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To understand the significance of the HLS player, one must first understand the shift in how video is delivered. In the early days of the internet, video was delivered via progressive downloading, meaning a user had to download an entire video file to watch it, or struggle with the vagaries of Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) streaming which required specialized servers. HLS, developed by Apple in 2009, introduced a concept called "adaptive bitrate streaming." The HLS player is the client-side software responsible for deciphering this technology. Instead of playing a single, massive video file, the player breaks the stream into tiny, manageable chunks (usually a few seconds long).

Standard HLS often has high latency (30+ seconds). This paper would explore the implementation of Apple's Low-Latency HLS Proposed Title: