I have created a video serving service, in my application is use hls format for videos and for playing videos i use flowplayer.
the problem i faced is that in my m3u8 files, i have this url for first part of ts file.
http://****/videos/2017/9/39594b34-e06e-415b-a176-c6971fe28190/b7f1d54e-4543-4852-9fbe-75693c2bfe58-3600.ts
here is my html configuration for flowplayer
<div id="hlsjsvod">
and here is my javascript configuration for flowplayer
flowplayer("#hlsjsvod", {
splash: true,
aspectRatio: "16:9",
clip: {
// enable hlsjs in desktop Safari for manual quality selection
// CAVEAT: may cause decoding problems with some streams!
hlsjs: {
safari: true,
xhrSetup: function (xhr, url) {
url.replace("http","https")
}
},
sources: [
{
type: "application/x-mpegurl",
src: "http://****/videos/2017/8/a9b68f36-c229-47c9-850d-0af298692693/348b790b-0cc1-4817-b846-acef88f1067b-master.m3u8"
}
]
}
});
what is want to be able to do is change http for ts files to http;
as you can see in the code above i can change it through xhrsetup.
every thing is good until i want to access xhrsetup in ios , iphones. because iphone use native hls , it does not go through my xhrsetup code in ios, i want to be able to do this in ios too.
does any one have any solution ?
That's simply not possible.
Safari on macOS provides the MediaSource Extension (MSE) which players like hls.js or Bitmovin can use to play HLS using Javascript instead of the native HLS playback of Safari.
Safari on iOS does not provide the MSE. As a consequence, ever HLS player has to use Safari's native HLS playback, which simply doesn't provide ways to interfere with the requests.
You can not do it .
This option is not available.
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I am new in implementing bitrate streamable videos in react-js. I am trying to stream HLS videos using video-js in webview and HLS videos are working as expected in the web app but when i test it on webview the videos are not switching to low resolutions even when internet speed is very low. Videos are rather playing in higher resolution only. I am little confused on whether it is a videojs library issue or a Webview issue and how can i resolve it ?
i have tried using videojs-http-streaming attributes like this-
html5: {
vhs: {
overrideNative: true,
enableLowInitialPlaylist: true
},
nativeAudioTracks: false,
nativeVideoTracks: false
}
Videojs version - 7.17.0
Thanks in advance!!!
I am trying to stream hls on safari iOS with Aframe that has three.js under the hood. But the video shows a black screen with just the audio playing. The video src is of type .m3u8. I tried to read through a lot of related posts but none seem to have a proper solution. Is it some kind of a wishful thinking getting HLS & WebGL to play on iOS? If not, can some one please help me with a solution.
A couple of discussions on the issues that are available on github:
HLS m3u8 video streaming
HLS on Safari
To your question:
Is it some kind of a wishful thinking getting HLS & WebGL to play on iOS?
Yes, wishful thinking :-) The problem/issue/bug is with Apple, not any library. No matter what the JS library, A-Frame, Three, etc, this will always be an issue on any browser in iOS (all browsers on iOS are basically wrappers for Safari), and OSX Safari.
The issue is this (from my understanding):
At some point in the history of WebGL, there were restrictions on cross-origin content (videos, images, etc). I can't find a source for this, but I remember reading it somewhere, so this might not be 100% accurate.
Recently (a couple years ago? 2015?) all major browsers came to the conclusion that cross-origin media for use in WebGL was safe. Except Apple/Safari.
For most browsers, the crossorigin attribute on a <video> element could signal that this content came from another source. In Safari, for whatever reason, this attribute is ignored or not implemented. In fact, it looks like WebKit, which Safari is based on, fixed this as far back as 2015, but Apple still does not implement it. Even Apple refuses to comment on any progress.
Possible workarounds:
WebGL on Safari works with progressive (not a stream like HLS/Dash) .mp4 videos. Check out any 360 video on Facebook (website, not app) in iOS/Safari, and you'll note the source is an .mp4.
Use HLS (or Dash), but play the video flat, without WebGL. Check out any 360 video on YouTube (website, not app), and I think they are using HLS or Dash, but the point is they stream the video, whereas Facebook doesn't.
Here's a good starting point to the real issue: link.
Here's another detailed thread: link.
https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js#compatibility
Please note: iOS Safari "Mobile" does not support the MediaSource API.
Safari browsers have however built-in HLS support through the plain
video "tag" source URL. See the example above (Getting Started) to run
appropriate feature detection and choose between using Hls.js or
natively built-in HLS support.
When a platform has neither MediaSource nor native HLS support, you
will not be able to play HLS.
