressive download. Default: false.
shakaCapLevelToPlayerSize: Boolean
This setting limits bitrates usable in auto-quality depending on player size (width). Default: true. If set to true, potential rendition width will be compared with the actual player width and only the best match will be used as the maximum available bitrate, hence helping to preserve bandwidth usage while maintaining streaming quality. This setting is ignored in manual mode so all levels can be selected manually. For 360 video this setting is always set to false.
shakaPreferredAudioLanguage: String
The preferred language to use for audio tracks. If not given it will use the 'main' track. This must be specified as a language code (example: 'en', 'de' or 'pt-BR') and must match a DASH manifest value. See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5646 and http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/language_codes.htm for more information. Default: ''.
shakaSmallGapLimit: Number
The threshold (in seconds) for a gap to be considered small and jumped automatically. Default: 0.5. See here for more information.
shakaSwitchInterval: Number
The minimum amount of time that must pass between switches, in seconds. This keeps us from changing too often and annoying the user. Default: 8.
shakaJumpLargeGaps: Boolean
If true, automatically jump large gaps. Default: true. See here for more information.
shakaRestrictions: Object
An object describing application restrictions on what tracks can play. All restrictions must be fulfilled for a track to be playable. If a track does not meet the restrictions, it will not appear in the track list and it will not be played. More
information can be found
here. The setting is set as follows (replace
number with the targeted value).
shakaRestrictions: {
minWidth: number, // The minimum width of a video track, in pixels.
maxWidth: number, // The maximum width of a video track, in pixels.
minHeight: number, // The minimum height of a video track, in pixels.
maxHeight: number, // The maximum height of a video track, in pixels.
minPixels: number, // The minimum number of total pixels in a video track (i.e. width * height).
maxPixels: number, // The maximum number of total pixels in a video track (i.e. width * height).
minAudioBandwidth: number, // The minimum bandwidth of an audio track, in bit/sec.
maxAudioBandwidth: number, // The maximum bandwidth of an audio track, in bit/sec.
minVideoBandwidth: number, // The minimum bandwidth of a video track, in bit/sec.
maxVideoBandwidth: number // The maximum bandwidth of a video track, in bit/sec.
}
shakaRequestConfiguration: Object
This object allows the player to fine tune the way it request manifest, segment or DRM data. For manifest and segment this setting can be used to make requests with credentials. This will allow cookies in cross-site requests. See here for more information. Example:
shakaRequestConfiguration: {
manifest: {
credentials: true
},
segment: {
credentials: true
}
}
This setting is often used in conjunction with DRM-encrypted content. See our DASH DRM documentation page for more advanced use-case.
manualSwitchingMode: String
Select what mode for manual bitrate switching should be used by the player. Available values are 'instant', 'smooth', 'conservative'. Default: 'smooth' which provides an intermediary setting between 'instant' (immediate) and 'conservative' (slow) bitrate switching.
shakaStartAtSegmentBoundary: Boolean
If true, adjust the start time backwards so it is at the start of a segment. This affects both explicit start times and calculated start time for live streams. This can put us further from the live edge. Defaults to false.
For information on closed captions styling (FCC compliant) see this article.
shakaStreamingIgnoreTextStreamFailures: Boolean
If true, the player will ignore text stream failures and proceed to play other streams. Default: true.
shakaPreferredTextLanguage: String
The preferred language to use for text tracks. If a matching text track is found, and the selected audio and text tracks have different languages, the text track will be shown. Changing this during playback will not affect the current playback. Default: ''.
retryParameters: Object
This represents an Object to pass to the player to specify specific retry parameters when attempting to load DASH content with Shaka player. The following example shows the default player parameters:
retryParameters: {
manifest: {
timeout: 10000, // timeout in ms, after which we abort a request
maxTimeout: 64000, // maximum timeout in ms for all attempts before we fail
maxAttempts: 2, // the maximum number of requests before we fail
delay: 1000 // the base delay in ms between retries
},
levels: { // levels property only applies to HLS (when using hlsEngine: "shakaplayer")
timeout: 10000,
maxTimeout: 64000,
maxAttempts: 5,
delay: 1000
},
segment: {
timeout: 20000,
maxTimeout: 64000,
maxAttempts: 7,
delay: 1000
},
drm: {
timeout: 10000,
maxTimeout: 64000,
maxAttempts: 3,
delay: 1000
}
};
You may pass to the player any
parameter available with Shaka player using the
shakaCustomConfig setting:
shakaCustomConfig: Object
Allow passing a custom config object to Shaka Player. As such any Shaka Player internal setting can be tuned. Note that this may override any setting previously documented on this page. Default: {}. Example:
shakaCustomConfig: {
abr: {
bandwidthDowngradeTarget: 0.95,
bandwidthUpgradeTarget: 0.85,
enabled: true,
switchInterval: 8
}
};
MPEG-DASH is an adaptive bitrate streaming technology. Hence having a well-tuned ABR logic is important to insure a good user experience and reduce bandwidth cost. Radiant Media Player default ABR logic is tuned to work well in most common use-cases seen now-days. The following settings will let you tune the ABR/buffer logic to your environment. Only use those settings if you are trying to address a specific issue. Ill-configured ABR/buffer settings may also cause a deteriorated user experience. Those settings are only applicable when streaming MPEG-DASH through Shaka player in Radiant Media Player, they do not apply when using native HLS or HLS through hls.js (ABR/buffer settings for hls.js are available here).
shakaStreamingBufferBehind: Number
The maximum number of seconds of content that the player will keep in buffer behind the playhead when it appends a new media segment. The player will evict content to meet this limit. Default: 30.
shakaStreamingBufferingGoal: Number
The number of seconds of content that the player will attempt to buffer ahead of the playhead. This value must be greater than or equal to the shakaStreamingRebufferingGoal setting. Default: 20.
shakaStreamingRebufferingGoal: Number
The minimum number of seconds of content that the player must buffer before it can begin playback or can continue playback after it has entered into a buffering state. shakaStreamingRebufferingGoal should always be less than
shakaStreamingBufferingGoal. A DASH manifest's minBufferTime, if greater, overrides
shakaStreamingRebufferingGoal. Default: 2.
shakaSafeSeekOffset: Number
The amount of seconds that should be added when repositioning the playhead after falling out of the availability window or seek. This gives the player more time to buffer before falling outside again, but increases the forward jump in the stream skipping more content. This is helpful for lower bandwidth scenarios. Defaults to 5 if not provided.
shakaIgnoreMinBufferTime: Boolean
In Media Presentation Description (MPD), minBufferTime specifies a common duration used in the definition of the Representation data rate. This setting allows for ignoring the minBufferTime value in the manifest therefore letting the
shakaStreamingRebufferingGoal setting act as minBufferTime value. Default: false.
shakaStartLevel: Number
shakaBandwidthDowngradeTarget: Number
The largest fraction of the estimated bandwidth we should use. We should downgrade to avoid this. Default: 0.95.
shakaBandwidthUpgradeTarget: Number
The fraction of the estimated bandwidth which we should try to use when upgrading. Default: 0.75.
shakaManifestDefaultPresentationDelay: Number
A default presentationDelay if suggestedPresentationDelay is missing in the DASH manifest. Default: 0. In DASH, 0 means a default of 1.5 * minBufferTime. In HLS, 0 means a default of 3 * segment duration.