Airplay live http streams

Everytime I try to AirPlay a stream that has an extension on m3u8, which is for http streaming, it doesn't work. Is there something I can do to get this to work?

I'm having this issue with the newest Apple TV. I used to be able to stream the live NCAA March Madness games from my iOS devices to the last gen Apple TV, but now it doesn't work at all with the new one. I just see a loading indicator and the video never appears. Anyone else see this?

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How can I play live http streaming in osmf?

Hi,
I was trying to play live http streaming in osmf player but it was saying "Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.". I think I need to do some change in OSMF player code to play live as vod plays fine. Can anybody point me in that direction?
Thanks and Regards,
Amit

I downloaded StrobeMediaPlayback from https://sourceforge.net/projects/smp.adobe/files_beta/StrobeMediaPlayback_1.5_Sprint-4/ (10.1 version) and it is working for me.
By the way when I try to play live Http in debug flash player with my previous player then I get following error :
VerifyError: Error #1014: Class org.osmf.net.httpstreaming.f4f::AdobeBootstrapBox could not be found.
                at org.osmf.net.httpstreaming::HTTPStreamingNetLoader/createNetStream()[C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\net\httpstreaming\HTTPStreamingNetLoader.as:86]
                at org.osmf.net::NetLoader/finishLoading()[C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\net\NetLoader.as:406]
                at org.osmf.net::NetLoader/startLoadingHTTP()[C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\net\NetLoader.as:724]
                at org.osmf.net::NetLoader/executeLoad()[C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\net\NetLoader.as:289]
                at org.osmf.traits::LoaderBase/load()[C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\traits\LoaderBase.as:111]
                at org.osmf.traits::LoadTrait/load()[C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\traits\LoadTrait.as:170]
                at org.osmf.media::MediaPlayer/load()[C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\media\MediaPlayer.as:1854]
                at org.osmf.media::MediaPlayer/updateTraitListeners()[C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\media\MediaPlayer.as:1497]
                at org.osmf.media::MediaPlayer/onTraitAdd()[C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\media\MediaPlayer.as:1332]
                at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
                at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
                at org.osmf.elements::ProxyElement/processTraitsChangeEvent()[C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\elements\ProxyElement.as:475]
                at org.osmf.elements::ProxyElement/onTraitAdd()[C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\elements\ProxyElement.as:436]
                at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
                at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
                at org.osmf.elements::ProxyElement/set proxiedElement()[C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\elements\ProxyElement.as:182]
                at org.osmf.elements::LoadFromDocumentElement/onLoadStateChange()[C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\elements\LoadFromDocumentElement.as:152]
                at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
                at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
                at org.osmf.elements.proxyClasses::LoadFromDocumentLoadTrait/loadStateChangeEnd()[C:\Documen ts and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\elements\proxyClasses\LoadFromDocumentLoadTrait.as:50]
                at org.osmf.traits::LoadTrait/setLoadState()[C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\traits\LoadTrait.as:266]
                at org.osmf.traits::LoadTrait/onLoadStateChange()[C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\traits\LoadTrait.as:417]
                at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
                at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
                at org.osmf.traits::LoaderBase/updateLoadTrait()[C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\traits\LoaderBase.as:208]
                at Function/org.osmf.elements:F4MLoader/protected:executeLoad/org.osmf.elements:finishLoad() [C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\elements\F4MLoader.as:211]
                at Function/org.osmf.elements:F4MLoader/protected:executeLoad/org.osmf.elements:onComplete() [C:\Documents and Settings\akuma\Adobe Flash Builder 4\OSMFPlayer\src\org\osmf\elements\F4MLoader.as:192]
                at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()
                at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
                at flash.net::URLLoader/onComplete()
Regards,
Amit

