Thanks all. I have tried on Windows Safari and got the same result in Firefox. I will try using Darwin Streaming Server to stream to iPod touch.
On Oct 15, 7:06 am, Stephane Daury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Instead of proxying the file with PHP, I'd advise for you to make use > of a PHP-generated playlist file, similar to what you'd do to stream > MP3s (see M3U or PLS file formats), or even better, a Quicktime > Media link. > > If the reason for the proxy is something like a play count having the > dynamic playlist will allow you to do the same. > If the proxy is there for security, remember the plugin used to embed > the file might not have the same features as what you'd expect from a > browser (such as cookie or auth support). For securing media, I'd > advise you to run a daemon like the Darwin Streaming Server (Open > Source components of the Quicktime Streaming Server). > > I think one of the reason you're having problems w/ your script is > that the script might be feeding the file faster than the bit rate > the player/plugin is expecting. > Ultimately, the browser isn't what's accessing the file. It's the > plugin running inside the browser. :) > Also, you mentioned you tried under Firefox on your PC. > Have you tried it with the Windows version of Quicktime and Safari, > both available from Apple. > That's sure to be the closest match to the iPod Touch environment. > > Hoping this might help, > > -- > Stephane Dauryhttp://tekartist,.org/ > > On Oct 14, 2007, at 1:18, mickey9801 wrote: > > > > > Hi all. I am trying to develop a web application likehttp://vtap.com > > or Google video which let user to download and playback mp4 file > > through Safari browser bundled with iPod touch. I can download and > > playback a mp4 file correctly when I access the movie directly by URL > > (I put the mp4 file in a public area). But when I try to use a simple > > file proxy program to read the same file at same location and transmit > > it to iPod touch, it doesn't playback correctly. Everything goes fine > > in PC (Firefox). I think it would be a problem in header but I don't > > know what should I put into. > > > My test program is as below (http://dev.crossmedia.com.hk/ipod/ > > stream.php): > > > PHP: > > <?php > > $filename = "./ef_mv_320_h264b.mp4"; > > $filesize = filesize($filename); > > $mime_type = 'video/mp4'; > > > header("Expires: Mon, 26 Nov 1962 00:00:00 GMT"); > > header("Last-Modified: " . gmdate("D,d M Y H:i:s") . " GMT"); > > header("Cache-Control: no-store, private, must-revalidate, max- > > age=0"); > > header("Pragma: no-cache"); > > header('Content-Length: '.$filesize); > > header('Content-Type: '.$mime_type); > > header('Content-Disposition: attachment; > > filename="'.basename($filename).'"'); > > > $fp = fopen($filename,"r"); > > while (!feof($fp)) { > > echo fread($fp, 8192); > > } > > fclose($fp); > > ?> > > > I have checked access log of my server and found that each time I > > access the stream.php, ipod touch safari will access the file twice. > > The user agent of first access is "Apple iPhone" and the second access > > is "iPod Safari"... > > > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - - [14/Oct/2007:04:10:53 +0800] "GET /ipod/stream.php > > HTTP/1.1" 200 16384 "-" "Apple iPhone v1.1.1 CoreMedia v1.0.0.3A110a" > > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx- - [14/Oct/2007:04:10:52 +0800] "GET /ipod/stream.php > > HTTP/1.1" 200 270336 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU like Mac OS X; ja- > > jp) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/3A110a > > Safari/419.3" > > > The amount of data logged in access log is not the same of the file. > > Seems it stopped to transfer data suddenly. > > > I have also tried to change the reading method from fread() to > > readfile(), so that the file will not transfer in segment. Now the > > amount of data logged in the access log is same as the mp4 file size, > > but iPod touch still cannot playback the file. The access log is like > > this : > > > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx- - [14/Oct/2007:04:24:17 +0800] "GET /ipod/stream.php > > HTTP/1.1" 200 5027707 "-" "Apple iPhone v1.1.1 CoreMedia > > v1.0.0.3A110a" > > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx- - [14/Oct/2007:04:24:17 +0800] "GET /ipod/stream.php > > HTTP/1.1" 200 5027707 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU like Mac OS X; > > ja- > > jp) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/3A110a > > Safari/419.3" > > > Hope anyone can help me. Thank you. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" 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/iphonewebdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
