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May 23, 2011
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FMS 4 HTTP dynamic streaming in HTML5 <video> Tag

  • May 23, 2011
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We recently purchased FMS4 and I'm in the midst of setting it up.  However, not that it's a HUGE deal, but....

I see conflicting answers in the forums about whether or not it is possible to stream media in the HTML5 <video> tag (going back to early 2010). 

Ideally, I'd like to stream (most of the time using flash), but for the specific browsers that support it, (chrome, ff, IE9, and select iOS devices) HTML5 video tags.

So, can FMS 4 do that?

<video id="something" controls="controls">

<source src="http://video.mydomain.com/vod/myMovie.mp4" type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"' />

<!--[if IE]>

<object>blah, blah, blah

<embed>blah blah blah</embed>

</object>

<![endif]-->

</video>

If so, how?  I gave it a shot using the above code (minus the "blah, blah, blah" ), and the video doesn't play - if all it is, is a syntax error, then please be so kind as to provide the correct syntax.

However, if it isn't possible unless you download something else, like the File Packager for HTTP Streaming or the Origin module for HTTP Dynamic Streaming... please direct me accordingly.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you kindly, in advance.

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    files... does that change your answer?

    (Keep in mind - I'm also not the best at describing what i want... sometimes my descriptions leave much to be desired.)


    No... for files you can serve progressive via apache.

    configuration guide is here:

    http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flashmediaserver/configadmin/WSE2A5A7B9-E118-496f-92F9-E295038DB7DB.html

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    May 23, 2011

    To the best of my knowlege, no.

    The browser would need to support the flash media manifest file format to be able to play and HTTP stream from FMS, and I don't think any of the browser vendors have implemented it. It would be more likely that Apple's spec is adopted (HLS uses a similar structure using mpeg-ts), but that's not implemented in anything other than safari at this point.

    you -could- use the bundled apache http server to serve progressive downloads to the <video> object in the browser, but it wouldn't be a stream coming from FMS.

    More info on flash media manifest file format here:

    http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=43581634

    webbyguyAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    May 23, 2011

    JayCharles wrote:

    you -could- use the bundled apache http server to serve progressive downloads to the <video> object in the browser, but it wouldn't be a stream coming from FMS.

    Ok, so talk to me about this process...  What's involved in that?

    Do you mean that it's simply using the URL of where the video is stored?

    (Bare with me, I'm kind of new to this whole streaming media thing.)

    May 23, 2011

    Wait... hold on here... maybe I didn't read your original post completely. Are you talking about live streams or files?