<p>Dash will not playback on iOS safari. You can create an HLS manifest however and reuse the same dash assets and play that. </p>

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2017-03-11T06:01:07.690Z
as far as i know it should be able to play on ios 10+ @SlimSCSI
evan
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2017-03-11T06:02:25.880Z
The assets, yes, the manifest, no. You need an HLS (m3u8) manifest.
SlimSCSI
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2017-03-11T06:03:53.673Z
you mean I should create a m3u8 manifest with my dash segments? how can i do this? could you explain more?
evan
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2017-03-11T06:05:59.407Z
you can create a manifest with any text editor, and the specification is available on apples website, or the pantos document (google it)
SlimSCSI
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2017-03-10T17:21:55.273Z
2017-03-10T17:21:55.273Z
SlimSCSI
<p>I have created my dash videos with mp4box and ffmpeg. it plays fine on exo player and videoJS on android and all browsers, but it doesn't play on ios 10 safari. how can I make it playable on ios and safari?</p>

<p>here is a demo:</p>

<p><a href="http://79.175.133.185/static/videos/bighero/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://79.175.133.185/static/videos/bighero/index.html</a></p>

<ffmpeg><ios><mpeg-dash>
mpeg-dash playback on ios
evan
# mpeg-dash playback on ios

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-09)

I have created my dash videos with mp4box and ffmpeg. it plays fine on exo player and videoJS on android and all browsers, but it doesn't play on ios 10 safari. how can I make it playable on ios and safari?

here is a demo:

<http://79.175.133.185/static/videos/bighero/index.html>

**Tags:** ffmpeg, ios, mpeg-dash


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-03-10. Score: 3

Dash will not playback on iOS safari. You can create an HLS manifest however and reuse the same dash assets and play that.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: as far as i know it should be able to play on ios 10+ @username_1  
> **username_1**: The assets, yes, the manifest, no. You need an HLS (m3u8) manifest.  
> **username_0**: you mean I should create a m3u8 manifest with my dash segments? how can i do this? could you explain more?  
> **username_1**: you can create a manifest with any text editor, and the specification is available on apples website, or the pantos document (google it)  

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