As announced Bokbasen is working on changes to its Audio distribution in 2017. The key changes are:
- Removal of 128kps format
- Conversion of all 48kps to 64kpbs
- Different types for secure inn-app usage and web-site downloads
The solution will be ready for testing over the summer, dates will be announced later. There will then be a parallell run phase for the remainder of the year allowing you to migrate your integrations.
Integration implications DDS
The changes in the integration are minimal, and from an API perspective the only difference is in the GET CONTENT end-point. There you will get some additional "type" attributes, one for each of the new format. The current ones will not change, but will be removed when support for 48/128 is phased out at end of year.
This will also be reflected in the OPDS-feed and HTTP 300 response of GET CONTENT so you can easily see the available combinations.
Detailed overview of the new available parameters will be added here when the details are ready.
Changes to HLS
HLS will also be migrated to 64 kps, and will no longer be backed by Wowza streaming engine. Instead HLS will be available through a global Content Delivery Network (CloudFront). Testing so far shows that this is giving us considerable lower latency than the current solution. HLS links for testing will be made available early (Q2), so that you can test the new links in your players.