I'm doing a player for MPEG DASH and, after reading the ISO, I'm not sure how to know if the Live Streaming ended?
So far, I build the URL based on the BaseURLs with the (SegmentTemplate
+ Representation
) combination and, I can do the download of the segments from the SegmentTimeline
but, there is an easy attribute to check for:
Is not like I can download until it breaks. Isn't it?
There's a section in the DASH-IF Interoperability Points document:
5.2.9.5.3. End of live content
Live services can reach a point where no more content will be produced - existing content will be played back by clients and once they reach the end, playback will cease.
This document requires:
- When this occurs, services SHALL define a fixed duration for the last period, remove the MPD@minimumUpdatePeriod attribute and cease performing MPD updates to signal that no more content will be added to the MPD.
- The MPD@type MAY be changed to static at this point or later if the service is to be converted to a static MPD for on-demand viewing.
See also the discussion here.