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.


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