HLS · MPEG-DASH · MP4 · WebM — one player, every browser
One player.
Every protocol.
Every region.
Polystream auto-detects the manifest, picks the right engine (hls.js, dash.js, or native), and streams adaptive video to every viewer — Safari to Chrome, Tokyo to São Paulo.
Latency
≤2s LL-HLS
Codecs
H.264 · H.265 · AV1
DRM-ready
Widevine · FairPlay
Edges
Mux · Akamai · CF
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Protocols, demystified
Polystream inspects the manifest extension and picks the optimal engine. Browsers without native support fall back to MSE.
HLS
.m3u8Apple's HTTP Live Streaming. Native on Safari/iOS, hls.js elsewhere. Best for live + LL-HLS.
MPEG-DASH
.mpdISO standard adaptive streaming. dash.js via MSE. Strong codec flexibility (AV1, HEVC).
Progressive
.mp4 / .webmSingle-file fallback. Always supported. Used when adaptive streaming is unavailable.
Global by default
Every test stream is served from a multi-region CDN. The same player ships the right bytes to every continent.
North America
120+ PoPs
Europe
90+ PoPs
Asia · Pacific
70+ PoPs
South America
30+ PoPs
Middle East
20+ PoPs
Africa
15+ PoPs
Oceania
10+ PoPs
Anycast Edge
<40ms RTT