How to play a video on demand file

Wowza Streaming Engine
101

Hello problem solved :slight_smile:

Second problem is with silverlight. Iā€™m using (in tutorial recomended IIS_Smooth_Streaming_Player_Development) player. It can open smil file. Video starts with maximum quality (or rises fast to best quality). But after few seconds lower and lower video is selected. And than lowest quality is played till the end.

I have noticed, that there is lower frame rate in all silver light video players (about 12FPS, original video had 25FPS).

After few test I have found out, that h.264 video must be encoded in profile ā€œbaselineā€ (and I have tested levels: 3.0 and 3.1 but other should be working too)

If I was using profile"main" flashplayer played the video corectly (full FPS), but silverlight had troubles as above.

Lower FPS led to selecting lower video stream in SL.

VLC script for encoding: #transcode{venc=x264{keyint=15,profile=baseline,level=3.1,nocabac,qpmax=36,qpmin=10,me=hex,merange=24,subme=9,qcomp=0.6},vcodec=x264,fps=25,vb=1500,width=1024,height=576,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,threads=2,channels=2,samplerate=48000}

Martin

102

There should be output in the console. You would see something like: ā€¦

Richard

I experienced the same behavior as SDKUHN with the included example using patch11 on Win 2008 R2. But, it worked fine with the IIS Smooth Streaming Player Development Kit 1.0B2 player example.

103

Same as linked at the top of this post.

104

You may want to check my post on

https://www.wowza.com/forums/showthread.php?p=41574#post41574

I got it to work :slight_smile:

105

Weā€™re test driving the server for iphone/ipod/ipad delivery and so far Iā€™ve been able to successfully stream MP4 files that are stored on a mapped drive so thatā€™s all good. However, can anyone tell me what happens to the segmented files that are created to support the HTTP streaming on iphone? Iā€™m assuming that the Wowsa server takes my MP4 source file, and then segments it into the necessary .ts files needed for streaming, but where do these files go and how can I change the output location for the files? Does the server purge these files after the connection is done, or do they remain cached for future connections? Is there a way to control how long the files are stored in cache if they are kept? Thanks for any input!

Jeremy

106

Ahh- I see. Well, the ability to keep those segmented files and offload them to our CDN would have been really nice. That way I could have limited the encoding and streaming burden on the Wowsa server. Seems a bit of a waste to have to recreate those segmented files every time for each request.

107

Iā€™m having an issue getting Wowza server to stream files from a subfolder in my Mapped Drive storage directory.

I mapped a drive ( to Z: ) on my server to a shared folder on my network that contains all my source files. Then I edited my C:\Program Files (x86)\Wowza Media Systems\Wowza Media Server 2\conf\vod\Application.xml file and made this change to my StorageDir setting:

Z:/

This works great for any files in the root of Z: but I canā€™t seem to get it to work with any files in a subfolder of Z:

For instance, on my ipod touch this works fine:

http://SERVER:1935/vod/mp4:FILENAME.mp4/playlist.m3u8

but this doesnā€™t:

http://SERVER:1935/vod/SUBFOLDER/mp4:FILENAME.mp4/playlist.m3u8

or this

http://SERVER:1935/vod/mp4:/SUBFOLDER/FILENAME.mp4/playlist.m3u8

So, how can I get the Wowza server to use subfolders in my mapped drive content directory?

108

Do it like this:

http://[wowza-address]:1935/vod/[B]_definst_[/B]/SUBFOLDER/mp4:FILENAME.mp4/playlist.m3u

Richard

That worked! Thanks man.

109

I am new to Wowza, using the developer version. I can get a vod stream to play to an iPhone, but it needs to cache every 20 seconds (for about 20 seconds), rather than play a continuous stream. What am I missing?

Terry

110

doh! obvious in retrospect. I didnā€™t understand the relationship between the segmenting and the bitrate. 384k seems to be about the threshold for a smooth stream. Thanks.

111

Hi,

Iā€™m trying to get an On Demand file to playback using Flowplayer or Jw Player. I can get the file to playback fine using the included simplevideostreaming.html file. I can play the Extremists and I can play another .flv file that I placed in the content folder.

If I copy the contents of the client folder to another machine and then playback via the IP of the Wowza instead of localhost, it still plays back fine.

I downloaded both JW Player and Flowplayer for testing. They load the page and attempt to play but it just sits there and spins, nothing plays.

Here is the URL of the file Iā€™m trying to playback: rtmp://207.7.154.200/vod/ccm.flv

Here is the server version Iā€™m using: Wowza Media Server 2 Developer 2.1.1 build24490

Iā€™ve been doing a lot of reading but am kind of at a loss as to what I might be doing wrong in the two players, or is there something in the Developer version that limits it to the sample stream?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jeff

112

We are getting the similar readouts as beyond above.

