Questions tagged [pseudo-streaming]

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Distributed & Cached MP4 PseudoStreaming (seeking) with Nginx

I tried to setup at least 2 servers with nginx (origin + edge). both compiled with the mp4-module. The origin holds all my mp4-files. Edge is configured with all the caching-stuff (see below) that work as expected, each mp4-file request a second…
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Pseudo Streaming an MP4 file

I have a few questions regarding pseudo streaming an MP4 file. Is the entire file downloaded, eg. if I scrub 1 minute in to a 2 minute video, will only the second half be downloaded thus saving bandwidth? Is there anyway I can check this using…
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Setup Flash seeking / streaming with mediaelement.js (apache+php)?

Can users with older browsers or video formats which require Flash fallback jump to certain time in video if it isn't already buffered? Does flashmediaelement.swf support seeking using byte-range / pseudostreaming at all? Firebug (Net tab)…
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How to serve videos like Youtube? Almost instant play and fast seeking

How to serve videos like Youtube does ? Even if the video is long (almost 2 hours long) and is viewed in HD, it would almost instantly play and seeking to not yet loaded parts are very fast. I'm using a dedicated server from Rackspace with 100Mb…
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Pseudostreaming, byte range request, & mp4 fragmenting

Looking first for links to good documentation that correctly explains pseudostreaming, byte range requests and mp4 fragmenting. Note, I will be using only the mp4 container (h264 codec) and HTML5 video (no flash). My understanding of…
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Issue in Stream mp4 videos using NGINX

I am trying to achieve mp4 stream using nginx.it is working but it's slow to stream a mp4 file. i have done following configuration in ubuntu server. Files are stored on local disk can any one know how to optimise it for faster stream ? any other…
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Chrome download mp4: Streaming crdownload file behavior changed

There are some mp4 files (and a few flv ones) on a server that I want to stream (using VLC) while also saving a copy of to my hard drive simultaneously. So I start to download the file using chrome to a known location, creating a…
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how to add ngx_http_mp4_module to a heroku app?

I need to add the following module to my app. ngx_http_mp4_module This is in order to pseudo-stream flash videos with mediaelement. I am not sure how to proceed with this. Any guidance would be great.
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mod_cband or similar module for lighttpd to setup bandwidth limit on Geo-different users

I have been using mod_cband to limit bandwidth for different users from different countries, such as using CBandClassRemoteSpeed and CBandClassLimit parameters. The webserver is for pseudo mp4 streaming. I am thinking to use Lighttpd instead as it…
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Pseudo-streaming mp4 files does not work with flash player

I've got a problem with streaming audio on my website. I thought I could put the MP3 file inside an MP4 container with h264 codec, so I can use pseudo-streaming ability of mp4 codec. The code I'm using to convert my files is: ffmpeg -i 1.mp3 -y -b:a…
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Seeking videos beyond the buffer line in Flash-mode

The webserver-modules ngx_http_mp4_module or mod_h264_streaming allow Flash-clients to seek a video beyond the downloaded buffer line, using a "start"-parameter, e.g.: http://server.com/path/to/video.mp4?start=10 Is there a chance to enable this…
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pseudo streaming

I currently test script an pseudo-streaming for read mp4 files, when I reading everything works fine, but I can not move the timeline? probleme ? my coding (mp4 metadata) is correct because when reading without this code in the player, I can move…
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How to stream to disk fragmented MP4 with ffmpeg?

I'm building an application that requires playback of a video on disk while being encoded by FFMPEG (in other words, psuedostreaming to disk - playback trails just behind of the encode like in a live stream). So the MOOV atom essentially needs to be…
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What can I do with atomic parsely and where can I get documentation to understand the API?

I want to be able to parse an h.264 mov file, extract the atoms and modify it myself without using an encoder tool like ffmpeg. Atomic Parsley seems to be the way to go but it seems to have very sparse documentation (or I’m just stupid enough not to…
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IIS7 pseudo streaming FLV with bit rate throttling

I want to combine pseudo streaming of FLV videos with bandwidth control on IIS7.5. Pseudo-streaming is the ability to seek/jump within a video although it has not been completely loaded, yet. It is explained here…
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