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Azure HLS Streaming support

JW Player — Apr 17, 2014 12:09PM EDT

Hi. I'm looking for a solution for our system when talking about offering videos.

We host our videos in Azure Storage, and then encode them, having the posibility to encode in different formats. One of them is HLS.

So I wanted to know if JWPlayer supports this streaming, as it would mean the best solution for us since we'd be able to deliver the content to desktop through Flash, and also to cellphones.

Also, is there any way of trying these before buying the Premiun edition?

Thank you in advance.

Diego

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent

Apr 17, 2014 12:09PM EDT 0 rated :

Do you have a sample HLS stream from them?

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JW Player

User

Apr 17, 2014 12:09PM EDT 0 rated :

Yes. Here it is:
http://dadotestmediaservices.origin.mediaservices.windows.net/1fce0710-e293-4057-8a86-6cca2a67f16a/ConejoEnMP4-m3u8-aapl.ism/Manifest(format=m3u8-aapl)

Thanks for the answer.

Diego.

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JW Player

User

Apr 17, 2014 12:09PM EDT 0 rated :

Re write it in order to see ot correctly:

bc.. http://dadotestmediaservices.origin.mediaservices.windows.net/1fce0710-e293-4057-8a86-6cca2a67f16a/ConejoEnMP4-m3u8-aapl.ism/Manifest(format=m3u8-aapl)

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent

Apr 17, 2014 12:09PM EDT 0 rated :

This will work with our player with the following setup:

<script type='text/javascript'>
jwplayer('my-video').setup({
file: "http://dadotestmediaservices.origin.mediaservices.windows.net/1fce0710-e293-4057-8a86-6cca2a67f16a/ConejoEnMP4-m3u8-aapl.ism/Manifest(format=m3u8-aapl)",
type: "hls"
});
</script>

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JW Player

User

Apr 17, 2014 12:09PM EDT 0 rated :

Great, but is it posible to also deliver that content to a windows PC through Flash??

I just tried it as that, and it showed "No playable sources found". Is it because of the need of a premiun account?

Thanks

Diego.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent

Apr 17, 2014 12:09PM EDT 0 rated :

Yes, I tested this with our premium player through flash. You need premium for this.

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JW Player

User

Apr 17, 2014 12:09PM EDT 0 rated :

Great!

Final questions just to resume then:
1. If you have that script on a page being accessed through a windows pc it will automatically reproduce it with flash, while if accessed through an iOS or safari browser it will reproduce it with hls ?

2. Does the player offer the user the opportunity to choose a better quality even if its connection is slow?

3. As I read in the features, there is no inconvenient if the stream is encripted, right?

Thanks for the help.

Diego.

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Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent

Apr 17, 2014 12:09PM EDT 0 rated :

1) Exactly. Our player will render it in Flash on desktop, HTML5 on iOS/Safari.

2) Yes, it does, demo – http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/29393/hls-adaptive-stream

3) We do support HLS AES encryption in our enterprise edition.

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