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Anonymous
September 6, 2011
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Using f4m inside HTML5 video tag

  • September 6, 2011
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Hello,

I am trying to set up Adobe Media Server to stream to HTML5 pages too...

It's working with Flash, with NetStream, but I need it with HTML5, to work in iPad/iPhone phones...

I get AmazonCloud and ordered Adobe Media Server, and there I found location to f4m file...

I replaced title with my stream name and I get output like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manifest xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/1.0">
     <id>livepkgr/events/_definst_/myCamera</id>
     <streamType>live</streamType>
     <duration>0</duration>

     <bootstrapInfo profile="named" url="../../../../streams/livepkgr/streams/_definst_/myCamera/myCamera.bootstrap" id="bootstrap2393">
     </bootstrapInfo>
     <media streamId="myCamera" url="../../../../streams/livepkgr/streams/_definst_/myCamera/myCamera" bootstrapInfoId="bootstrap2393">
          <metadata>
               A...<some long code>
          </metadata>
     </media>
</manifest>

So can someone tell me how to write HTML5 video code for this?

I am trying something like this:

<video preload="auto" height="320" width="430">
<source src="http://<URL>/live/events/livepkgr/events/_definst_/myCamera.f4m" />
</video>

But it's not working...

If someone know something about this, please, help...

Thank you!

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    Anonymous
    September 7, 2011

    The current version of fms does not support streaming to  ios devices. The next version (currently in beta) is supposed to.

    As for the html5 vikdeo tag, ios uses it to embed a quicktime object or open the native video player, but html5 doesn't define a streaming protocol in the spec, so dont expect the html5 tag to work for live streaming in most browers for quite some time.

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    Anonymous
    September 7, 2011

    Doesn't the FMS 4 have HTML5 streaming features?

    FMS 4 with Encoder has H.246 format ( for mp4 ), and that is supported on iPad/iPhone as far as I know...

    Also, for other pc browsers, that doesn't support MP4, I can use Flash object in video tag... That is not a problem...

    Mainly, I need to get this working in HTML5 and with H.246 format supported to get it working on those new phones...

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    Anonymous
    September 7, 2011

    I have one final answer NO Steve Jobs is apprently bent on sanatizing the web of non industry standards and does not allow flash player to work on his devices the only way you can use flashplayer on Iphone or Ipad is by unlocking it and installing it "illegaly". FMS requires flash player or a player that supports the rtmp protocol  to stream any video no matter what format its in even H.246


    No, no, sorry.

    You didn't understand me correctlly, I want to enable it on iPad/iPhone, no matter what application is it using, what protocol, that doesn't matter, I just need it working there...

    I know that iPad/iPhone doesn't support Flash, that's why I want to make it this way, different from direct Flash Player application.

    I was using HTML5 for static files, so I tought it might also work here, since it's using mp4 file formats...

    m3u8 file format also can be watched on those platforms, right?

    Can someone tell me what is used here:

    http://youtu.be/G_osuu_Jjmo?t=4m3s

    This might be QuickPlayer, but it doesn't matter as long as it's supported in those platforms...

    Can someone tell me how to use something like this in html5?

    How to get this m3u8 file from streamer?

    Thank you!

    calmchessplayer
    calmchessplayer
    Inspiring
    September 7, 2011

    There is a beta version of FMS called TigerCat which can stream to Iphone and Ipad but its in pre-release stage so you will have to apply for it. As far as I know you can embed flash player in HTML5 but HTML5 as far as I know  only supports progressive download natively. Be watching for TigerCat!

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