HLS in Chrome

We've talked about using a video player to render adaptive profiles. Devices and browsers can render these adaptive formats natively, without a video player, by using extensions.

You request the URL below in Safari and natively stream HLS.

https://res.cloudinary.com/cloudinary-training/video/upload/sp_hd/whale.m3u8?_s=vp-1.3.4

If you want to be able to stream in Chrome for testing, you can install an extension.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/play-hls-m3u8/ckblfoghkjhaclegefojbgllenffajdc/related?hl=en