NSV (Nullsoft Video)

JW Player — Apr 04, 2014 09:08AM EDT

This audio stream in the NSV format for Winamp plays fine in JWPlayer (I'm using the player on longtailvideo.com for demonstration because I haven't created a public site yet):

http://player.longtailvideo.com/player.swf?file=http://65.60.44.250:8000/;.nsv&type=sound&autostart=true

But when I try to play a video stream in the NSV format, I have problems. The following doesn't load the video stream at all:

http://player.longtailvideo.com/player.swf?file=http://91.121.24.78:8021/;.nsv&type=video&autostart=true

However, by setting the type as "sound", I can get JWPlayer to play very choppy audio:

http://player.longtailvideo.com/player.swf?file=http://91.121.24.78:8021/;.nsv&type=sound&autostart=true

Apparently JWPlayer can play the audio but not the video. Is it theoretically possible to play Nullsoft video with Flash?

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JW Player

User

Apr 04, 2014 11:03AM EDT 0 rated :

@James

May I suggest to have a peek at the following link which may be of help

http://www.wowzamedia.com/

Their forum is full of info that may apply to you.

Also, WOWZA make available a developer version with which I am at the moment playing/toying with.

hope is this helpful

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JW Player

User

Apr 04, 2014 11:03AM EDT 0 rated :

Wowza does not do nsv video if my memory serves correct.

Red5 does with the shoutcast jar.

http://www.thebitstream.com/?page_id=13

thunder snow does nsv directly to flash.

http://thundersnow.thebitstream.com/

nsv playback sample here.

http://thundersnow.thebitstream.com/player/

I recommend thunder snow over wowza and red5.

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JW Player

User

Apr 04, 2014 11:03AM EDT 0 rated :

So a Flash player can play NSV video, but JWPlayer can't? Would this make a good feature suggestion, then?

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent

Apr 04, 2014 11:03AM EDT 0 rated :

In my experience, most NSV files play just fine with the JW Player…

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JW Player

User

Apr 04, 2014 11:03AM EDT 0 rated :

Can you provide an example of NSV video playing in JWPlayer?

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JW Player

User

Apr 04, 2014 11:03AM EDT 0 rated :

I did some searching myself, but could only find one other NSV stream, which I can't get to work in JWPlayer, but can play in WinAmp:

http://212.40.65.153:8000/;.nsv

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent

Apr 04, 2014 11:03AM EDT 0 rated :

If you load that file, and set the “provider” flashvar to “sound”, it should work.

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JW Player

User

Apr 04, 2014 11:03AM EDT 0 rated :

Sorry Ethan, We're talking about 'video', not 'Sound'.

The nsv video MUST be vp6x or h264(x264) format. Your link is vp3+aacp which the jwplayer cannot handle.

The jwplayer 'could' play nsv video if they added a thunder snow parser engine.

The player link sample I provided is h264 nsv video, and pure as3 code.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent

Apr 04, 2014 11:03AM EDT -1 rated :

Ah, got it, thanks.

Do you have any example videos encoded like this that I can test?

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JW Player

User

Apr 04, 2014 11:03AM EDT 0 rated :

Sorry to bring this back up again. However I am getting the copy audio, it works fine in VLC Player but is chop on my site.
http://www.praizevision.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=289&Itemid=325 any help would be awesome.

I have my provider set to sound.
Here is my stream info: http://199.16.186.38:8391/;stream.nsv

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent

Apr 04, 2014 11:03AM EDT 0 rated :

This works for me.

I just tested your file in – http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player-setup-wizard, and set provider to sound, it works.

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