# Live stream works on iPad but not on iPhone or Android.
**URL:** https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-works-on-ipad-but-not-on-iphone-or-android/39024
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine
**Created:** [July 17, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-works-on-ipad-but-not-on-iphone-or-android/39024 "2012-07-17T07:05:17Z")
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### Author:  [@Paul\_Markson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Paul_Markson)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-works-on-ipad-but-not-on-iphone-or-android/39024/1 "2012-07-17T07:05:17Z")
Hello, I am using Wowza on Amazon EC2. I am using Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder to Stream into the instance. The stream works fine on PC and iPad. But it does not work on iPhone or Android.
THIS STREAM WORKS ON IPAD BUT NOT ON IPHONE
[http://ec2-23-21-66-242.compute-1.amazonaws.com:1935/live/stream/playlist.m3u8](http://ec2-23-21-66-242.compute-1.amazonaws.com:1935/live/stream/playlist.m3u8)
THIS STREAM DOES NOT WORK ON ANDROID
rtsp://ec2-23-21-66-242.compute-1.amazonaws.com:1935/live/stream
What can I do to make sure this is working on iPhone and Android?
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Also, is it possible to have two live streams going on a Wowza server? How would that work?
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### Author:  [@Randall\_Auriemma](https://community.wowza.com/u/Randall_Auriemma)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-works-on-ipad-but-not-on-iphone-or-android/39024/2 "2012-07-17T03:18:16Z")
Probably the FMLE stream settings are not compatible. Some info from Apple [here](http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/networkinginternet/conceptual/streamingmediaguide/UsingHTTPLiveStreaming/UsingHTTPLiveStreaming.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40008332-CH102-SW8) on the different requirements for the different devices.
“Also, is it possible to have two live streams going on a Wowza server? How would that work?”
Just publish another stream (with a different stream name) to the live app somehow. For example, from another computer running FMLE.
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-works-on-ipad-but-not-on-iphone-or-android/39024/3 "2012-07-19T21:33:02Z")
Another option is sanjose streaming from a Flash OSMF player. You can use this player, which is implemented with an embed you copy to your web page from its configurator:
[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-strobe-media-playback-with-a-wowza-media-server](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-strobe-media-playback-with-a-wowza-media-server)
Richard
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-works-on-ipad-but-not-on-iphone-or-android/39024/4 "2012-07-19T23:17:55Z")
That’s my understanding too. rtsp is best for Android.
Richard
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### Author:  [@Michael\_Vitale](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michael_Vitale)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2012, 9:09am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-works-on-ipad-but-not-on-iphone-or-android/39024/5 "2012-07-19T09:09:24Z")
I’m having a somewhat related issue. Not sure if it’s worth starting a new thread. I’m testing HLS with Android 4.1 using a live m3u8 playlist. The file plays fine on iPad. In Chrome Browser on Nexus 7 I can hear the audio using a standard embed tag but I’m not seeing video. I thought this might be codec related but all the changes I’ve made are having no effect.
Using Adobe FMLE 3.2
H.264 (Baseline 3.0) @ 350kbps, 320x240, 15fps
mp3 audio @ 64kbps
Anyone reporting a similar issue?
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### Author:  [@Michael\_Vitale](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michael_Vitale)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-works-on-ipad-but-not-on-iphone-or-android/39024/6 "2012-07-20T05:23:20Z")
I’ve got rtsp working but I’m looking for a way to play the video inline within the Chrome browser on 4.1.
HLS seems to be the only option unless I’m missing something.
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### Author:  [@Michael\_Vitale](https://community.wowza.com/u/Michael_Vitale)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2012, 7:03am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-works-on-ipad-but-not-on-iphone-or-android/39024/7 "2012-10-11T07:03:42Z")
I’ve been keeping an eye on HLS streaming on Android. With Chrome 18 on Android 4.1 it looks like HLS streams are now playing inline within the browser. When using the same embed code that works for Safari on iOS (HTML5 and tags) mp4 & mp3 streams delivered from a wowza server via m3u8 playlist are playing fine on Android 4.1/Chrome 18 but I cannot seek into the file. The scrubber bar has no effect using the native HTML5 video controls. Any ideas on that one?
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### Author:  [@Jay\_Charles](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jay_Charles)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-works-on-ipad-but-not-on-iphone-or-android/39024/8 "2012-07-19T18:11:44Z")
I’d go with RTSP for android devices. I find that hls support is spotty at best, and since flashplayer for android will be removed from the play store as of August 15, san jose will be a no-op on android soon.
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### Author:  [@Randall\_Auriemma](https://community.wowza.com/u/Randall_Auriemma)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/live-stream-works-on-ipad-but-not-on-iphone-or-android/39024/9 "2012-07-20T17:28:25Z")
elcapitan26,
Mp3 is not supported for Android RTSP. You’ll need to re-encode, perhaps with the Wowza Transcoder to support RTSP on Android.
There’s not much for streaming in the browser on Android. Maybe some plugin? VLC, Quicktime?