How to convert live stream to playlist.m3u8 when the media not stream from my server

[Ali_Al_Dallal]

Hi,

I’m trying to create an application for an iPhone, Of course the application that I’m talking about is about streaming a Live TV and radio channels.

My question is that, is there anyway that I can convert link or any live stream that from internet usually work with PC to make them work with an iPhone?

such an example of those mms:// or flash live stream or .asx

or any other those that usually work on PC

I just don’t know where to start

what I have to purchase or set up in order to make this work

Please and thanks in advance

PS: Sorry if I post in the wrong topic please guide me

Ali

[Richard_Lanham]

You can transcode mms stream with VLC:

https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-vlc-as-a-live-stream-encoder-with-wowza-media-server-mpeg-ts)

That leads to:

https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-publish-and-play-a-live-stream-mpeg-ts-based-encoder

Where you will see how to create .stream file which you can use in iOS playback:

Richard

[Ali_Al_Dallal]

You can transcode mms stream with VLC:

https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-vlc-as-a-live-stream-encoder-with-wowza-media-server-mpeg-ts)

That leads to:

https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-publish-and-play-a-live-stream-mpeg-ts-based-encoder

Where you will see how to create .stream file which you can use in iOS playback:

Richard

Thanks for your reply,

is that mean my computer will be the server host the stream?

or doesn’t matter with that?

because all the file isn’t in my server

let say I grab a link from some website that host a streaming and I just want to use that website to stream on iOS.

[brian_duncan]

I am trying to do the same with a H.264 stream

I have it working to jwplayer.

wish to view on Ipad/Iphone.

is I have to use something like VLC to convert ?

I run a linux server, any help to get this going would be appreciated. I’ve read many threads on the forum but don’t quit eunderstand what I have to do.

I though I could just use the H.264 stream and use JWplayer to view on Ipad in HTML5 mode (but I don’t seem to find instructions I can understand)

thanks Brian

[Daniel_Myron]

.m3u8 extension is not a popular format like .mp4 or .mp3. M3U8 files are not actual videos or audios directly available to us for playing. Files with M3U8 file extension can be paths or URLs referring to specific media files or folders. A .m3u8 file is simple text file encoded with UTF-8.

I have researched M3U8 files for a long time and gotten my own solutions recently. Hope it will not be late for some who still need it. There is no good tool to handle it with no problem. We can use VLC media player to deal with it in a stable network but with great patience. I tried a lot of times to download them or stream them and finally succeeded with VLC media player one time. However, there are cons of converting M3U8 files with VLC like only convert M3U8 files to several VLC supported formats, fail to play M3U8 files on any devices freely, converted files cannot be played on many devices sometimes, require a stable network and may turn slow depending on the Internet network and so on.

You can download VLC media player to manage M3U8 files. If you prefer an easy way, you may type Cicever M3U8 Converter in search engine and there will be a detailed guide to instruct you how to do it easily. I wish this will be a good solutions for you all.