{"id":52,"date":"2010-10-31T05:44:58","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T05:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blurrypixel.com\/?p=52"},"modified":"2018-10-06T04:37:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T04:37:05","slug":"http-streaming-to-iphoneipad-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blurrypixel.com\/?p=52","title":{"rendered":"HTTP Streaming to iPhone\/iPad part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBefore, if you wanted to do any http streaming you’d need expensive software or an even more expensive subscription to a streaming service. With a little work, you can get http streaming from your home computer.\n<\/p>\n

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\nTo begin with, you’ll need a couple things. A Mac running Snow Leopard and a web server running on your host or locally on your home network. FTP access won’t do. There are numerous tutorials on how to get a web server running on a Mac and it’s easy so do that first.\n<\/p>\n

\nOnce you’re set, customize the following html and make it your web server’s index page.<\/p>\n

<html><\/div>\n
<head><\/div>\n
<title>iPhone\/iPodTouch Streaming<\/title><\/div>\n
<\/head><\/div>\n
<body><\/div>\n
<video width=”320″ height=”240″ controls=””><\/div>\n
<source src=”.\/prog_index.m3u8″ \/><\/div>\n
<\/video><\/div>\n
<\/body><\/div>\n
<\/html><\/div>\n

If you’re not already using VLC, then you really should be. It’s an “everything” media player, streaming server, etc… We’ll be using it to create the mpeg transport stream that the iPhone\/iPad will use for Http streaming.\n<\/p>\n

\nOpen up Terminal and type the following command:<\/p>\n

\/Applications\/VLC.app\/Contents\/MacOS\/VLC –intf=dummy –sout=”#transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{aud,profile=baseline, level=30,keyint=30,bframes=0,ref=1,nocabac},acodec=mp3, audio-sync,deinterlace}:standard{mux=ts,dst=-,access=file}” input.mov<\/span><\/em> | mediastreamsegmenter -b http:\/\/your-ip<\/span><\/em>\/ -f \/web-server-directory<\/span><\/em>\/ -t 10 -s 5 -D<\/p>\n

Replace input.mov <\/span><\/em>with the file path of the movie you would like to stream. Replace your-ip <\/span><\/em>with the ip address of your web server. Replace web-server-directory <\/span><\/em>to the local file path to your web server. Once you run command and there are no errors, you should start to see a sequence of filesequence.ts files on your web server and a file named prog_index.m3u8. Open up safari on your iPhone\/iPad and type in your ip address and you should see your movie ready to be streamed! Have fun!\n<\/p>\n

\nIn part 2, I will cover streaming your computer Desktop to your iPhone\/iPad using these same techniques.\n<\/p>\n

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