LIVE HTTP STREAMING - More abst request than frag

Hi
this is the test suite :
wowza developer edition , no additional configuration . ( on my computer or on amazon, is the same )
Adobe flash media live encoder 3.2
An osmf 2.0 player.
when i start to playback, this is a call stack. As you can see, osmf ask for abst often than fragment?
why?
this is a big problem in a "pay for get" environment.
Thanks for any advice.
manifest.f4m
localhost/live/myStream
GET
200
OK
text/xml
Other
1.29KB
1.14KB
18ms
17ms
17ms
1ms
playlist_b280893_w1954320162.abst
localhost/live/myStream
GET
200
OK
binary/octet
Other
339B
185B
16ms
14ms
14ms
2ms
Seg1-Frag221
localhost/live/myStream/media_b280893_w1954320162.abst
GET
200
OK
video/mp4
Other
529.34KB
529.19KB
59ms
53ms
53ms
6ms
playlist_b280893_w1954320162.abst
localhost/live/myStream
GET
200
OK
binary/octet
Other
339B
185B
19ms
18ms
18ms
1ms
Seg1-Frag222
localhost/live/myStream/media_b280893_w1954320162.abst
GET
200
OK
video/mp4
Other
166.49KB
166.34KB
29ms
26ms
26ms
3ms
playlist_b280893_w1954320162.abst
localhost/live/myStream
GET
200
OK
binary/octet
Other
339B
185B
14ms
13ms
13ms
1ms
playlist_b280893_w1954320162.abst
localhost/live/myStream
GET
200
OK
binary/octet
Other
339B
185B
14ms
14ms
14ms
0ms
playlist_b280893_w1954320162.abst
localhost/live/myStream
GET
200
OK
binary/octet
Other
339B
185B
16ms
15ms
15ms
1ms
playlist_b280893_w1954320162.abst
localhost/live/myStream
GET
200
OK
binary/octet
Other
339B
185B
15ms
14ms
14ms
1ms
playlist_b280893_w1954320162.abst
localhost/live/myStream
GET
200
OK
binary/octet
Other
339B
185B
14ms
13ms
13ms
1ms
Seg1-Frag223
localhost/live/myStream/media_b280893_w1954320162.abst
GET
200
OK
video/mp4
Other
360.23KB
360.08KB
51ms
45ms
45ms
6ms
playlist_b280893_w1954320162.abst
localhost/live/myStream
GET
200
OK
binary/octet
Other
339B
185B
16ms
14ms
14ms
2ms
Seg1-Frag224
localhost/live/myStream/media_b280893_w1954320162.abst
GET
200
OK
video/mp4
Other
532.51KB
532.36KB
59ms
52ms
52ms
7ms
playlist_b280893_w1954320162.abst
localhost/live/myStream
GET
200
OK
binary/octet
Other
339B
185B
19ms
18ms
18ms
1ms
Seg1-Frag225
localhost/live/myStream/media_b280893_w1954320162.abst
GET
200
OK
video/mp4
Other
166.04KB
165.88KB
33ms
29ms
29ms
4ms
playlist_b280893_w1954320162.abst
localhost/live/myStream
GET
200
OK
binary/octet
Other
339B
185B
14ms
13ms
13ms
1ms
Seg1-Frag226
localhost/live/myStream/media_b280893_w1954320162.abst
GET
200
OK
video/mp4
Other
362.01KB
361.86KB
53ms
47ms

This is how live HDS streaming works. The abst requests are for the index file, or bootstrap, which contains the fragment run table telling the player the available fragments to request and also telling it if the streams are still live. The player can only request the fragments it knows about (unless you enable the best effort fetch feature), and it must get them from the boostrap. It will continue to make bootstraps requests until either the stream goes from live to not live, or until it gets a fragment run table containing the next fragment number.

Steps to Publish Live Audio for HTTP Streaming

I wanted to confirm some steps in order to stream Live Audio from FMS to a mobile device using HTTP Streaming and HTML 5 audio/video tags. I have a system setup like below:
Lets say my application which recieves the live audio is called CLASSROOM.
Lets say my application instance is called "TEST"
So I have application code like:
In "onAppStart()"
this.broadcast_live_stream = Stream.get("f4f:livestream");
this.broadcast_live_stream.liveEvent = "TEST";
this.broadcast_live_stream.record("record");
To play the incoming audio:
application.broadcast_live_stream.play(streamName); // name of the stream sending audio to the server
Thus, I have a folder:
Flash Media Server 4.5\applications\CLASSROOM\streams\TEST\livestream
which contains a bootstrap, control, meta, f4f, and f4x files.
Since I specified the Event name as "TEST", I also created the folder:
Flash Media Server 4.5\applications\livepkgr\events\_definst_\TEST
Which contains event.xml:
<Event>
<EventID>TEST</EventID>
- <Recording>
<FragmentDuration>4000</FragmentDuration>
<SegmentDuration>400000</SegmentDuration>
<DiskManagementDuration>3</DiskManagementDuration>
</Recording>
</Event>
and manifest.xml:
<manifest xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/f4m/1.0">
<media streamId="livestream" bitrate="100" />
</manifest>
Should I then be able to create a video tag and hear the live audio:
<video id='slide1' controls='controls'><source src='http://fms-dns/hls-live/livepkgr/_definst_/Test/livestream.m3u8'></video>
I am not sure what other steps are needed, or a good way to test. I don't understand how the Live Media Encoder would be needed in this situation.

