Is the WiFi limitation due to the requirement that media larger than a certain 
size must be streamed (via HTTP Live Streaming?) on 3G connections?


On Apr 18, 2012, at 9:45 AM, Nathan Cameron wrote:

> I'm glad to see this app available but I must say I prefer the
> previous version that allows custom URL configuration and 3G
> streaming. Would it be possible to release that version to cydia?  I
> don't necessarily want our videos available to anyone who wants to see
> them.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Apr 18, 2012, at 7:24 AM, Ruediger Rolf <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> the University of Onabrück is proud to announce that the Matterhorn 2GO App 
>> is now finally accepted for iOS too. After some month of additional 
>> development we have accomplished that the app is now fulfilling Apples 
>> guidelines. Now you can finally watch lecture recordings on recent iPhones, 
>> iPads or iPod touch.
>> 
>> For general information about the Android and iOS app you should visit our 
>> website [1]. Or you can go directly to the iTunes app store [2].
>> 
>> The Android and iOS versions are nearly identical, but the iOS version has 
>> the restriction that videos can only watched on wifi [3].
>> 
>> Currently only recordings from Osnabrück are available there, but we are 
>> open to add additional Matterhorn servers to the list. If you want us to add 
>> your Matterhorn Server:
>> 1. Be aware that your recordings become public available. We currently don't 
>> support a login, so if you have used the authentification in Matterhorn 1.2+ 
>> only your public recordings will be available.
>> 2. Your Matterhorn server must be reachable from everywhere. If it's 
>> restricted to your local network only we can not accept it.
>> 3. You must use RTMP-streaming. For an unkown reason the iOS version 
>> currently only works with streaming (the Android version is fine with 
>> progressive download too).
>> 4. We recommend that you use the "encode media in different qualities" 
>> workflow, as we would then use the low bandwith videos, which load much more 
>> reliable than the default size.
>> 
>> If all conditions are okay for you please send me a mail with the URL of 
>> your engage server, the name under which we should list it in the app and 
>> your contact details. We will check then if everything works as expected and 
>> add it to the list of available servers.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Rüdiger
>> 
>> 
>> [1] http://vm193.rz.uni-osnabrueck.de/matterhorn2go/index_en.html
>> [2] http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/opencast-matterhorn-2go/id506291861?mt=8
>> [3] According to Apples guidelines.
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> ________________________________________________
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