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Streaming video (VideoPlayer)

Discussion in '5.6 Beta' started by MarkNeville, Dec 27, 2016.

  1. MarkNeville

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    Does VideoPlayer handle streaming video? I've tried tcp://<IPADDRESS>:<PORT> but I don't receive any video or error messages.
     
    MarkNeville, Dec 27, 2016
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  2. Who-am-I

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    I am facing same issue
     
    Who-am-I, Dec 30, 2016
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  3. DominiqueLrx

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    For now, you can use URLs of the form file://, http:// and https:// , where the URL path finishes with an extension that describes a movie container whose type is supported (e.g.: mp4, webm, ...). We'll add support for a URL with query string in an upcoming beta (an oversight...).

    Can you give me the details of what circumstances require you to use a tcp:// url?
     
    DominiqueLrx, Jan 3, 2017
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  4. MarkNeville

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    Thanks for the reply. My use case is for live drone video feeds i.e. tcp://192.168.1.1:5555.
     
    MarkNeville, Jan 4, 2017
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  5. DominiqueLrx

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    Interesting!

    Can you give me details about what to expect on this URL? Do you have a spec for this, or user documentation? Can you point a web browser to this and play the resulting video?

    As mentioned, our current approach requires the URL to have the container type in the extension (as we're feeding the URL to various decoding backends depending on the container type). Also: what platform is this for?

    Thanks for bringing this to our attention!
     
    DominiqueLrx, Jan 6, 2017
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  6. Deleted User

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    I tried using Video Player to stream HLS, but it didn't work. I assume that's because of no current support with URLs that have a query string.

    Is that correct?
     
    Deleted User, Jan 13, 2017
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