First, I've looked at this question, but it's a few years old and support for these things might have changed.
I'm developing an HTML5 app for Android using an IDE (HTML5 Builder) that allows to export the HTML5 app to an Android APK. I'm doing that and everything works fine except the video and audio files.
In that app I have one video in mp4 format, and a few audios in mp3 format. When I run that app as a web-app in the internet browser of a desktop and in an Android device the video and the audios work perfectly. However, when I export that app as an APK and install it in an Android device, everything works fine (navigation, css, images, etc) except the video and the audios.
Is it a problem of the format? I've been doing some research and it seems that mp4 and mp3 should be accepted... Besides, I've followed this method to encode the video as explained in this article (which is the same method explained in the question I mention above) but still the video doesn't work.
Any help with this would be appreciated!
First I will state that with me I've experienced a hit or miss with mobile devices. Some mobile devices will work fine with my code other times they wont work at all when using audio or video. I know the following works with iPhone, and supports my primary android device but not all android devices.
<video width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="movie.ogv" type="video/ogg">
<source src="movie.webm" type="video/webm">
</video>
I recomend making the same video files for all 3 formats, this way if a device doesn't support one format but supports another you'll be in luck. The same is for audio but you use the audio tags.
I would recomend installing the following Android Apps on your device to see if your device supports all of the HTML5 features. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mds.phonegapapijqm and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phonegap.phonegapdeveloper
I know you said you weren't using phonegap but still those apps are very handy for testing HTML apps for android in general.
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I have a web page, and I want music to play automatically, in a loop from a hidden source. I tried the audio and video tags, but that evidently isn’t supported yet. So I then I tried the embed tag, which will play the song, but I cant seem to have it happen in a loop, or automatically when the page is loaded. This embed tag is in the body of my html file:
<embed src="hereiam.mp3" AUTOSTART=TRUE LOOP=TRUE hidden=TRUE>
what can I do to get this song playing on android devices?
There isn't much you can do about audio since support has just been realsed for the latest versions or the android browser. Check this resource for more details about browser support http://caniuse.com/#search=web%20audio%20api
I would suggest you look into javascript libraries such as http://kolber.github.io/audiojs/
Quoting from the audiojs site about browser support:
Mobile Safari (iOS 3+) Android (2.2+, w/Flash) Safari (4+) Chrome (7+)
Firefox (3+, w/ Flash) Opera (10+, w/ Flash) IE (6, 7, 8, w/ Flash)
html5 works on the android Chrome browser
<audio controls>
<source src="horse.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
<source src="horse.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
Your browser does not support the audio tag.
</audio>
From W3Schools
Hope that helps!
I've been trying to solve this issue for days now, and I've Googled and researched as much as I can, but no answer has solved the problem yet.
I have put a video on a web page I'm working on using the HTML5 video tag. It works in all the desktop browsers I've tried (Firefox, Chrome, IE) and it has worked on 2 iPhones I've tried (iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s), but I can't get it to play for the life of me on my android devices (Samsung Galaxy S5 and Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0). The video player shows up on the page and allows me to press the Play button, but when I do it just sits for a minute or 2 and then pops up with a message saying "Sorry, unable to play video."
I have 3 different file types for the video (4 technically if you count mp4 and m4v as two different types) and they are mp4, webm, and ogg. The mp4 is encoded with H.264. I've tried converting them several times with a converter that specifies "types for specific devices, etc" just to see if I could get any different conversions to work.
This is the code I am using:
<video width="480" height="270" controls>
<source src="../pages/videos/video001.mp4">
<source src="../pages/videos/video001.m4v" type="video/mp4">
<source src="../pages/videos/video001.webm" type="video/webm">
<source src="../pages/videos/video001.ogg" type="video/ogg">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
I've tried different aspect ratios and sizes. I've done the whole "turn your device off then back on," I've cleared out my cache and cookies data on my browser (trying to access via Chrome), and I've also tried to play it on the Samsung Galaxy native browser vs. chrome (the name is escaping me at the moment) and it didn't work on there either.
Any assistance is greatly appreciated. This is driving me insane!
