Aha .. that makes more sense .. and yes i did confuse those two and kept thinking in terms of frames. Thank you very much.
Tareq On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Dave Sparks <davidspa...@android.com> wrote: > > The media player requirements are only for MPEG-4 files, and not for > RTSP/RTP/UDP streams. I think you are confusing MPEG-4 video encoding > with MPEG-4 file format. > > In the case of RTSP streams, there is an SDP transaction with the > server that provides the metadata required for the player to start > playback. > > On Apr 4, 12:47 pm, tareq <hossain.ta...@gmail.com> wrote: > > sorry for the confusion. Without being specific, I guess my question > > is, in the > > case of "live streaming", how do we play the MPEG-4 encoded video once > > we > > receive it using RTP/RTSP/UDP. The MediaPlayer requires the moov atom > > before the data atom - which is not the case in live streaming. > > > > Thanks! > > Tareq > > > > On Apr 3, 5:33 pm, Dave Sparks <davidspa...@android.com> wrote: > > > > > I'm confused by the terms you are using. "Live streaming" usually > > > refers to a video source that is encoded from a live source, such as a > > > concert. The only viable solution for live streaming on Android today > > > is RTSP/RTP/UDP. > > > > > If you are streaming a previously encoded file, you can use either > > > RTSP or HTTP. HTTP is sometimes referred to as progressive streaming > > > (or progressive download if you are also saving to a file during > > > playback). You need to prepare the file for HTTP streaming by ensuring > > > that the moov atom precedes the data atom in the file. If you search > > > on the android-developers forum you'll find some instruction for doing > > > this. > > > > > On Apr 3, 3:07 pm, tareq <hossain.ta...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > HI, > > > > > > I have an MPEG-4 encoded file (using ffmpeg) and I would like to > play > > > > it in android. I read that using media player, the file has to be > > > > "progressively streamable" - which my file is not. I did frame-by- > > > > frame encoding. My question is, does the "progressively streamable" > > > > requirement also apply to openCORE pvPlayer or does openCORE has any > > > > API that supports live streaming of MPEG-4 encoded file. If so, can > > > > anyone please provide some reference to it. > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "android-framework" group. To post to this group, send email to android-framework@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-framework+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-framework?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---