How to live stream vp6 from a browser/swf file.

[Guest]

Hello,

Currently we have a swf file application that runs in a browser and takes the live video stream from the camera on the computer and streams a live sorenson spark stream to the fms 3.5 server.

Question is:

How to live stream vp6 from the browser/swf file on the camera computer, instead of the sorenson spark. (We seem to be stuck only on sorenson spark).

Thank you.

[Guest]

You can't publish VP6 from the Flashplayer... the only video encoder present in the flashplayer is Sorenson Spark.

There is a browser plugin available from On2 that publishes VP6... http://www.on2.com/index.php?402 . Not cheap, and no publishing support for Mac, but it works well.

[Guest]

Hi,

Thanks, I did take a look at their website. Was not sure if this is the only solutions. But I guess it is....

Does this plugin require any new programming to the swf file to make it work?

Or is it just downloading the plugin and it works?

Thank you,

V.

[Guest]

The plugin is completely independant of  the flashplayer. You use javascript to install and configure the plugin, and the plugin makes its own connection to FMS.

[Guest]

Hi,

And what about mpeg4, instead of vp6 ... is this possible too?

Thank you,

V.

[Guest]

I don't know of any browser plugins that publish h.264 over RTMP.

[Guest]

Hi,

Oke and does the vp6 plugin require reprogramming of our current swf file that streams sorenson... to make it stream vp6...?

I also wrote on2, to ask about technical integration info, but its has been 2 weeks now and no reply. I just wrote them again.

Thank you,

V.

[Guest]

The on2 plugin is independant of the flashplayer. When you use the plugin, you configure it with javascript... it has nothing to do with the code in the .swf.

[Guest]

Hi,

Oke, i am trying to imagine how it works technically. Not sure if i picture it correctly.

I am just wondering as our current swf applet takes care of the streaming(or probably the flash player...in some way) but also for example shows a preview of the video in the applet, etc, etc... send to the fms server.

So it is like if you install the plugin, our swf applet stops streaming sorenson spark and uses vp6...because of the plugin.

Thank you,

V.

[Guest]

No... that's not how it works.

When you configure the plugin (with javascript), you provide the plugin with the URL of your FMS application and a stream name. The plugin (which appears on the page outside of your .swf) makes its own connection to FMS, connects the camera, publishes the stream, and displays the camera preview. This all happens outside of your .swf.

In essence, you use the plugin to publish the stream instead of publishing using the .swf

[Guest]

Hi Vince,

Jay has explained it about as best as can be done. What you have now is a

SWF that lives in a browser. With Flix, you can eliminate the SWF

altogether. Or if there is logic that still will require the SWF, then both

Flix and the SWF will live in the browser at the same time (and can talk via

ExternalInterface).

fyi .. When using Flix, if Flix does not eliminate the SWF altogether, you

will remove from your SWF all logic for acquiring Camera and Microphone. As

Jay has reiterated, Flix Publisher will now be doing all that.

If your SWF includes logic other than video/audio, e.g. maybe text chat,

then you may need logic in your SSAS to associated the video from Flix with

anything else from the SWF since each will have its own NetConnection to the

FMIS application.

In case it might help, following is On2's heavily commented JavaScript for

invoking Flix Publisher:

http://publisher.on2.com/fp_doc/3-1-5-5/samples/scripts/flixpub_conf.js

And the full docs for the Flix SDK are here:

http://publisher.on2.com/fp_doc/3-1-5-5/index.html

hth,

g

[Guest]

Hi,

Now that there are changes on the on2 website... how will it now be possible to stream vp6 from the flash player, as discussed above?

Thank you

[Guest]

According to On2 sales, the flix publisher plugin has been discontinued as of the time On2 was acquired by Google. To the best of my knowlege, there is no longer any solution for publishing VP6 video from the browser (although I'd love to find out I'm wrong about that)

[Guest]

Hi,

Yes was wondering how it will go now... as we went to the site and it was changed and not sure what the options are now. Google talks about vp8 or something...but not sure how this will develop all and how long it will take...

Thank you.