# JW Player - Playing live stream on iphone and Flash with one player

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/jw-player-playing-live-stream-on-iphone-and-flash-with-one-player/35939>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** media-players-and-devices\
**Created:** [January 4, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/jw-player-playing-live-stream-on-iphone-and-flash-with-one-player/35939 "2011-01-04T22:04:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Tyler\_Roberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@Tyler\_Roberts](https://community.wowza.com/u/Tyler_Roberts)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/jw-player-playing-live-stream-on-iphone-and-flash-with-one-player/35939/1 "2011-01-04T22:04:15Z")

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I have read alot on both the Wowza and JWplayer forums (as well as several others). I have the most recent JWplayer 5.4. I am able to play an RTMP live stream and iphone live stream on there own, but I am looking for a way to have the player play the “correct” live stream based on the browser/device. The current JWPlayer does this with a file, but I can’t figure out how to do it with a live stream. I would appreciate any guidance

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Kennedy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@Andrew\_Kennedy](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andrew_Kennedy)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/jw-player-playing-live-stream-on-iphone-and-flash-with-one-player/35939/2 "2011-01-05T02:19:33Z")

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For this Player specific question you would need to go back to the JWPlayer website and asked in their support area. It may be a current limitation of the player or something else is required.

Shamrock

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/jw-player-playing-live-stream-on-iphone-and-flash-with-one-player/35939/3 "2011-01-05T14:19:27Z")

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I don’t think there is any difference between vod and live streams from the client (JW Player) point of view. It’s the same.

Richard

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/jw-player-playing-live-stream-on-iphone-and-flash-with-one-player/35939/4 "2012-05-22T20:28:03Z")

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Take a look at the JW Player mode method

[http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/18530/embedding-an-rtmp-stream-with-an-html5-fallback](http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/18530/embedding-an-rtmp-stream-with-an-html5-fallback)

Richard

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**Author:** ![paolo\_mazza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@paolo\_mazza](https://community.wowza.com/u/paolo_mazza)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/jw-player-playing-live-stream-on-iphone-and-flash-with-one-player/35939/5 "2011-01-11T12:36:21Z")

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I tryed the script but I could not stream (on demand) to the Iphone from the wowza server.

Any update? I am looking for a solution to this problem too !

Thanks

Paolo

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**Author:** ![Chris\_Gerrish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@Chris\_Gerrish](https://community.wowza.com/u/Chris_Gerrish)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/jw-player-playing-live-stream-on-iphone-and-flash-with-one-player/35939/6 "2011-01-10T17:36:28Z")

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This is what I did to make it work. There is some sort of bug right now with the player though. Something having to do with RTMPT.

```auto
<div id="container" >Loading the player ...</div> 
			 
			<script type="text/javascript"> 
			    jwplayer("container").setup({
			        flashplayer: "player.swf",
			        autoplay: "false",
			        height: 360,
			        width: 640,
			        
			        
			    }).onReady(function() {
			  if (this.container.tagName.toLowerCase() == "object") {
			    // Flash case
			    this.load({
			        file: "streamname",
			        streamer: "rtmp://servername:1935/live",
			        provider:"rtmp",
			        
			        image: "/_img/uploads/thumb.jpg"
			    });
			  } else {
			    // HTML5 case
			    this.load({
			       
			        file: "http://servername:1935/live/streamname/playlist.m3u8",
			        image: "/_img/uploads/thumb.jpg"
			     });
			  }
			 
			});
			</script> 

```

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**Author:** ![Neil\_MacLennan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5e9695/32.png) [@Neil\_MacLennan](https://community.wowza.com/u/Neil_MacLennan)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/jw-player-playing-live-stream-on-iphone-and-flash-with-one-player/35939/7 "2011-04-23T01:31:06Z")

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> I tryed the script but I could not stream (on demand) to the Iphone from the wowza server.
> 
> Any update? I am looking for a solution to this problem too !
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Paolo

To make this work with, say the sample Extremists.m4v file that comes with a standard Wowza install, try:

```auto
<div id="container" >Loading the player ...</div> 
			 
			<script type="text/javascript"> 
			    jwplayer("container").setup({
			        flashplayer: "player.swf",
			        autoplay: "false",
			        height: 360,
			        width: 640,
			        
			        
			    }).onReady(function() {
			  if (this.container.tagName.toLowerCase() == "object") {
			    // Flash case
			    this.load({
			        file: "Extremists.m4v",
			        streamer: "rtmp://servername:1935/vod/_definst_",
			        provider:"rtmp",
			        
			        image: "/_img/uploads/thumb.jpg"
			    });
			  } else {
			    // HTML5 case
			    this.load({
			       
			        file: "http://servername:1935/vod/Extremists.m4v/playlist.m3u8",
			        image: "/_img/uploads/thumb.jpg"
			     });
			  }
			 
			});
			</script> 

```

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**Author:** ![Milorad\_Stevanovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Milorad\_Stevanovic](https://community.wowza.com/u/Milorad_Stevanovic)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/jw-player-playing-live-stream-on-iphone-and-flash-with-one-player/35939/8 "2012-05-22T19:42:05Z")

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hello,

I have tried to make this work for live streaming, however, iOS device does not play the stream…could you please advise on what is wrong below with the code

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