The best approach of online encoding for Wowza

[azrilnazli]

I've developed an application where user can stream from Mobile Device ( Android & iOS ). This system is for mobile reporter that always on the go. I've configured these setups

1) Wowza to record any incoming video
2) FFMPEG to generate thumbnail from saved video by Wowza
3) Using VideoJS to display the video as VOD but goot moov error when viewing using iOS

It works fine on Desktop PC / Android but for iOS , the video need to be transcode into H264/AAC combo.

So the question is, is there other than FFMPEG that can convert saved video by wowza ( mp4,flv ) to mobile friendly format ?

Azril Nazli
http://stream.my

[rrlanham]

Are you using the recordings to do progressive download? Progressive download of large recording is not practical because of the moov atom placement at end of file. Here is one tool that will fix this (there may be others if you search around):
http://renaun.com/blog/code/qtindexswapper/

They should stream using Wowza to iOS if you recorded to mp4 container (prepend "mp4:" to stream name in the encoder) and the stream that was recorded contained h.264 video (preferably Baseline 3) and AAC or MP3 audio

Richard

[azrilnazli]

Yeah I've used the mp4 prefix but when try to play on iOS, it just doesnt work. The video was streamed to wowza using Livu Broadcasting App.

Thanks for the highlights.

[randall]

Hi Azril,

I was under the impression the Livu produced iOS compatible encodings. What is the encoding of the files that don't work? You can post the output of: ffprobe -show_streams <media>

I believe mp4box, mencoder, and MS Expression 4 Encoder can also transcode your VOD files to the correct codec.

Also note, iOS supports MP3.

p.s. nice website