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Emerson Fittipaldi
Emerson Fittipaldi

Reputation: 123

HTTP Live streaming iOS not refreshing the index .m3u8 file

I searched all similar questions on StackOverflow, but found none to answer my problem.

I am trying to stream some movies from my Linux computer (openSuSE 12.1) to my iPad. I convert them with ffmpeg, segment them with my own segmenter, place them in the www folder of my apache2 server and also place inside the .m3u8 playlist. Til here - all is ok!

I start playing the movie (HTML page with tag) and it plays nicely, but only the first five segments, which have been loaded with the first load of the playlist. The HTML page (the browser, or the player - no idea) does not refresh (re-download) the playlist from the server. Here is what my .m3u8 playlist file looks like:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:19
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:8

#EXTINF:8,
http://192.168.1.4/segment_19.ts
#EXTINF:8,
http://192.168.1.4/segment_20.ts
#EXTINF:8,
http://192.168.1.4/segment_21.ts
#EXTINF:8,
http://192.168.1.4/segment_22.ts
#EXTINF:8,
http://192.168.1.4/segment_23.ts

Segments are in the same folder as the playlist file, segments are correctly encoded (because I can see at least the first five ones :D). I also watch the access_log from the apache server and I see the first load of the playlist, then the consequent load of all 5 segments and it stops till there. It doesn't even try to further refresh the m3u8 file.

If it matters - iOS 5.0, iPad 2, Wi-Fi version only, not jailbroken

Ideas? What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3197

Answers (1)

BollMose
BollMose

Reputation: 3498

player(platform) will update m3u8 file automatic. Not need http Expires setting in ios and android. you can view access log of httpserver.

Upvotes: 1

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