Hi,
We’re experimenting with streaming MP4 VOD files over HLS/HTTP on Android. It seems to work fine, however, it takes quite long to start the stream. The same machine handles RTMP streams in less than a second (only tested that with MP3 files).
File details
Video-stream of ~ 1 second (320x180)
Audio-stream (AAC), 128k, ~ 6 minutes
Filesize is 6 MB
MP4 moov-atom has been moved to begin of file (no difference from not doing that, but just wanted to be sure)
Time it takes before starting
Android Wifi: 7 seconds
Android 3G: 15 seconds
Windows VLC: 3 seconds
On Android we don’t render the video-stream. Thus only the audio stream is being used.
Can these times be shortened on Wowza 2? (especially the wifi and 3G times)
Thanks in advance.