INFO application app-start definst vod/definst

INFO cupertino connect 331738295 -

INFO stream create bigbuckbunnyiphone.smil -

INFO server comment - MediaReaderH264Cupertino.handlePacket: Video info[vod/definst/bigbuckbunnyiphone_300.mp4]: {H264CodecConfigInfo: profile: ā€œBaselineā€, level: 1.1, frameSize: 212x120, crop: l:0 r:6 t:0 b:4}

INFO server comment - MediaReaderH264Cupertino.handlePacket: Audio info[vod/definst/bigbuckbunnyiphone_300.mp4]: {AACFrame: size: 0, rate: 48000, channels: 2, samples: 1024, errorBitsAbsent: true, profileObjectType: ā€œLCā€}

INFO stream play bigbuckbunnyiphone.smil -

We are on wifi using the validator.

Can we have an explanation to the outcome.

I have the .smil in the content folder along with the .mp4ā€™s

Is this correct? What needs to change?

113

Thanks Richard I had a typo in my IP address.

Validator connects but shows these errors over and over

WARNING: Media segment duration outside of expected duration by 23.733 % (2.47 vs. 2.00 seconds, limit is 20 %).

7: media_2.ts?wowzasessionid=2092094253


WARNING: Media segment contains a video track but does not contain any IDR access unit with a SPS and a PPS.

11: media_4.ts?wowzasessionid=2092094253

Thanks for the help

Andy
114

Sorry for this newbie question but where do I edit the key frame interval?

Isnā€™t that on the Encode side?

This is a VOD I got from this thread ā€œbigbuckbunnyiphoneā€

Are you saying the Video is not properly encoded for this Application?

115

Has anyone been able to successfully stream the bigbuckbunnyiphone samples to the iphone?

Our Validator is giving us the Warnings posted above. Do these Warnings mean the sample videos were not properly encoded per iphone/Validator specs.?

If so can you please advise on correct encoding specs. to properly stream muti-bitrate VoD using Wowza and iPhone.

If not an encode issue what are the Warnings telling us to change on the Server side?

Thank You in advance for all feedback.

116 
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Was at default then tried 10000 as advised.

When you say remove shall I make it look like this?

I posted code for you to please look over.

If you see something please advise.

Thank You

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I removed what you suggested

Here is my Validator Warnings for the 300 stream

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 10.470 % (331410 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
  9:    media_3.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 19.810 % (359429 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 11:    media_4.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 13.072 % (339215 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 13:    media_5.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 27.442 % (382326 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 19:    media_8.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 18.554 % (355663 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 27:    media_12.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 36.631 % (409894 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 41:    media_19.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 10.169 % (330506 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 43:    media_20.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 43.209 % (429628 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 47:    media_22.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 38.132 % (414395 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 53:    media_25.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 32.715 % (398144 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 59:    media_28.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 14.286 % (342858 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 63:    media_30.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 16.144 % (348432 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 65:    media_31.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 30.907 % (392721 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 67:    media_32.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 44.875 % (434624 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 69:    media_33.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 32.363 % (397089 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 73:    media_35.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 47.427 % (442282 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 75:    media_36.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 28.269 % (384806 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 77:    media_37.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 11.876 % (335628 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 87:    media_42.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 107.182 % (621544 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 89:    media_43.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 93.574 % (580721 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 91:    media_44.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 49.202 % (447607 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 93:    media_45.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 38.238 % (414714 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 97:    media_47.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 71.329 % (513987 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
111:    media_54.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 128.623 % (685868 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
113:    media_55.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 138.766 % (716298 vs. 300000 bps, limit is 10 %).
115:    media_56.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Average segment duration: 9.09 seconds
Playlist target bitrate: 300.00 kbit/s
Average segment bitrate: 347.83 kbit/s (13.75 % of target)
Average segment structural overhead: 41.09 kbit/s (11.81 %)

Video codec: avc1
Video resolution: 212x120 pixels
Video frame rate: 24.00 fps
Average video bitrate: 172.02 kbit/s
H.264 profile: Baseline
H.264 level: 1.1

Audio codec: aac
Audio sample rate: 48000 Hz
Average audio bitrate: 134.72 kbit/s

and for the 600 stream

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 29.551 % (777307 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
  9:    media_3.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 32.388 % (794330 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 11:    media_4.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 20.337 % (722022 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 19:    media_8.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 16.471 % (698823 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 41:    media_19.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 11.926 % (671557 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 47:    media_22.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 24.319 % (745911 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 53:    media_25.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 20.764 % (724583 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 59:    media_28.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 29.350 % (776102 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 65:    media_31.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 13.751 % (682506 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 69:    media_33.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 15.642 % (693852 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 73:    media_35.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 39.895 % (839371 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 75:    media_36.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 20.268 % (721605 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 77:    media_37.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 116.772 % (1300634 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 89:    media_43.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 86.895 % (1121371 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 91:    media_44.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 21.148 % (726889 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 93:    media_45.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 44.088 % (864528 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 97:    media_47.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 18.931 % (713586 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
107:    media_52.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 14.808 % (688846 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
109:    media_53.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 155.286 % (1531717 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
111:    media_54.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 329.904 % (2579426 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
113:    media_55.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 326.189 % (2557131 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
115:    media_56.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 50.184 % (901101 vs. 600000 bps, limit is 10 %).
117:    media_57.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Average segment duration: 9.09 seconds
Playlist target bitrate: 600.00 kbit/s
Average segment bitrate: 653.79 kbit/s (8.23 % of target)
Average segment structural overhead: 47.58 kbit/s (7.28 %)