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hls.js#latest"></script>
<!-- Or if you want a more recent canary version -->
<!-- <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hls.js#canary"></script> -->
<video id="video"></video>
<script>
var video = document.getElementById('video');
if (Hls.isSupported()) {
var hls = new Hls();
hls.loadSource('https://video-dev.github.io/streams/x36xhzz/x36xhzz.m3u8');
hls.attachMedia(video);
hls.on(Hls.Events.MANIFEST_PARSED, function() {
video.play();
});
}
// hls.js is not supported on platforms that do not have Media Source Extensions (MSE) enabled.
// When the browser has built-in HLS support (check using `canPlayType`), we can provide an HLS manifest (i.e. .m3u8 URL) directly to the video element through the `src` property.
// This is using the built-in support of the plain video element, without using hls.js.
// Note: it would be more normal to wait on the 'canplay' event below however on Safari (where you are most likely to find built-in HLS support) the video.src URL must be on the user-driven
// white-list before a 'canplay' event will be emitted; the last video event that can be reliably listened-for when the URL is not on the white-list is 'loadedmetadata'.
else if (video.canPlayType('application/vnd.apple.mpegurl')) {
video.src = 'https://video-dev.github.io/streams/x36xhzz/x36xhzz.m3u8';
video.addEventListener('loadedmetadata', function() {
video.play();
});
}
</script>
I am trying to play mp4 videos in IOS devices. But i cant. Please guide me. I am new to programming.
Here is my code...
jwplayer('myElement').setup({
file: "http://url",
'width': '560',
'height': '240',
'file': '/music/audio.mp3',
'controlbar': 'bottom'
});
You're giving it two different files, one an image and the other an audio file. You're using an attribute, controlbar, that doesn't exist in JW Player 6. Here are the JW Player embedding guidelines - if you don't see something listed there, it doesn't exist, and you can't just make things up:
http://support.jwplayer.com/customer/portal/articles/1413113-configuration-options-reference
Now, for a simple example:
http://misterneutron.com/JW6video/
The "home" link on that page will take you to a collection of simple examples, which should help.
A properly-encoded MP4 will be playable virtually everywhere. The player will use HTML5 on all mobile devices (there's no Flash on a mobile) and on all current desktop browsers. Only IE8 and Firefox on WinXP will drop back to Flash, and WinXP is dead, at least in the eyes of MS.
Change:
'file': '/music/audio.mp3',
To:
'type': 'mp4',
Since your mp4 file does not have an mp4 extension.
I'm new to dealing with web services, as the majority of contract work I normally do is using local files, but my current contract requires streaming a remote video file. When I attempt to get the streaming URL through the REST API I am returned the following JSON payload:
{
"Video": {
"CdnUrl": {CDNURL},
"ImageFileName": {IMAGEFILENAME},
"OtherFileFormat": {FLVVIDEOFILENAME},
"VideoDescription": {DESCRIPTION},
"VideoFileName": {MP4FILENAME},
"VideoId": {INTEGER},
"VideoTitle": {TITLE}
}
}
I took out all of the values because they shouldn't be relevant. The problem is that I don't know how to access the video files with an RTMP URL. Is this possible on iOS, and if so, how?
The iOS SDK does not support the RTSP protocol.
This is custom RTMP Library for iPhone
It may help you
Brightcove Player iOS SDK
I am writing application to show youtube videos.
In WPF on windows 7 I use WebBrowser control and it works fine. But when I use WinRT WebView control to show swf file from youtube - it doesn't work. Only clear white screen.
I use approach like that : http://blog.tedd.no/2010/06/27/embedding-youtube-in-wpf-webbrowser-control/
What shall I do to have an oppotunity to show videos in Metro Style Application?
Thank you
try this one from the mytoolkit library: http://mytoolkit.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=YouTube
The default youtube video player (unless the user has opted into the HTML5 preview) is a Flash video control. Flash is not supported in the Windows Application Store ("Metro") shell version of IE, or in the WebView control.
But what you can do is request youtube to use the HTML5 video player (HTML5 video is supported by the App Store version of IE and WebView). For example, this video does play properly for me:
<WebView Source="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTl3U6aSd2w&html5=True" />
So you should be able to embed a video using a webview, you just have to force the webview to use the HTML5 viewer. This can also be done as a parameter to the embed URL: see Force HTML5 youtube video
However, this setting only says to prefer the HTML5 player. Youtube may still attempt to use the flash player on some videos, which will not work in all cases.
You can alternatively also play the video through "mediaelement" to play youtube video, though you'd have to parse the youtube video stream first. See my W8 app "RedditTV"