Supported Browsers and Platforms

Browsers and Connected TV

The CONNECT Player SDK for Browsers and Connected TV works across all browsers where EME/MSE is supported.

Browser	Operating system	Supported	Not supported
Microsoft Edge	Windows	DASH (EME/MSE)	HLS
Google Chrome	Windows/Mac	DASH (EME/MSE). HLS via PPAPI browser extension	Incognito mode
Mozilla Firefox	Windows/Mac	DASH (EME/MSE)	HLS
Apple Safari	Mac	HLS	DASH
LG TV	webOS	DASH (EME/MSE)	HLS
Samsung TV	Tizen	DASH (EME/MSE)	HLS

TV

Platform	Supported	Not supported
Android TV	DASH native SDK	HLS native SDK
Amazon Fire TV	DASH native SDK	HLS native SDK
Android-based STBs	DASH native SDK	HLS native SDK
Apple TV	HLS native SDK	DASH native SDK

Mobile devices

Platform	Operating system	Supported	Not supported
Android SDK 5	Android 5.x (Lollipop) onwards	DASH HLS
Apple (FPS) SDK 5	iOS Releases 11 onwards / tvOS Releases 12 onwards	HLS	DASH is not available due to Apple restrictions

Video and audio codecs

The table below shows the video and audio decoders supported by CONNECT Player on each platform.

	Android SDK 5	Apple SDK 5 for FPS	Browsers and Connected TV SDK 5
Video codec	H.264 H.265	H.264	H.264
Audio codec	AAC-LC HE-AAC	AAC-LC HE-AAC	AAC-LC HE-AAC
Audio/Video container	ISOBMFF/F-MP4 MPEG2-TS	ISOBMFF/F-MP4 (CMAF) MPEG2-TS	MPEG2-TS
Encryption	CENC AES128	AES-128 CBC SAMPLE-AES	CENC SAMPLE-AES