@John, thanks for the link, I believe I'm using the same techniques I picked up from another writeup:
http://henriksjokvist.net/archive/2009/2/using-the-html5-video-tag-with-a-flash-fallback The html5 video tag is working for me, it's just the flash player isn't. When you are using the flash player, do you see your servlet get requested for any byte ranges, or any other hints as to what portion of the blob to fetch? For example, this is what my video get servlet looks like: public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException { String vid = req.getParameter("vid"); try { Video video = PMF.get().getPersistenceManager().getObjectById(Video.class, vid); BlobstoreService blobstoreService = BlobstoreServiceFactory.getBlobstoreService(); ByteRange br = blobstoreService.getByteRange(req); if (br != null) { // Works fine with <video> tag. blobstoreService.serve(video.getBlobKey(), resp); } else { // Flash player never seems to request any data. I can try forcing some down: blobstoreService.serve(video.getBlobKey(), new ByteRange(0, 0 + 1024 * 256), resp); } } So I can force some info down (horrible idea) and I'll at least see a few frames render in the flash player, but that's the best I can get. The player won't play any content. I'll check out the link you posted which seems to do a more thorough job than what I was referencing. I'm just curious to know if you really got the flash player pulling or just the <video> tag? Thanks On Nov 8, 1:13 pm, Stephen Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you tried using FlowPlayer? > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm doing some work with the blobstore and videos. I've gotten it to > > work (was pretty easy) when using the <video> tag, something like: > > > <video controls> > > <source src="url-to-my-blobstore-video" type="video/mp4" /> > > </video> > > > Some browsers support the video tag, and my servlet which serves the > > videos sees byte ranges specified from the client browser. > > > Because not all browsers support the <video> tag, I was wondering if > > it is wiser to switch to a flash video player instead. When I try > > that, the flash player does not present any requested byte range to > > the servlet. It seems that the flash player just doesn't support that, > > and I was recommended to use progressive download or RTMP - but I > > don't know if app engine supports either of those. > > > Has anyone else got streaming with flash working from the blobstore? > > Would be fine going with the <video> tag but not sure if it's really > > well supported yet, > > > Thanks > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<google-appengine%2Bunsubscrib > > [email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
