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play hls or rtmp inside android browser

The goal is to play live streaming inside android browser, thus using the html5 video player.

I tried with m3u8 (which works on ios and also while tapping directly the m3u8 inside android), I tried with RTMP.

This works on IOS, not on android

<video id="my_video_1"  controls autoplay
        preload="auto" width="100%" height="100%"   data-setup="{}">
        <source src="http://mysite.com:8080/hls/video.m3u8" '/>
</video>

and this link works on android browser (it opens a video player ) http://mysite.com:8080/hls/video.m3u8

So: what should I do to display some live video inside android browser ?

regards

Solution

  • Look at longtailvideo where a whole list of supported browsers and so on is available: http://www.longtailvideo.com/html5/hls/ also have a look at the footnotes: Sometimes it is necessary to to click 3 times at the play button. Also only Android 4+ supports a little bit of hls. But .m3u8 playlists are definitiv possible in some browsers on some devices, but it is challenging.