I have Wowza and testing RTMP streaming. Now as in Wowza RTMP Example, i can now:
Playback via Flash
http://www.wowza.com/gettingstarted
Server: rtmp://xx.xx.xx.xx:1935/live
Stream: myStream
Playback via HTML5 for iOS
<video x-webkit-airplay="allow" type="video/m3u8" src="http://xx.xx.xx.xx:1935/live/myStream/playlist.m3u8" />
So means, til now, i can playback via:
Flash (I DON'T WANT IT IN THE END)
iOS HTML5
So how to make it to play on:
HTML5 for non iOS Browsers?
For iOS on HTML5:
<video x-webkit-airplay="allow" type="video/m3u8" src="http://xx.xx.xx.xx:1935/live/myStream/playlist.m3u8" />
HTML5 for Android or Windows or Any other Browsers?
The HTML 5 live streaming that you are using on iPhone is often referred to as "HLS". Currently most browsers on desktop do not support HLS via the HTML 5 video tag.
However, using Wowza, you can get your live stream onto basically any screen with a little effort.
iOS:
You're covered there. HLS live streaming from Wowza to iOS devices works like a charm.
Desktop:
Unfortunately, when it comes to desktop browsers you are still limited to using flash for live streams. You can do so in one of two ways:
With a typical flash media player, such as JWPlayer using the tried and true RTMP method, as you described.
Using a flash media player that supports HLS streams (such as JWPlayer). In this case, you would use the same endpoint that you're using for iOS streams. I've been running live streams this way in flash on desktop. For my money, I prefer to use HLS for desktop, as I am only dealing with one protocol for live streams on all devices at the end of the day. I have also found the performance to be quite good.
You can read about HLS support in JWPlayer here:
http://support.jwplayer.com/customer/portal/articles/1430189-about-hls-streaming
Do note that HLS support in JWPlayer is limited to their enterprise edition.
All that said, I would really recommend checking out JWPlayer. In my opinion, nothing makes it easier to get your live streams running on all devices.
Android:
Although Android does not technically support HLS, I have found that on a number of Android devices, including Galaxy S4, and HTC One, using an HLS stream in a video tag works just like on iOS. Since everything I've read indicates that HLS is not supported on Android, I can only assume that this functionality is added by the individual manufacturers. Alternatively, you present Android users with a link to the rtsp stream that is generated by Wowza in it's default application configuration. On most other Android devices, the rtsp stream can be opened with the device's native media player. A full history and workarounds regarding live streaming on Android can be found here:
http://www.jwplayer.com/blog/the-pain-of-live-streaming-on-android/
I'll wrap up by saying that although live streaming to mulitple devices has gotten much easier even in the last year, there is still a butt load fragmentation that can make a developer looking to implement a solution pull his hair out. Furthermore, although most would agree that the HTML 5 video specification is the future, that spec is still widely debated, and not really "done" yet. Jeroen Wijering keeps a running article on the subject that is updated regularly and is, in my opinion, required reading for anyone dealing with video in web applications. I would read it thoroughly, and check back frequently for updates as you continue to develop video solutions for the web:
http://www.jwplayer.com/html5/
Update:
JWPlayer now officially supports HLS on Android 4.1+ (Jellybean):
http://support.jwplayer.com/customer/portal/articles/1430189-about-hls-streaming
Flowplayer can provide a solution for that. Android & iOS browsers can play HLS stream. There is a simple script as below. Check it out
<html>
<head>
<title>My Flowplayer video</title>
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="https://releases.flowplayer.org/7.2.7/skin/skin.css">
<!-- hls.js -->
<script
src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/hls.js/0.10.1/hls.light.min.js"></script>
<!-- flowplayer -->
<script src="https://releases.flowplayer.org/7.2.7/flowplayer.min.js"> </script>
</head>
<body>
<div class=”flowplayer” data-rtmp=”rtmp://127.0.0.1/vod”>
<video>
<source type=”video/flash” src=”mp4:vod_test”>
<source type=”application/x-mpegurl” src=”streams/vod_test.m3u8″>
</video>
</div>
</body>
</html>
How to Play Live and Vod Stream on all Browsers
I'm Making a Mobile website using jquery mobile and I'm only considering iPad, iPhone and Android device. I don't need Flash Fallback.
