How to use Azure Media Service Live Stream with Apple AirPlay

Question

I am using Azure Media Service to live stream an event. My source is a HD SDI feed being captured via an AJA Kona LHi card and sent to Azure using Wirecast.

I'm using the default settings in Wirecast for Azure Media Service. I am using standard encoding and the 720p preset. I am using the Azure Media Player embedded in a private site.

Everything seems to work however iOS devices are unable to AirPlay the stream. The video plays correctly on the device but no AirPlay controls are available.

If I use the exact same setup to stream my webcam the AirPlay controls are available. Is there some specific configuration required to make this work reliably?

Answer 1

On iPad, Azure Media Player by default streams the videos in DASH. You need to specify the techorder to use give HLS a higher priority, e.g.:

var myOptions = {
                    techOrder: ["html5", "azureHtml5JS", "flashSS"],                    
                    autoplay: false,
                    controls: true,
                    width: "640",
                    height: "400",
                };
var myPlayer = amp("azuremediaplayer", myOptions);

If you don't see the AirPlay button on the video player, you can do a swipe down gesture on the upper right region of the screen and bring up the "Quick controls" to access AirPlay:

If this still doesn't work, reply with the url of your webpage and I can take a look.