Live Streaming H.264 Video on iOS using AIR

Question

We would like to build an AIR app that plays Streaming H.264 Live/VOD videos that would work through AIR on the iOS platform.
I've seem some traffic on the forums that RTMP will work to iOS - but additionally heard that video applications that use RTMP streams will be rejected by the Apple App store.
I have seen that progressive H.264 will work - but that's not streaming or live.
HLS would work if we use the StageWebView object; however, that provides us little control/monitoring over the video inside of it; and it's not "really" integrated as a video player.
For OSMF there seems to be a 3rd-Party plugin which will allow OSMF to read HLS streams - but (from what I've heard) is incomplete because it doesn't play adaptive nor is it completely updated for OSMF 1.6.1.
I would love to be wrong here - but is there currently a way to play a Streamed H.264 Video to iOS that is non-RTMP?
I've seem little information as to if F4M streamed files played via OSMF will work on iOS.
Thanks for the info in advance.
-Will

Answer 1

I pasted a stripped down version of my test app below, that attempts to playback an m3u8 file. This works for me on an IPad2.
Remember to test on the device itself otherwise wont work.
Dependencies:
1. Air 3.1
2. OSMF 1.6.1
3. Flex SDK 4.6.0
renderMode="direct"
HTH
- Abey
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
               xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
               xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
               backgroundAlpha="0"
               backgroundColor="#000000"
               addedToStage="onViewActivate(event)"
               applicationDPI="160">
    <fx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            private var nc:NetConnection;
            private var ns:NetStream;
            private var video:Video;
            private var currentVidUrl:String;
            protected function onViewActivate(event:Event):void
                nc = new NetConnection();
                nc.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, onNetStatus, false, 0, true);
                nc.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, onSecurityErrorHandler, false, 0, true);
                currentVidUrl = "http://fmsserver/hls-vod/sample.mp4.m3u8";
                nc.connect(null);
            private function onNetStatus(evt:NetStatusEvent):void
                switch (evt.info.code) {
                    case "NetConnection.Connect.Success":
                        ns = new NetStream(nc);
                        var client:Object = {};
                        client.onMetaData = onMetaData;
                        client.onCuePoint = onCuePoint;
                        client.onBWDone = onBWDone();
                        ns.client = client;
                        nc.client = client;
                        var v:Vector.<StageVideo> = stage.stageVideos;
                        if (v.length >= 1) {
                            var stageVideo:StageVideo = v[0];
                            stageVideo.viewPort = new Rectangle(0, 0, mediaContainer.width, mediaContainer.height);
                            stageVideo.attachNetStream(ns);
                        else {
                            video = new Video();
                            video.width = mediaContainer.width;
                            video.height = mediaContainer.height;
                            mediaContainer.addChildAt(video,0);
                            video.attachNetStream(ns);
                        if (currentVidUrl) {
                            ns.play(currentVidUrl);
                        break;
                    case "NetStream.Publish.BadName":
                        break;
                    default:
                        break;
            private function onSecurityErrorHandler(event:SecurityErrorEvent):void
            protected function onMetaData(item:Object):void
            protected function onCuePoint(item:Object):void
            protected function onBWDone():void
        ]]>
    </fx:Script>
    <mx:UIComponent id="mediaContainer"
                    height="100%"
                    width="100%"/>
</s:Application>