[FFmpeg-user] HLS for Apple TV?

[david reid]

It looks as if Jeremy was on the right track. Sending repeated requests to
the socket keeps the connection open and the video continues to play. My
conversions using ffmpeg weren't at fault after all :-)

Thanks for the replies and pointers!

david


On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:27 PM, david reid <zathrasorama at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jeremy,
>
> I've been POST'ing the URL via the web interface as it's from a Linux box.
>
> david
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:09 PM, Jeremy Turner <jeremy.r.turner at me.com>
> wrote:
>
>> How are you playing the streams in the Apple TV?
>>
>> Regards,
>>           Jeremy
>>
>>
>> > On 29 Jul 2014, at 19:01, david reid <zathrasorama at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 29 Jul 2014 18:13, "Luke Davis" <l1 at newanswertech.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On Tue, 29 Jul 2014, david reid wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Luke Davis <l1 at newanswertech.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> How does this HLS behave with non-apple TV devices? (I.E. iPhones or
>> > iPods)
>> >>> Just checking on an iPad now! Not sure why I hadn't thought of trying
>> > that
>> >>> sooner.
>> >>> OK, so on an iPad it's working well past the point where it dies on
>> the
>> >>> AppleTV.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> What version of the Apple TV is it?
>> >
>> > It's a 2.
>> >
>> >> For the ATV version 2, -profile:v main -level 3.1 is alleged to work.
>> > You might look at this, and try some of the options as appropriate:
>> >
>> > Several pages suggested baseline and 3.0 but I'll try main & 3.1
>> >
>> >> https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.264#iOS
>> >
>> > I've tried a few settings, but given it's working everywhere else
>> tinkering
>> > seems more appropriate now :-)
>> >
>> >>
>> >>> Are you seeing any warnings or errors in the console output?
>> >>>
>> >>> There are a few minor warnings, but nothing that I haven't seen
>> before.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> But maybe they are more relevant now?
>> >
>> > They could be. Will capture them next time I run it and post them.
>> >
>> >> Also, what version of ffmpeg?  Maybe you mentioned that and I missed
>> it.
>> >
>> > I didn't. It's a bit clone from 48 hours ago.
>> >
>> > Thanks for the replies. Will be a couple of days before I'm home and
>> able
>> > to do much more, so will reply then.
>> >
>> >> Luke
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