<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On 2012-06-09, at 4:01 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">On Saturday, 9 June 2012, George Nassas wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>HTTP streams are meant to be played through a web browser or a custom client</div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Http live streaming has never been restricted to playing only in web browser.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Errr, is there an echo in here? "custom client" != web browser</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div> Myth frontend as of 0.25 can play video file accessed across http://; provided they are a direct link to a media file (such as mp4, avi etc)</div><div>Seeking is possible on some file; but not all. </div>
<div><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>In 0.26; myth frontend can also play HLS stream directly. </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That's a nice feature. I saw the commit go by but didn't try it until now. Is there a way to tell it open a stream besides the telnet interface?</div><div><br></div><div>I just tried playing a myth HLS stream on an iPad and then throwing it to a myth frontend via airplay and it actually worked although there was a fair amount of stuttering. Still, it's very clever.</div><div><br></div><div>- George</div></div></body></html>