12th FOKUS
Media Web Symposium

June 24–25, 2025 – Berlin
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Daniel Silhavy

Scientist and Project Manager

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Fraunhofer FOKUS

Daniel Silhavy is a scientist and project manager at the business unit Future Applications and Media (FAME) of the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS). He received his Master’s degree with the completion of his thesis “Ad Insertion in MPEG-DASH” at Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS) in 201. Daniel is the lead developer of the dash.js project and the development coordinator for the 5G-MAG Reference Tools.

His main area of expertise includes adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming focusing on MPEG-DASH, Digital Rights Management (DRM), 5G media streaming and video-encoding. Daniel is actively contributing to standardization work done in DASH-IF and CTA-WAVE. Moreover, Daniel is giving lectures at the Technical University of Berlin and is supervising Bachelor and Master theses.  As part of his work in dash.js and the 5G-MAG Reference Tools, Daniel has developed in-depth knowledge in the field of media streaming and related specifications (ISO,3GPP,DVB,DASH-IF) and technologies, C++ programming, as well as web-based technologies and APIs such as HTML, JavaScript, node.js,  MSE and EME.

Daniel has published various technical papers covering topics around ABR media delivery and streaming analytics.

Talks

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  • 13:30 - 14:30 | Session 1

    15:00 - 16:00 | Session 2

    16:30 - 18:00 | Session 3

  • 13:30 - 14:30 | Session 1

    15:00 - 16:00 | Session 2

    16:30 - 18:00 | Session 3

  • This tutorial is a comprehensive deep dive into the world of 5G Media technologies and standards, focusing on the 5G-MAG Reference Tools. The 5G-MAG Reference Tools are aiming to fill the gap between technical specifications for media services and applications and their implementation, conformance testing, validation and prototyping. As part of this tutorial, we dive deeper into the various software packages of the 5G-MAG Reference Tools, specifically addressing the following topics:

    • 5G Downlink Media Streaming
    • UE data collection, reporting and event exposure
    • 5G Broadcast: MBMS and LTE-based 5G Broadcast
    • Emergency Alerts over 5G Broadcast
    • 5G Multicast and Broadcast Services (5MBS)
    • XR Media integration in 5G
    • V3C Immersive Platform

     

    Daniel Silhavy

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    Scientist and Project Manager

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    Fraunhofer FOKUS

  • This tutorial will cover the latest advances in the context of internet delivered media, specifically adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming. For that reason, we dive into streaming formats and protocols such as MPEG-DASH, HLS and Media over QUIC (MoQ).  Latest features and standards like Content Steering and Common Media Client Data (CMCD) version 2 are discussed in detail. The practical part of this tutorial focuses on dash.js discussing the latest major version 5 release and features such as AdaptationSet Switching and native DRM key status handling.

    The following topics are addressed:

    • Streaming formats and protocols: MPEG-DASH, HLS, CENC, CMAF, HTTP/3, QUIC, Web Transport
    • Streaming optimizations: CMCD, CMSD, Content Steering, Media Presentation Insertion, L3D DASH
    • Standards update: SVTA, CTA-WAVE, C2PA
    • dash.js version 5.0.0: AdaptationSet Switching, DRM Key Status Handling, Integration of the Common Player Library, Flexible Insertion of URL Parameters, Common Access Token

     

    Stefan Pham

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    Senior Project Manager

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    Fraunhofer FOKUS

    Daniel Silhavy

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    Scientist and Project Manager

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    Fraunhofer FOKUS