RFC 8216: HTTP Live Streaming
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document describes a protocol for transferring unbounded streams of multimedia data. It specifies the data format of the files and the actions to be taken by the server (sender) and the clients (receivers) of the streams. It describes version 7 of this protocol.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC8216
- Published
- August 2017
- Authors
- R. Pantos; W. May
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- INDEPENDENT
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 60
- Also known as
- —
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