jWplayer does not run stream on Android

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22244032

  •  10-06-2023
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Question

Hi I am having some problems in rendering jwplayer html5 streams on Android. I have connected the device to my computer and using the chrome dev tools, I tried to debug the problem.

Apparently when I press the play button a call to this url is trying to be executed

http://edge07.streamgate.nl/vod/definst/content1/END_42569_B.mp4/playlist.m3u

The reason that I am saying that it is trying is because the call does not actually get executed and the status is displayed as canceled.Here is what I mean:

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Does anyone know what could be the problem?

Was it helpful?

Solution

There are issues with Android and M3U8 natively - http://www.jwplayer.com/blog/the-pain-of-live-streaming-on-android/

However, I have a small work around you can use for this, check the code below:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<script src="http://p.jwpcdn.com/6/8/jwplayer.js"></script>
<center><div id='container'></div></center>
<script>
if (navigator.userAgent.match(/android/i) != null){
    jwplayer("container").setup({
        file: "http://playertest.longtailvideo.com/adaptive/bbbfull/bbbfull.m3u8",
        type: "mp4",
        primary: "html5"
    });
} else {
jwplayer("container").setup({
  playlist: [{
    image: "http://content.bitsontherun.com/thumbs/gSzpo2wh-480.jpg",
    sources: [{
      file: "http://content.jwplatform.com/manifests/s8BPzDe0.smil"
    },{
      file: "http://playertest.longtailvideo.com/adaptive/bbbfull/bbbfull.m3u8"
    }]
  }],
  primary: "flash"
});
}
</script>
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