what is new in HLS
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What's New in HLS
Enhance Ad Experiences with HLS Interstitials
- Integrated Timeline API: A new AVFoundation API called Integrated Timeline introduces a data model for timing and sequence of playback of content within interstitials. This allows for building new UI experiences and seamless navigation in and out of interstitials.
- New HLS Syntax: There is new syntax for describing how an interstitial should behave in an integrated timeline.
- SharePlay Support: SharePlay support for interstitial assets can now be enabled by marking the interstitial as not variable in the API.
For more details, you can refer to the session Enhance ad experiences with HLS interstitials.
Discover Media Performance Metrics in AVFoundation
- Enhanced Metrics in iOS 18: For HLS streaming assets, iOS 18 enhances the available metrics, providing more data points. This includes events for fetching playlists, media segments, and content keys, which help in understanding and improving media playback performance.
For more details, you can refer to the session Discover media performance metrics in AVFoundation.
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Enhance ad experiences with HLS interstitials
Explore how HLS Interstitials can help you seamlessly insert advertisements into your HLS content. We’ll also show you how to use integrated timeline to tune your UI experience and build SharePlay for interstitials.
Discover media performance metrics in AVFoundation
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Use HDR for dynamic image experiences in your app
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