Is it OK to use XSPF for video content?
If not, what else should be used?
I am targeting flash players, including Jeroen Wijering's JW FLV media player.
Yes, XSPF is suitable for "video playlists".
Let me invite you to the XSPF mailing list:
http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/playlist
See you,
Sebastian
You can stream directly in FLV and I believe this is the most desirable solution.
Check out the FLV capabilities (including streaming) of FFmpeg
Sure it is ok ...
The http://feedpixel.com converts a podcast RSS feed to xspf format before play ...
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I would like to use MP4 file/link in m3u8 file. The reason I would like to do this is because I would like to start m3u8 link at specific time. Is this possible?
No, HLS only supports segmented transport streams in an m3u8 playlist. You may find it to work in some players, but it is not part of the standard, and will not work in iOS.
Does the HTML5 video player on the iPad Safari have the capability to play equivalent Flash content ?
Since the iPad does not have Flash support, is there any way by which the same content can be converted into an HTML5 format (something which can be played on the iPad) ? If yes, does HTML5 support creation of highly complex Flash like content ?
I see this as two questions:
Since the iPad does not have Flash support, is there any way by which the same content can be converted into an HTML5 format (something which can be played on the iPad) ?
By the same token that you can take a video and convert it to .flv format, you can (and will need to) convert the video to mp4/m4v/h.264 codec format. A tutorial for converting a video to h.264 with Handbrake is found here: http://www.simplewebtv.com/en_tutorials.html?doc=video_handbrake
Please note that your server may need to have the filetype identified to properly serve video. A quick description of adding Mime types to Apache is found here: http://bignosebird.com/apache/a1.shtml
If yes, does HTML5 support creation of highly complex Flash like content ?
Yes, you can do much of what can be done with Flash with HTML5. To see great examples of all the things currently being done with HTML5 (using mostly <Canvas>), see:
http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/#canvas
http://aerotwist.com/lab/
http://www.canvasdemos.com/
This is a pretty good article on the topic as far as video is concerned: http://diveintohtml5.ep.io/video.html
If you are looking for a solution for interactive content have a look at http://swiffy.googlelabs.com/
Flash plays MP4 video files.
HTML5 video can also play MP4 video files (except on Firefox which requires WebM or Ogg).
So basically the answer is: Yes.
I want to implement video streaming in my project. So, Is there any tutorial that works? Videos are stored at server side. So, to fetch video using url and play it on MPMoviePlayerViewController .
Thank You.
For video streaming in iPhone you can use ffmpeg concept.FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. It includes libavcodec - the leading audio/video codec library.Have a look at these sites for samples,
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg
http://www.ioncannon.net/programming/452/iphone-http-streaming-with-ffmpeg-and-an-open-source-segmenter/
Check this solution, it's a full audio and video streamer.
I need help in converting mp3 files to Apples Http Live Streaming protocol files. I am working on a music application and wants to use Live streaming in this app.
I got this link http://www.ioncannon.net/programming/452/iphone-http-streaming-with-ffmpeg-and-an-open-source-segmenter/ from google but it contains how to live stream video files.
Can anybody help me with mp3 files.
Thanks
With ffmpeg you're also able to convert mp3-files only (no video).
Just use:
ffmpeg -i yourmp3.mp3 ...your arguments... output.mp3
To add to Tim's answer, HLS supports mp3 codec. So if your audio is already in mp3, all you would need is the segmenter
I am building this iphone app for a client and they have a large set of flash video files that they need to play/stream to the iphone. I understand that the iphone doesnt natively support flv playback but isnt there anything I can do to get around this problem?
In case it helps, they are using the akamai flash player on their website to play these video files.
Thanks in advance.
Yes! - You can convert all the videos to m4v format.
There's a javascript hack available, but it will only work if it's installed on the clients web server. It's also pretty clunky and slow and will likely murder battery life.
A workaround, since you're working with video, is to convert to mp4 format.
Short answer: no flash, but conversion will do what you need.
akamai actually supports "auto-packaging" of h.264 content which may be your best option here. By uploading 1 or more h.264 files you can use those to both serve your Flash player, and akamai will also auto-package them for iPhone (chunking them into .ts files and creating an .m3u8 reference file for dynamic mobile streaming).
This allows you to not have separate encodes for mobile and web, thus saving money and time so you can leverage your existing archive.