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Crossdomain policy restrictions

I am trying to use Amazon Cloudfront to stream a film I produced. The materials below are the trailer, which I am using to work out the bugs. In fact, the domain for this website is more or less inactive, and I'm using it as a test platform.

I can play the file locally from my own web server. So the player works on files on the same server.

When I go to the files on cloudfront I get an error that says "Task Queue failed at step 5: Playlist could not be loaded due to crossdomain policy restrictions."

A little research suggested I need an xml file in the root where the media files are located ... Amazon's S3 simple storage service.

Nothing works. Nothing. I have been struggling with this for DAYS ... and I need to get it fixed. Today if possible.

Here are the relevant S3 files ...

https://s3.amazonaws.com/teapartycult/MegadittoesWebsiteTrailerOldWDefeatTag3-19-2012Sony2128.mp4
https://s3.amazonaws.com/teapartycult/crossdomain.xml

Here is a link to the page where the video player gives me the error.

http://takeontheteaparty.com/videos/trailer-in-2128-kpbs/

Here is the embed code

<embed
id='mediaplayer1'
name='mediaplayer2'
src='http://takeontheteaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress/player.swf'
width='480'
height='270'
allowfullscreen='true'
allowscriptaccess='always'
bgcolor='#000000'
wmode='opaque'
provider='rtmp'
streamer='rtmp://s1ghspazjf1lbx.cloudfront.net/cfx/st/:1935/cfx/st'
flashvars='file=mp4:MegadittoesWebsiteTrailerOldWDefeatTag3-19-2012Sony2128'/>

And the xml cross domain file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM
"http://www.adobe.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd">
<cross-domain-policy>
<site-control permitted-cross-domain-policies="master-only" />
<allow-access-from domain="*" />
<allow-http-request-headers-from domain="*"
headers="SOAPAction" />
</cross-domain-policy>

Please help.

17 Community Answers

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Use this embed code instead:

<embed id='mediaplayer1' name='mediaplayer2' src='http://takeontheteaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress/player.swf' width='480' height='270' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' bgcolor='#000000' wmode='opaque' flashvars='file=mp4:MegadittoesWebsiteTrailerOldWDefeatTag3-19-2012Sony2128&provider=rtmp&streamer=rtmp://s1ghspazjf1lbx.cloudfront.net/cfx/st/:1935/cfx/st'/>

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JW Player

User  
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First of all, thanks for getting back so soon.

It almost works. I'm audio but not video.

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JW Player

User  
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I'm GETTING audio, but not video.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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How was the mp4 file encoded?

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JW Player

User  
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I used Sony Vegas Pro ... and I actually a number of different versions. One of tasks I'm trying to accomplish is to pick the best encoding for the film.

Here is a direct link to the trailer. You can actually watch it directly at the S3 site.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/teapartycult/MegadittoesWebsiteTrailerOldWDefeatTag3-19-2012Sony2128.mp4

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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I downloaded your file and inspected it with QuickTime.

The video is encoded in MPEG-4, but it needs to be H.264 in order for it to work in Flash / HTML5. Re-encoding in H.264 will fix it.

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JW Player

User  
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That explains why one of the files works.

mp4:MegadittoesWebsiteTrailerOldWDefeatTag3-19-2012MPEGIpod

That encoding says is for an iPod ... which would be h.264.

These others don't work. They are encoded using something called "Sony AVC."

mp4:MegadittoesWebsiteTrailerOldWDefeatTag3-19-2012SonyNet30p
mp4:MegadittoesWebsiteTrailerOldWDefeatTag3-19-2012Sony2128
mp4:MegadittoesWebsiteTrailerOldWDefeatTag3-19-2012Sony6256

Just for future reference, so I don't have to bother you again on this particular issue ... what did you do? Does that crossdomain.xml do anything? If it doesn't, I'm going to take it down.

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JW Player

User  
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I'm back. I just looked at the "movie inspector" in quick time for all of these. It says they are ALL "h.264."

Now I can use the encoding that works ... but it's the grainiest and not really satisfactory, especially since I know the other looks so much better.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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The crossdomain.xml doesn’t apply here because you are using RTMP.

The file you linked to me above said MPEG-4 in the inspector.

You just need to make sure that everything is encoded in H.264 for the video, and AAC for the audio.

Reference – http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/12539/supported-video-and-audio-formats

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JW Player

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Thank you sir. You have been a big help ... and fast too.

I will figure out the rest from here.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Np

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JW Player

User  
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I have this embedded code :

<embed src="http://share.learningcatalyts.in/wp-content/uploads/jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress/player/player.swf" flashvars="file=http://share.learningcatalyst.in/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/test.mp4&dock=true" width="400" height="300"/>

for video
http://share.learningcatalyst.in/1031-2

but in say movie not loaded

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Your link requires a log in, please advise.

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JW Player

User  
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You can check this link http://infolake.in/video-testing-share/

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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http://share.learningcatalyts.in/wp-content/uploads/jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress/player/player.swf does not load.

Says can’t be found. That’s why.

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JW Player

User  
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Hi,


I was facing the issue of crossdomains.
Then I uploaded the crossdomain.xml in root domain.
and now Im facing the error: Task Queue failed at step 5: crossdomain issues Playlist could not be loaded http status 500 internal server error

By the way I am playing the videos with in the server itself.
Even though the code worked perfectly on local.. i'm facing error in dev server.

my code is:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://player.longtailvideo.com/player.swf" width="320" height="240">
<param name="movie" value="http://player.longtailvideo.com/player.swf" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="flashVars" value="controlbar=over&file=<?=$full_url?>" />
</object>

xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM
"http://www.adobe.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd">
<cross-domain-policy>
<site-control permitted-cross-domain-policies="master-only" />
<allow-access-from domain="*" />
<allow-http-request-headers-from domain="*" />
</cross-domain-policy>


any help is much appreciated!

Thanks
savvana

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
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Do you have a link?

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