Daniel Spiewak on Nostr: And as it turns out, this is exactly what Apple did. Though there are hints that ...
And as it turns out, this is exactly what Apple did. Though there are hints that midroll injections (*ahem* ads *ahem*) are coming in the future to an Apple TV near you. Specifically, Apple TV promos are *not* using HLS interstitials (even though they're now supported on all current Apple hardware). Instead, Apple uses an out of band bit of metadata at the front of the manifest to link out to an *additional* URL (probably service-backed) which likely returns an HLS fragment for a sub-player.
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