Where is RTMP Address?

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Posted: Wed, 2012-01-11 20:22 David

Let's say I've uploaded a video to BOTR (manually or via the API), it's been encoded, and I want to stream it. The player I'm using is JW Player, but not the BOTR hosted version. Rather, I will be hosting the player on my server. When the player is embedded, I want to pass it a playlist (via XML or javascript params) that is generated on-the-fly on our end. The playlist will need to specify the different levels of each video (for bitrate switching) along with the provider (let's assume rtmp) and the streamer where those files are hosted. Here's my question: How do I figure out the location of each file and the streaming server for an uploaded video? I can't find this information in the BOTR dashboard, and the API docs don't show this information as being returned for a video.

Thanks

Posted: Thu, 2012-01-12 04:58 remco

This is not a public URL, you cannot use RTMP if you use your own player, you will need to use a Bits on the Run hosted player for that.

Posted: Fri, 2012-01-13 14:14 David

What about doing HTTP pseudo-streaming along with bitrate switching? Is that possible using our own player and BOTR?

Posted: Fri, 2012-01-13 18:25 David

Hm, I just realized another implication of not having the conversion URLs available when we embed the player. That means we can't create a playlist on our end and pass it to the player. We'd have to rely upon the BOTR playlist functionality. Can you confirm?

Posted: Sat, 2012-01-14 16:45 remco

The downloadable URLs are available, but pseudostreaming using your own player is not supported. See this document for information about conversion templates and such: http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/bits-on-the-run/24279/understanding-our-transcoding

Posted: Mon, 2012-01-16 14:21 David

Good to know, thanks.

Where is RTMP Address?

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