# Libdash

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{{Infobox software
| name                       = libdash
| developer                  = [bitmovin](/source/bitmovin), ITEC Team
| released                   = {{Start date|2013|02|01}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|P348}}
| latest release date    = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}
| programming language       = [C++](/source/C%2B%2B)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bitmovin.net/files/bitmovin/content/documentation/libdash/3_0/index.html | title=Developer Documentation | access-date=2013-09-29 | archive-date=2015-02-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205064909/http://www.bitmovin.net/files/bitmovin/content/documentation/libdash/3_0/index.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| genre                      = [Multimedia framework](/source/Multimedia_framework)
| license                    = [GNU LGPL](/source/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License)
| repo                       = {{URL|github.com/bitmovin/libdash}}
}}

'''libdash''' is a computer [software](/source/software) [library](/source/Library_(computing)) which provides an object-oriented interface to the [Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP](/source/Dynamic_Adaptive_Streaming_over_HTTP) (DASH) standard. It is also the official reference implementation of the ISO/IEC MPEG-DASH standard,<ref name="MPEG">{{cite web | url=http://www.slideshare.net/christian.timmerer/mpegdash-conformance-and-reference-software | title=libdash official MPEG-DASH Reference Software | date=18 September 2013 }}</ref> and maintained by the Austrian company [bitmovin](/source/bitmovin). The libdash source code is [open source](/source/Open-source_software), published at GitHub,<ref name="github">{{cite web | url=https://github.com/bitmovin/libdash | title=libdash Source Code Repository | website=[GitHub](/source/GitHub) }}</ref> and licensed under the [GNU Lesser General Public License](/source/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License) 2.1+.<ref name="legal">{{cite web | url=http://www.bitmovin.net/libdash.html | title=libdash License and Legal Contact bitmovin GmbH | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003045823/http://www.bitmovin.net/libdash.html | archive-date=2013-10-03 }}</ref>

The project contains a [Qt](/source/Qt_(software))-based sample multimedia player that is based on ffmpeg which uses libdash for the playback of DASH streams.

== References ==
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== External links ==
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Category:Audio compression
Category:Video libraries
Category:Free video conversion software
Category:Free codecs
Category:Multimedia frameworks
Category:C++ libraries
Category:Cross-platform free software
Category:Free software programmed in C++
Category:Free computer libraries

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