So I implemented the above change, using code from the livepkgr.
My custom application is called Unity3, and the instance is Test, and I am trying to publish to an event called "Test".
I now have:
applications\Unity3\streams\Test\livestream
Which contains segment files, which update when I send audio in my application.
I have:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flash Media Server 4.5\applications\Unity3\events\Test\Test
Which contains my event.xml (EventId Test), manifest.xml (StreamId livestream). I also have a ".stream" file in this folder. The contents of which are:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<stream xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/liveevent/1.0">
<type>
f4f
</type>
<name>
livestream
</name>
<path>
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flash Media Server 4.5\applications\Unity3\streams\Test\livestream
</path>
</stream>
So everything there seems to be good. I try to use:
<video id='live' controls='controls'><source src='http://[fms-dns]/hls-live/Unity3/Test/Test/livestream.m3u8'></video>
or
<audio id='live' controls='controls'><source src='http://[fms-dns]/hls-live/Unity3/Test/Test/livestream.m3u8'></audio>
I don't hear audio, the controls don't seem to respond as though they recognize a source. Are there certain browsers which can be confirmed work? Any other mistakes stand out?
Thanks.

[svn:osmf:] 14192: first checkin of http streaming live support

Revision: 14192
Revision: 14192
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2010-02-16 10:43:11 -0800 (Tue, 16 Feb 2010)
Log Message:
first checkin of http streaming live support
Modified Paths:
    osmf/trunk/framework/OSMF/org/osmf/net/httpstreaming/f4f/AdobeFragmentRunTable.as
    osmf/trunk/framework/OSMF/org/osmf/net/httpstreaming/f4f/HTTPStreamingF4FIndexHandler.as

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Need a hand to configure FMS 4.5 to output HTTP stream...

Hi folks!
I'm trying to setup Flash Media Server (Streaming server) and I'm having issues with outputting HTTP stream.
The system works very well with the Flash ooutput, but for some reason the livepkgr won't work. Tried several things over the past two weeks, I've went thru docs and I don't know anymopre what else I can try... The source of the video feed is upstreamed from my own home computer, via Flash Live Encoder.
I operate a dedicated server, running Windows 2008 Server. The default web site is IIS. I configured the ports so that port 80 is the default IIS inetpub/webroot, and the FMS 4.5 install is accessed via port 8134. So the IP http://184.107.48.113 opens the default Windows IIS, and http://184.107.48.113:8134 takes the request to the FMS install.
The video stream is live on the Flash server, I can see it in the console, the livepkgr appears to be working, and I do see the .STREAM file being generated in the _definst_/livebroadcast/livestream folder. So the server works, and process the HTTP output.
I believe the URL I should use to access the output HLS stream is: http://184.107.48.113:8134/livepkgr/_definst_/livebroadcast/livestream.f4m.m3u8
but it returns a file not found message. Is there something wrong with the URL syntax? Or there is something else in the .conf files I must tweak? Or is it an issue with Apache 2.2 configuration?
You can see the live Flash stream from my web site http://www.blackflag.tv I want to change this Flash stream to HTTP stream.
Thanks for your help folks!!!
-sv bell

Hey,
I tried playing HDS now and its working fine. It wasn't playing earlier.
You can try it out by playing the content through the player here: http://www.osmf.org/configurator/fmp/#
Input: http://184.107.48.113:8134/hds-live/livepkgr/_definst_/livebroadcast/l ivestream.f4m
(Don't forget to select the radio button for HTTP streaming)
This means everything is working on the server side.
Now, I don't have an iDevice on me to check out HLS playback.
You are using an older version of QuickTime, which could be an issue. Please let me know what publish settings you are using (as in the codecs).
Also can you try playing it back through HTML5. To do that, just create an HTML page with the below content.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
<video width="320" height="240" controls="controls" src="http://184.107.48.113:8134/hls-live/livepkgr/_definst_/livebroadcast/livestream.m3u8" />
</body>
</html>

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I'm trying to get Flex Builder 3 to play a live video stream with Flash Media
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I'm able to stream pre-recrorded (vod) flvs in flex from flash media server.
I'm able to stream live video using Flash/FMS/Flas Live Media Encoder, but not
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<?xml version="1.0"?>

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
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First, sorry about my english, I habitually speak french.
I just got my Z10 today and I'm trying to figure out how to stream live to that kind of device via Live Smooth Streaming, running on a win2k8 server feeded by MS Expression Encoder 4 (w/ H264 codec). I'm very far to be a developper or programmer, but I'm actually able to push streams for different devices, such as Windows Mobile and iOS devices since 3 years. I configured a new stream with different recommended specs supported by the Z10, but it always returns me than "this type of media is not supported and cannot be played". By example, in Expression I use a profile named "H264 Low Bandwidth" with these preconfigured standards settings:
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I'm seeing playback pauses about every three seconds and audio sync issues with our live demo stream when using the OSMF/Strobe player. It happens on both our 2Mbps 720p stream and our 480p 750Kbps stream so it does not seem to be related to higher resolution/bandwidth streams. It also happens if I point directly to a stream asset or if I point to a .f4v with both streams listed for dynamic so it does not seem to be related to dynamic streaming specifically.
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Thanks,
Tim

