Cannot stream "extremists.mp4" from content directory using Safari

Terry_Crowley · May 25, 2011, 9:12pm

I have followed the VoD tutorial and can play the sample.mp4 but there is also a file “extremist.mp4” in the content directory(which came with the download but it does not work with this file

I am test HLS and using safari

I am using URL http://[wowza-address]:1935/vod/mp4:extremists.mp4/

What am I missing?

Thanks

Richard_Lanham · May 25, 2011, 9:25pm

Cupertino URL ends in /playlist.m3u8.

http://[wowza-address]:1935/vod/mp4:extremists.mp4/playlist.m3u8

See this guide:

https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-set-up-video-on-demand-streaming

Cupertino streaming to Safari desktop only works on Mac OSX Snow Leopard or higher. A direct link will not work, you must open HTML page with video tag:

<html>
<head> 
  <title>Cupertino Streaming</title>
</head>

<body>
<video controls src="http://[wowza-address]:1935/vod/mp4:sample.mp4/playlist.m3u8">
</video>

</body>
</html>

Richard

Richard_Lanham · May 26, 2011, 2:26pm

That file has .m4v extension. Make it same case too:

mp4:Extremists.m4v

Richard

Richard_Lanham · May 26, 2011, 5:14pm

Cupertino streaming to desktop only works on Mac OSX Snow Leopard or higher using Safari browser loaded with html5 video tag. There’s a little flexibility there, it can be more recent than Snow Leopard.

Richard

Richard_Lanham · May 26, 2011, 5:15pm

Cupertino streaming to desktop

Terry_Crowley · May 26, 2011, 2:22pm

Richard

Thanks for the help. I have tried what you asked but I am getting an error in the Server debug window which says stream not found vod/mp4:extremists.mp4/playlist.m3u8

Is this a path problem?

Moonraker

Terry_Crowley · May 26, 2011, 2:52pm

Richard

I am now not getting error in the debug window and the player is starting once I open the html file in the safari browser but no video.

Is this because I need to be on a MAC OS and not Safari in Vista?

The server is giving the following debug, which suggests that it is streaming properly. Am I correct?

INFO vhost vhost-start defaultVHost -

INFO server comment - defaultVHost threads[h/t]:120/80 home:C:\Program Files\W

owza Media Systems\Wowza Media Server 2.2.4

INFO vhost comment defaultVHost Bind attempt ([any]:1935:4)

INFO vhost comment defaultVHost Bind successful ([any]:1935)

INFO vhost comment defaultVHost Bind attempt ([any]:8086:1)

INFO vhost comment defaultVHost Bind successful ([any]:8086)

INFO server comment - Wowza Media Server is started!

INFO application app-start definst vod/definst

INFO cupertino connect 967857357 -

INFO stream create sample.mp4 -

INFO cupertino connect 761831638 -

INFO stream create sample.mp4 -

INFO cupertino connect 1570475734 -

INFO stream create sample.mp4 -

INFO cupertino connect 747842234 -

INFO stream create sample.mp4 -