[mythtv-commits] Ticket #11216: Unable to stream videos to a flash player

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#11216: Unable to stream videos to a flash player
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 Reporter:  jjhughes57@…   |          Owner:  kormoc
     Type:  Patch -        |         Status:  closed
  Feature                  |      Milestone:  unknown
 Priority:  minor          |        Version:  Master Head
Component:  Plugin -       |     Resolution:  Feature request without patch
  MythWeb                  |  Ticket locked:  0
 Severity:  low            |
 Keywords:                 |
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Changes (by wagnerrp):

 * status:  new => closed
 * type:  Developer Task => Patch - Feature
 * version:  Unspecified => Master Head
 * resolution:   => Feature request without patch


Comment:

 Trac is not for feature requests. If you have a patch, you can re-open
 this ticket and attach it.

 The existing flash streaming was never more than a proof of concept, as
 indicated by the big red warning box on the page you had to go to to
 enable it. It has been deprecated by the HLS server built into the
 backend, so there will be no future patches accepted for that mechanism.
 In order for your proposed patch to be accepted, it would need to access
 the content from the new [http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Content_Service
 Services API], and not direct file access.  The MythMusic access
 [http://code.mythtv.org/cgit/mythweb/tree/modules/music/stream.php#n104
 already does this], however the way it is implemented, it must read the
 whole file into memory and then push it to the client at once.  This will
 not work for video due to memory constraints, and even poses some
 difficulty with larger music files.  Any implementation would need to be
 able to stream the content, and would ideally support segmented downloads.

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