Then what is the best method to make video player only for mobile? Do i have to use any of these http://praegnanz.de/html5video/ or only html 5 video code will do. I don't need custom skin. Main thing is video should be smoothly played on iPad, iphone and Android.
You don't necessarily have to use one of those video libraries; you can use the HTML5 video element which allows you to style the controls via CSS and specify fallbacks (including flash and silverlight).
The main thing to consider will be what video codecs each mobile browser on iphone, ipad and android supports.
In between the tags, you can specify multiple video formats to fallback on.
I tested this on iphone and ipad and it could play the video using the HTML5 video element:
<video width="320" height="240" controls="controls">
<source src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Qtv-CarrieFisherTalksStarWarsOnQ553.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
iOS will support mp4 but i'm not an Android expert so i found this post that details encoding video that will play on Android via the html5 video element: Encoding Video For Android
I'm in the stage of planning a new application for both iOS and Android platforms (tablet and phone), which will heavily feature streaming video playback.
However, the documentation is not entirely clear about capabilities of these platforms when it comes to video playback. So my questions are:
1.) Can Android and iOS playback HTML5 video from a webpage/webview?
2.) Can HTML5 videos be shown as part of a webpage (non-fullscreen) with an overlay?
3.) Can Android and iOS play videos natively in non-fullscreen mode?
4.) Can I do text/graphcs overlay over a played video if it's a part of native app?
The answers on these questions (if possible, with supported OS versions) would be much appreciated, I can't seem to find conclusive resouces as part of the platform documentation.
Ok let me try to answer as clear as possible since I just had experience with apps for streaming in ios and android.
1.) Can Android and iOS playback HTML5 video from a webpage/webview?
Yes The both can with the <Video> tag
2.) Can HTML5 videos be shown as part of a webpage (non-fullscreen) with an overlay?
This depends more on the device than on the OS. iPad can do it without full-screen but iPhone does apply full-screen, Android Tablets Can some Andorid phones Can't.
Specifically on iOS and iPhones the best way to go would be to create a MPMoviePlayerController (not to be confused with MPMoviewPlayerViewController) and you can set the layout in your viewController and restrict the size of the video so you can see the layout. (This allso works of course in iPad so that could be your best approach for both)
3.) Can Android and iOS play videos natively in non-fullscreen mode?
Yes they can, as explained above would be better if instead of using a WebView you use VideoPlayer's in View Controllers
4.) Can I do text/graphcs overlay over a played video if it's a part of native app?
You can using the above approach since your video will be on your viewcontroller where you manage the size and position of the player in your view, when doing it on a webviewthe device automatically loads the player so you are unable to manage it.
You should play safe and go for min OS requirements iOS 4.0 and Android OS 2.1 because of the improvements both versions made on native video playback
I don't think there can be a definitive answer without testing and even then the answers are likely to change (rapidly, I hope). I looked at the reference video here: http://broken-links.com/tests/video/ which is encoded in three different forms, ensuring it can play correctly in Firefox, which supports ogg, Chrome, which supports webm, and whatever supports m4v.
<video id="video" autobuffer height="240" poster="../images/bbb_poster-360x240.jpg" width="360">
<source src="../media/BigBuck.m4v">
<source src="../media/BigBuck.webm" type="video/webm">
<source src="../media/BigBuck.theora.ogv" type="video/ogg">
</video>
I tested this on an iPad 2 with the latest updates, a Samsung Galaxy Tab with Android 3.1, and a Nexus One with Android 2.3 as well as Firefox 5 and Chrome 12 on OS X 10.6.8. Both Firefox and Chrome played perfectly.
Ipad 2: Played correctly in the browser (non-fullscreen). The only anomaly: time was shown as "1' of NaN'"
Android 3.1: Played correctly in the browser (non-fullscreen.)
Android 2.3: Went to full-screen when I pressed "play." After playing, went back to in-browser, but showed time as "1' of 6000'" Also, it hung for a while before playing, perhaps because of the connection speed, but it didn't feel completely stable.
I hope this is helpful.