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manifest (f4m) http stream in fv flowplayer. Is it possible ?

Foliovision › Forums › FV Player › Requests and Feedback › manifest (f4m) http stream in fv flowplayer. Is it possible ?

  • pavlos 11 years, 9 months ago

    Is it possible to create a manifest stream (f4m) in fv flowplayer ? Can i load a flowplayer plugin ?

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  • Martin 12 years ago

    Hello Pavlos,

    unfortunately f4m is not a HTML5 compatible video format. Can you get HLS M3U8 instead?

    If you can send us your f4m file, we can double check.

    Thanks,
    Martin

    pavlos 12 years ago

    Hi, thank you for your answer.
    I run my experiment server locally and i am trying to find out the best compatibility method, for http streaming instead of rtmp.
    HLS is iphone only but i would like also android and flash compatible devices over http.

    thank you

    Martin 12 years ago

    Hello pavlos,

    is it a live stream?

    Could streaming HLS using Flash help?

    Thanks,
    Martin

    pavlos 12 years ago

    I experiment for a live stream.
    yes if i could play hls over http flash would be great.

    Thank you

    Martin 12 years ago

    Hello Pavlos,

    f4m is not a HTML5 video format.

    We are checking if we can add support for HLS in Flash. It would be a fair amount of work, but we will keep you posted. Perhaps there is an easier option.

    Thanks,
    Martin

    pavlos 12 years ago

    I run in the following error :

    I’ve created these settings: [fvplayer controlbar = "show" live = "true" src='http://xx.xxx.xxx.xx:1935/live/livestream' src1='http://xx.xxx.xxx.xx:1935/live/livestream/playlist.m3u8' rtmp="rtmp://xx.xxx.xxx.xx:1935/live" rtmp_path="livestream" ]

    These settings are fine when i use it on IOS systems (ipad & iphone). If i click play on flash players (firefox, chrome) i receive the message “flash: video file not found” and can’t view my video.

    If i change the order of src -> src1 -> rtmp TO src -> rtmp -> src1 in wp post settings the live video is showing fine on flash player (firefox, chrome) but is not showing in IOS (ipad, iphone) with message “html5: video file not found”.

    Please can you help me ?

    Martin 12 years ago

    Hello Pavlos,

    let’s have a look:

    1) src=’http://xx.xxx.xxx.xx:1935/live/livestream’ – are you sure this one works? It looks just like your RTMP stream. You can’t post your RTMP URL as HTTP.

    2) src1=’http://xx.xxx.xxx.xx:1935/live/livestream/playlist.m3u8′ – this looks like a proper HLS stream

    3) rtmp=”rtmp://xx.xxx.xxx.xx:1935/live” rtmp_path=”livestream” – this looks like a proper RTMP stream info

    Solution – you to only enter the HLS path as src (first video source) and then the RTMP details.

    The problem is that users without Flash who are not Safari or iDevices can’t play HLS and neither they can play RTMP. So I guess that’s why you tried to enter the RTMP via HTTP as some alternative distribution on HTTP would be required for these users.

    Thanks,
    Martin

    pavlos 12 years ago

    Yes this setting is worked.

    src=’http://xx.xxx.xxx.xx:1935/live/livestream/playlist.m3u8′
    rtmp=”rtmp://xx.xxx.xxx.xx:1935/live” rtmp_path=”livestream”

    Thank you for your help.

    smith234 12 years ago

    Got this error when testing cdn sun. I don’t know what it is. I can’t read part of it because the text is white.

    Video analysis:

    Analysis of http://video.example.com/480745868/_definst_/mp4:480745868/file-name.mp4/manifest.f4m
    Mime Type: text/xml
    Video:
    Bad mime type: Video served with a bad mime type text/xml! Some web browsers may experience playback issues in HTML5 mode (Internet Explorer 9 – 10). (show fix)

    Martin 12 years ago

    Hello Chan,

    the f4m manifests are not currently supported, but I see it would be a useful feature as they can contain information about quality versions of the same video. It would make entering multiple qualities much simpler.

    However your f4m contains only one file, so it’s a bit pointless. Can you get a f4m file with different video qualities in it?

    Thanks,
    Martin

    Amit Kumar 11 years ago

    Hello,
    I need to show the live stream, I am using FV WP Flowplayer plug-in with the following entry, but it is showing error:
    [fvplayer controlbar = "show" live = "true" src='http://xxx.xxx.com:1935/live/dwd1.stream/manifest.f4m' ]

    I have the following information from the client:
    rtsp://xxx.xxx.com:1935/live/dwd1.stream
    http://xxx.xxx.com:1935/live/dwd1.stream/manifest.f4m

    Could you please help to show the live video from any of the above url from your WP plug-in.

    Many Thanks.

    Martin 11 years ago

    Hello Amit,

    are your f4m files containing multiple quality streams? We could add a support for this, but would like to see some nice f4m stream for testing before we decide to implement this.

    Thanks,
    Martin

    Amit Kumar 11 years ago

    Hi Martin,
    Many thanks for the reply. Not sure for multiple quality stream but I have the following output for the url “http://xxx.xxx.com:1935/live/dwd1.stream/manifest.f4m”:
    <manifest><id>dwd2.stream</id><width>640</width><height>400</height><mimeType>video/mp4</mimeType><streamType>live</streamType><deliveryType>streaming</deliveryType><media width=”640″ height=”400″ bitrate=”177″ url=”media_b181821_w1359884998.abst/”><metadata>AgAKb25N…</metadata></media><bootstrapInfo profile=”named” url=”playlist_b181821_w1359884998.abst”/></manifest>

    Could you please guide me where to go now ?
    Thanks.

    Martin 11 years ago

    Hello Amit,

    it should be possible to just copy the file path. So in your above case, assuming it’s an RTMP stream (you haven’t posted the full metadata, we can’t check it without that), following should work:

    [fvplayer rtmp="http://xxx.xxx.com:1935/live" rtmp_path="media_b181821_w1359884998.abst"]

    Also, the bitrate is just 177, so it must be a very low quality stream.

    Thanks,
    Martin

    sethy 10 years ago

    http://hlshinextra-lh.akamaihd.net/z/ams4_9xm@124574/manifest.f4m?dw=7200&hdnea=ip=117.213.78.44~st=1459717429~exp=1459721029~acl=/z/ams4_9xm@124574/*~data=808_india~hmac=ebda151d608024cca577e3b3170854c90650e067691e1de88f470f1c8c809528&g=MCZFKUORPBWN&hdcore=3.9.0&plugin=jwplayer-3.9.0.0

    PLEASE ANY ONE CAN HELP WITH THIS…..

    Martin 10 years ago

    Hello sethy,

    your link doesn’t open anymore. We plan to add support for MPEG-DASH, perhaps you can use that format as well.

    Thanks,
    Martin

    Rajesh 9 years ago

    Hi martin,

    I have worked on m3u8 and its working in all the platforms,but when i run .F4m manifest file in flowplayer,wowza,HDS player,JW player its opening in browser.but when its come to mobile end specially android none of the above player is working, because of adobe flash stopped their updated for latest updates for android.Is there any way to play any .f4m file in android device for live stream.

    Kindly help me i have strucked for 1 week.

    Thanks
    Rajesh V

    Martin 8 years ago

    Hello Rajesh,

    sorry about the delay, do you have a working f4m stream which we could check?

    Thanks,
    Martin

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