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You need to add this setting:
dynamicStreamBufferTime=8
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I know that the setup page does not contain this option and it is not documented in the UserGuide. We simply missed it. Sorry.
Also note that the dynamic buffering algorithms are not being used for dynamic streaming content. I tried to explain this here:
https://sourceforge.net/adobe/smp/wiki/Dynamic%20Buffering/
Looking forward to your confirmation that this solved your issue.
-Andrian

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Firma del problema 01:   encoder.exe
Firma del problema 02:   4.0.4276.0
Firma del problema 03:   4eafa0d7
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Firma del problema 07:   3e69
Firma del problema 08:   0
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Id. de configuración regional:   3082
Información adicional 1:   5861
Información adicional 2:   5861822e1919d7c014bbb064c64908b2
Información adicional 3:   dac6
Información adicional 4:   dac6c2650fa14dd558bd9f448e23afd1
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I'm new to this aspect of the internet, so here goes. I was given a port 8000 address for a live music stream by a trusted staff member of a chat site, along with everyone else, via global/general chat. According to chat, everyone else was hearing music via their web browser (Firefox for some, Chrome for others) but when I entered the given address into the address bar, it took me to a blank page (but with the port 8000 address still in the bar), and asked me if I wanted to open the "file" with windows media player or save it. I tried opening it first, eventually backed out and tried saving it, but both methods resulted in Firefox downloading an ever-expanding file, because it wasn't a preset file, but a live music stream being uploaded and played at the same time. I feel left out, because a few days later (and again after another few days) this person did some more live streams, and each time I got the same problem, only the first time it was on the old family desktop, and the second and third times it was on a new laptop. The desktop has Windows Vista, with a Celeron processor, and Firefox version 21.; the laptop had Windows 8 with a Dual Core processor, and also Firefox version 21.
Is there some setting I have to fix, or do I need a special add-on?

There has been a change in where Firefox searches for plugins and the plugins folder in the Firefox program folder is no longer scanned for plugins, so Firefox won't find them anymore if they are installed in the plugins folder instead of the "browser\plugins" folder that Firefox now scans.
You can set the plugins.load_appdir_plugins pref to true on the about:config page to make Firefox scan the "<install>/plugins/" directory for plugins like the WMP plugin (np-mswmp.dll).
You can alternatively move plugins from "<install directory>\plugins\" to "<install directory>\browser\plugins\" (create this folder when missing) to make Firefox find them again.
*http://www.ghacks.net/2013/05/15/why-you-may-have-lost-access-to-plugins-or-extensions-in-firefox-21/
*http://mike.kaply.com/2013/04/24/major-changes-coming-in-firefox-21/
See also:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/windows-media-or-other-plugins-stopped-working

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With live Flash streams on some Macs, the video doesn't play and only the audio does (or more accurately, the video plays for a second or so and then shows a frozen frame while the audio keeps going). We've had this occur on three different Macs so far, but not all Macs we've tested on. We were able to look up the graphics cards on two of them that had issues and they both have both NVIDIA GeForce 9400M and 9600M GT listed in the System Profiler.
Having the user manually disable hardware acceleration fixes the issue, as does pausing and then playing the video. Running Safari in 32 bit mode did NOT fix the issue.
Flash player release notes list this as a known issue. When might a patch for be released? We don't want to disable hardware acceleration for all Mac users because it only affects some of them and thus some / many would be unnecessarily negatively impacted.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/901/cpsid_90194.html#main_known%20issues
Mac users may run into rendering issues with certain live streams due to an incompatibility between the stream encoding and the hardware decoder. We are aware of this issue and are working with Apple to resolve it. Users may workaround the issue by pausing and then unpausing the live stream. Developers can work around this issue by forcing the video to be decoded in software - create two Video objects, attach the stream to the first, then stop it and attach the stream to the second Video object (2819870, 2818959, 2779420).

From Brad Outlaw:
Are you reusing the same Video object for the new NetStreams? Have you tried doing a Video.attachNetStream(null), Video.clear() and then attaching the new (or re-allocated) NetStream object? The video pipeline might be playing out some residual data that was sent to it from the prior NetStream.
Adding those suggestions seems have have done the trick. I had simply been trying to manipulate the NetStream and not the Video. Although I did try attaching a null NetStream to the video at one point, I had not done so with the Video.clear().

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