Playing vods3 on Apple iOS devices

[karuna.pai]

Hi,

We have configured a vods3 application on amazon instance for playing '.flv' files.
The files play correctly on vlc and flash players. However, it doesn't play on Apple iOS devices.

We put the following URL in safari browser of iPhone:
http://[wowza-ip-address]:1935/vods3/_definst_/flv:[amazon-file-path]/playlist.m3u8
We get a message box saying "Safari could not open the page because the server stopped responding."

When we put the same URL in Safari browser on a MAC machine, the "playlist.m3u8" file gets downloaded. But it appears incomplete as there are no '.ts' files in it. As a result, iTunes is not able to play the playlist.

Any pointers will be helpful.

Regards,
Karuna.

[rrlanham]

Karuna,

iOS devices do not support .flv files

Richard

[karuna.pai]

Hi Richard,

We have used the following module for recording streams of IP Cameras:
http://www.wowza.com/forums/content....ream-on-demand

We have following queries:
1. This module creates video in '.flv' format. How do we play these videos on Apple iOS devices?
2. Can the above module create files in a format which is supported by flash players, vlc media player and Apple iOS devices?

Any pointers will be helpful.

Regards,
Karuna.

[rrlanham]

Karuna,

First, make sure the stream is h.264 video and AAC or MP3 audio. Then use mp4: prefix in stream name in the encoder:

mp4:myStream

Also, use mp4 recordOption in the LiveStreamRecord package.

Then you will record an .mp4 file that you can use in iOS: myStream.mp4

Richard

[karuna.pai]

Hi Richard,

As per your suggestion, we changed the format to mp4. The recorded file was created successfully and plays in flash player and vlc.

We put the following URL in safari browser:
http://[wowza-ip-address]:1935/vods3/_definst_/mp4:[amazaon-file-path]/playlist.m3u8

We got a playlist file which had the following contents:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1,BANDWIDTH=289438
http://[wowza-ip-address]:1935/vods3/_definst_/mp4:[amazon-file-path]/playlist.m3u8?wowzasessionid=191937017

It still did not have the '.ts' files listed in the playlist and hence did not play in iTunes.

Also, when we tried to play the live stream in Safari, we faced the same issue. The playlist file did not have '.ts' files. [URL: http://[wowza-ip-address]:1935/live/camera.stream/playlist.m3u8]

Could you please let us know how do we resolve this?

Thanks,
Karuna.

[karuna.pai]

Hi Richard,

The issue got solved.
Thanks for your quick replies.

Regards,
Karuna.