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Is Self Hosted JWPlayer 6 require internet connection to play ?


I have downloaded self host jwplayer from this link https://account.jwplayer.com/#/account in section Download self-hosted player that redirects

me to this link https://account.jwplayer.com/static/download/jwplayer-6.8.zip.

Then I have follow all the instruction as stated in README.html to create a html file that use jwplayer self host video player.

I have downloaded jwplayer-6.8.zip and when I extract I get jwplayer folder that contains jwplayer.js.
Then I use jwplayer.js that is stored in my local folder and I use video file : video.mp4 in my local folder as written in html file below to

play the video.

My html that using jwplayer 6.8 is like this.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jwplayer/jwplayer.js"></script>

</head>

<body>
<div id="myElement">Loading the player...</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
jwplayer("myElement").setup({
file: "video.mp4"
});
</script>

</body>

</html>

I'm using Internet Explorer 9 and Google Chrome version 35

When I play the html with Active Internet Connection, the video can play.
But When I play the html without Internet Connection, it shows error description like below
"Could not load plugins: File not found"

I cannot see any error description like that in Troubleshooting guide in this url
http://support.jwplayer.com/customer/portal/articles/1403682-troubleshooting-your-setup

My Question is does self hosted jwplayer really can be played without internet connection ?

Thanks,
William

8 Community Answers

jherrieven

Best Answer 

Up to and including JW6.8 you need an active internet connection to be able to render the player.

This has been addressed in JW6.9 - which for the last couple of months has been promised to be available in ~ 2 weeks!

James Herrieven

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jherrieven

Best Answer  User  
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Up to and including JW6.8 you need an active internet connection to be able to render the player.

This has been addressed in JW6.9 - which for the last couple of months has been promised to be available in ~ 2 weeks!

James Herrieven

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Indeed.

bill_setiono

User  
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Thank your for your answer sir.

Btw I want to know what is the purpose of internet connection when using self hosted jwplayer ?
Is it to detect bandwidth that video player can auto adjust video quality based on the bandwith or what ?

Also, In my project I want to use jwplayer to play local video (self hosted player) that can auto adjust video quality based on LAN bandwidth detected (like adaptive streaming but using LAN bandwidth not internet bandwidth). Is it possible to use in jwplayer?

I heard I can use rtmp. I have implemented rtmp using Red5 but I'm not really sure if video quality really adapt bandwidth because I haven't detected my LAN speed. Is there any documentation or step by step guide to use it? Or is there other way to do it besides rtmp?

Thanks before
William

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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There are many reasons that this happens, analytics, certain plugin features, etc. Yes, it is possible in the player to do that quality adjustment, but just for streaming using rtmp or hls. However, if you are going to be using rtmp, you will need to at least run the player from a local web server in order for it to function properly.

bill_setiono

User  
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Is there any documentation or guidelines to help me use rtmp or hls to enable streaming in jwplayer ?

Do I have to use third party software to enable dynamic streaming or is it available by default from jwplayer ?

I want to implement video streaming that auto adapt video quality based on available bandwidth in client pc

Thanks,
William

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Yes – http://support.jwplayer.com/customer/portal/articles/1430349-about-rtmp-streaming

bill_setiono

User  
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I have seen the link that you give me yesterday.
I have read this section

In order to use RTMP, your host or CDN needs to have a dedicated RTMP server installed. There are two major offerings, both supported by JW Player:

The Wowza Media Server is today's most widely used solution. It includes support for almost any streaming protocol, including RTMP. Wowza 3 introduced dedicated support for JW6 SMIL manifests (see below)
The Adobe Media Server is another great option. Since Flash is developed by Adobe, new RTMP functionalities find their way in FMS first.

I have search in internet that to user wowza media server we have to purchase and also in adobe media server.

Is there free solution to enable dynamic streaming ?
And also does jwplayer provide solution to enable dynamic streaming besides adobe media server and wowza media server ?

Thanks,
William

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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You could always make your own HLS manifests.

http://support.jwplayer.com/customer/portal/articles/1430240-hls-adaptive-streaming

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