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DannyA
@dannya
9 years ago
584 posts
1. Is the video streaming or doing progressive download? I don't see any requirements for a streaming server so it seems the user would have the file on his hard drive.

1a. If we are streaming, what protocol are we using?

2. If I check "block video downloads", and i want to allow people to pay for the download, what format will the download be? Or will they just get whatever original file was uploaded?

3. What devices are supported?
updated by @dannya: 03/18/16 05:32:01PM
michael
@michael
9 years ago
7,715 posts
2. The original file will be downloaded.
douglas
@douglas
9 years ago
2,791 posts
1. The file isn't downloaded to the users computer for streaming. The file streams from your website using HTML5/Flash players.

3. Most devices these days are supported, all audio and video files that are uploaded to your site get converted to a file(s) that can be played on desktop and mobile devices.


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DannyA
@dannya
9 years ago
584 posts
douglas:
1. The file isn't downloaded to the users computer for streaming. The file streams from your website using HTML5/Flash players.

3. Most devices these days are supported, all audio and video files that are uploaded to your site get converted to a file(s) that can be played on desktop and mobile devices.

what protocol are we using? Device support depends on the formats and the protocols being used. There is no format/protocol that is supported on all devices. The only thing supported across all devices is progressive streaming and progressive download and that gets saved to the user's hard drive. But you say we are not doing that. But at the same time we are not using any streaming server.
douglas
@douglas
9 years ago
2,791 posts
Jamroom converts videos to .flv and .m4v formats and uses and HTML5 player (jPlayer - http://jplayer.org/) to play the file, if a users browser does not support HTML5 players, it reverts to using a flash player, hence the two different formats.

Most mobile devices and computer browsers these days support HTML5 players.

Also, if you set a price on an uploaded video, Jamroom creates a sample of the video so the viewer can't see the entire video without paying for it.

Hope this helps!


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DannyA
@dannya
9 years ago
584 posts
Third request. What protocol is being used to stream the file? No streaming server is being used but you say the file is not being downloaded to the user's hard drive.

If no file was being saved, we would be using RTMP, RTSP, HLS, HDS, or smooth streaming (for example).
brian
@brian
9 years ago
10,148 posts
The video file is streamed over HTTP.


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