I am trying existing to stream music/video on an iphone using HTTP Live Streaming. I read the apple docs on HTTP live streaming (http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/StreamingMediaGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html), and I get how it works.
What it doesn't say is how one would use iphone as a server? Do I have to add the tools to my ios app(mediastreamsegmenter, variantplaylistcreator) and run it as a NSTask or is there some kind of native support to stream media files.
If you really want to stream from an iPhone app you can't do this with the iPhone acting as a server. You need a separate server where you can send data from the iPhone app. So you can use the camera or the microphone in the app to get live content and then you can send asynchronously data to the server, which using mediastreamsegmenter and variantplaylistcreator will convert the data to ts segments and then will append them at the end of the m3u8 file and meanwhile another iPhone app can act as a client and watch the live content that you are streaming from the first app.
From my experience this is the only way to achieve that. Hope that helps.
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Is it possible to send audio from iphone to server in real time? I am using AQRecorder which records the data and saves it on a file.I was wondering if there was a way of sending the recorded audio to server in real time.I want to send the audio while it is being recorded.Is it possible? Can we redirect the recorded stream to the server instead of a file?
NOTE:I am using the speak here code from apple https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/samplecode/speakhere/Listings/Classes_AQRecorder_mm.html
Nate is right. A lot of legitimate apps do that. So, you don't even need to have a jailbroken device.
Take a look at this question: Live streaming audio from iPhone
You may be interested to look into open source SIP clients for iOS:
https://code.google.com/p/siphon/
http://www.pjsip.org
http://www.linphone.org/eng/linphone/news/linphone-for-iphone.html
I'm looking for a way to create an app that will allow captured camera video to be streamed on a computer. For example, one person could be walking an iPhone around a room and another person could have that video streamed on their computer. Something kind of like a one-way Facetime except the receiver is on a computer. Also, I can't just use an existing app as later I would like to change the program to do some computer vision processing on the incoming data.
At the moment, I've found that AV Foundation should be the correct option for the video capture (from this question). However, I'm having difficulty finding the method by which I can actually stream this data. In particular, searching for how to create the apps on the iPhone frequently results in existing apps that do the task, but not how to create the app.
Can anyone give me a pointer to the information on how to stream the video capture from the iPhone? Thank you much.
You can use "Wowza media Server" for Streaming purpose
For wowza media server doenload :
Wowza Download
After installing wowza Now you need to set up live setting in wowza for that purpose you need:
Setting Up Live Application
For iOS side there is library is useful for video streaming using RTMP connection
You can get Library at
RTMP library for Streaming
Library example
RTMP library for Streaming example
In this good example of Streaming from iOS side
I had success with ANGL lib and Wowza media server. It gives smooths RTMP stream.
I am checking one question in SO, which is this, and I thought a question can iPhone also play this files or it will only support M3U8 for live streaming.
I recommend checking out the RadioTunes SDK. You may have a one time payment, but it's a great streaming solution library you can drop into your application. I used it for one of my previous clients who wanted to create a Radio Streaming app and he was very satistifed
http://yakamozlabs.com/products/radiotunes
I just started work on live streaming on iPhone. So any help of how to do live streming in iPhone. I think if I can add video tag in HTML5 and then load that html in UIWebView will work.
Am I right? If not what is your sugestion to do live streaming. I want to embed some news channel live streaming link in the application so from where I can find those links.
You have to go through HTTP Live streaming document provided by Apple.There are some sample live streaming URLs.The file extension will be .m3u8.If you want to configure your own webwserver , you have to configure FFMPEG server in your webserver.The links which will help you
1)Apple document
2)stackoverflow
3)stackoverflow
4)stackoverflow
If you're making a web app in html5 then the video tag is a good choice.
But, If you're developing a native app then MPMoviePlayerController would be a much better choice. There are many example of how to use it online.
iOS doesn't support RTMP or RSTP, so your stream would need to be a HTTP Live stream. From memory the codec choice is very limited too, eg if you supply H264+mp3 you won't get any sound despite iOS supporting mp3.
Also remember that streams from other people (such as the BBC) will normally be protected by international copyright law, so unless you have prior permission to use their stream in your app you may be breaking the law.
Apple has some nice resources on Http Live Streaming.
How can I stream video data from the network and play it on an iPhone?
First, are you developing a Web app optimized for iPhone or a native application ?
In the first case, your only option is to transcode your video files to Quicktime H.264 (m4v or mp4 extension). You can use Quicktime Pro (use the export menu) or VLC (as a free alternative). Then simply add a hyperlink to the video file on your HTTP server. Make sure it presents the right content-type and stuff (read Safari Web Content Guide for iPhone OS: Configuring Your Server). That'll work for web and native apps (in a native app you would use the MPMoviePlayerController view). So can "stream" (technically called progressive download of a Quicktime movie file).
If you're talking about streaming live content (i.e. content that you produce live or transcode a live feed) there is currently no official way of doing it (as of iPhone OS 2.2). iPhone OS does not support RTSP/RTP streaming. A number of native iPhone applications (such as UStream.tv and Orb Live) have created their custom live streaming solution (most of them transfer a delayed streams with many seconds of latency over HTTP then somehow decode it on the phone using FFmpeg or other libraries).
Are you trying to stream video in your app or just streaming on your iPhone? For streaming video through an app, use the MPMoviePlayerController and pass the URL of your video to it. The MPMoviePlayerController will itself stream the video and play it for you.
If you're looking for a server based solution (with a very affordable Amazon EC2 option), be sure to check out Wowza at http://www.wowzamedia.com/advanced.php
It streams directly to iPhone/iPod Touch without a custom app.
note: I'm not affiliated with them at all... just a fan/customer.
edit: Just noticed how old this question was. :)