Video codec: avc1
Video resolution: 640x360 pixels
Video frame rate: 24.00 fps
Average video bitrate: 471.49 kbit/s
H.264 profile: Baseline
H.264 level: 3.0

Audio codec: aac
Audio sample rate: 48000 Hz
Average audio bitrate: 134.72 kbit/s

and for the 400 stream

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 16.000 % (463998 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
  5:    media_1.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 17.425 % (469698 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
  7:    media_2.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 15.090 % (460358 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
  9:    media_3.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 29.815 % (519259 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 11:    media_4.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 16.355 % (465420 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 13:    media_5.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 17.387 % (469548 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 17:    media_7.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 15.165 % (460660 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 19:    media_8.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 31.547 % (526189 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 27:    media_12.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 12.015 % (448059 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 29:    media_13.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 19.458 % (477833 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 31:    media_14.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 17.801 % (471205 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 35:    media_16.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 22.167 % (488669 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 37:    media_17.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 33.920 % (535679 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 41:    media_19.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 11.173 % (444692 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 43:    media_20.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 30.794 % (523176 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 47:    media_22.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 26.092 % (504369 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 53:    media_25.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 20.701 % (482804 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 55:    media_26.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 33.506 % (534022 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 59:    media_28.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 19.684 % (478737 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 65:    media_31.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 18.404 % (473615 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 67:    media_32.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 26.960 % (507841 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 69:    media_33.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 18.630 % (474519 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 71:    media_34.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 13.244 % (452977 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 73:    media_35.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 24.317 % (497266 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 75:    media_36.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 26.092 % (504369 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 77:    media_37.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 24.317 % (497266 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 87:    media_42.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 16.860 % (467439 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 89:    media_43.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 24.806 % (499224 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 91:    media_44.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 11.826 % (447305 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 93:    media_45.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 25.559 % (502237 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 95:    media_46.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 27.781 % (511125 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
 97:    media_47.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 19.571 % (478285 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
105:    media_51.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 21.982 % (487926 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
107:    media_52.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 17.072 % (468289 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
109:    media_53.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 13.922 % (455689 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
111:    media_54.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 16.935 % (467740 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
115:    media_56.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING: Media segment bitrate outside of target playlist bitrate by 10.392 % (441568 vs. 400000 bps, limit is 10 %).
117:    media_57.ts?wowzasessionid=1044355575
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Average segment duration: 9.09 seconds
Playlist target bitrate: 400.00 kbit/s
Average segment bitrate: 444.72 kbit/s (10.06 % of target)
Average segment structural overhead: 41.34 kbit/s (9.30 %)

Video codec: avc1
Video resolution: 320x180 pixels
Video frame rate: 24.00 fps
Average video bitrate: 268.66 kbit/s
H.264 profile: Baseline
H.264 level: 1.2

Audio codec: aac
Audio sample rate: 48000 Hz
Average audio bitrate: 134.72 kbit/s

What needs to change to get the validator to Pass for VOD?

Thanks again for all your help.

118

Thanks for the feed back Richard.

I will report back.

119

Update:

I installed Patch 5 (by the way there was nothing in the conf Folder even though the Read Me says to copy contents of bin, conf and lib.)

If I understood the Read Me correctly this patch has Patch 1-5 contained correct?

I already had 2.1.2 now I have 2.1.2.05 b.25731

I see no difference in the Validator readings.

If what you are saying is true, that Apple wants the Ave.segment bitrate to stay within 10% of the Playlist Target bitrate then when I edit the smil to 50k above all 3 bit rates Validator will be ok with this.

I just tested theory and the % was below the 10 % even negative in some cases but this seems like an easy fix to trick the Validator.

I will have to find out the VOD specs Apple wants as far as bitrates for multi bitrate VODā€™s

If someone knows this answer please chime in.

120

Thanks again for everyoneā€™s help.

It turns out the Apple Validator and the iPhone simulator are not accuate.

As soon as we were able to get the App. onto the H/W everything worked fine.

As a recap:

bigbuckbunnyiphone, Extremists and Live Streaming all work great with the instructions givein here on the Tutorials.

Thanks Again