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Adaptative streaming seek problem


I'm trying to set up adaptative streaming from Wowza. I've create the smil file with two mp4 files (576 and 720).

The player starts the video ok and displays the little quality button, but seeking doesn't work;

- on Chrome the sounds changes, but the image is frozen
- on ipad nothing happens

I tried to hint the mp4 files with mp4box, no change.

It works ok, including seeking, with vlc.

Note: on the ipad, after a few minutes, I see a big QT icon with the sound

6 Community Answers

Cooper Reid

JW Player Support Agent  
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Can you please provide a link so we can troubleshoot your issue?

Regards,
Cooper

greg

User  
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Yes where can I send you the link? (the content is not public)

Cooper Reid

JW Player Support Agent  
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It’s a bit unclear what the issue is. Are you using HLS or RTMP? HLS does not work with SMIL files, smil is used with RTMP. RTMP is not compatible with iOS/mobile:
support.jwplayer.com/customer/portal/articles/1403635-media-format-reference#video
-Cooper

greg

User  
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I followed wowza's tutorial about creating a smil file for multiple bitrate HLS:
http://www.wowza.com/forums/content.php?546
I assume wowza convert the actual smil into the hls manifest, since jwplayer shows the quality popup menu with the correct values, I'm quite sure it detects it.

As I said, it's working with vlc.
I'll test it with other browser-based players.

greg

User  
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After some googling I found this page:
http://support.jwplayer.com/customer/portal/articles/1430398-dynamic-rtmp-streaming
The useful info is at the bottom (it usually is):
http://example.com/vod/smil:myvideo.smil/jwplayer.smil

Good news now it's working on Chrome. Now I have to make it work on iPad.

Cooper Reid

JW Player Support Agent  
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RTMP will not work on iPad – RTMP only plays back over flash, which is not supported on mobile.
http://support.jwplayer.com/customer/portal/articles/1403635-media-format-reference#streaming
-Cooper

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