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Help with SMIL Plugin

Jan 3, 2011 5:23 AM

Hello Everyone,

Where can I find more info about the SMIL plugin for Strobe? I'm trying to config this but got stuck and cant get this plugin run, there is any way to check if the strobe loads the plugin?

I'm trying to load the plugin with the following flashvars :

&plugin_smil=<src_of_plugin>

&smil_namespace=<no_idea_what_is_this>

&smil_retryLive=true

&myPlugin1_retryInterval=10

What is this namespace? And the source can be a local path (like this 'resources/SMILPlugin.swf')?

Thanks and Happy New Year!

Anderson

2179 Views 19 Replies Latest reply: Ankit Tanna, Aug 28, 2012 12:30 AM

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1. Andrian Cucu,

Jan 3, 2011 1:43 PM in reply to Anderson M. Gaspar

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Hi Anderson,

I created a wiki page for this: http://sourceforge.net/adobe/smp/wiki/Using%20the%20SMILPlugin%20in%20 Strobe%20Media%20Playback/

The SMILPlugin does not need any metadata, so you don't need to worry about namespaces.

Check the OSMF Metadata specs for a discussion about metadata and namespaces. You can also check the Plugin Dev Guide for some additional context.

Let us know how it goes!

Andrian

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2. Anderson M. Gaspar,

Jan 4, 2011 12:32 PM in reply to Andrian Cucu

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Thanks Andrian for the response.
I still have problems to play my smil files, the player displays a buffering screen and nothing happens

This is how I'm using the Strobe:

<script type="text/javascript">
        var flashObject = '<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="flashPlayer" data="resources/StrobeMediaPlayback.swf" width="512"                                                        height="288" id="flashPlayer" style="visibility: visible; ">'+
                                  '<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/>'+
                                  '<param name="wmode" value="transparent"/>'+
                                  '<param name="quality" value="high"/>'+
                                  '<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/>'+
                                  '<param name="bgcolor" value="FFFFFF"/>'+
                                  '<param name="flashvars" value="autoPlay=true'+
                                                      '&urlIncludesFMSApplicationInstance=true'+
                                                      '&plugin_smil=http://osmf.org/dev/1.5.rc1/SMILPlugin.swf'+
                                  '"/>'+
                                  '</object>';
        writeInPage(flashObject);
</script>

And the SMIL file is the same used in the wiki example
I´m missing something?

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3. Andrian Cucu,

Jan 4, 2011 12:58 PM in reply to Anderson M. Gaspar

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Hi,

You need to host the SMILPlugin.swf file on your server. The crossdomain.xml on osmf.org does not allow loading the SWF into your player security context.

-Andrian

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4. Anderson M. Gaspar,

Jan 7, 2011 7:38 AM in reply to Andrian Cucu

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Many thanks Andrian! It`s ALIVE!

I got some problems with an old player version, now I put the lastest strobe player (1.5.1) and the rc1 SMILPlugin.

Cheers,

Anderson

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5. Anderson M. Gaspar,

Jan 7, 2011 10:54 AM in reply to Anderson M. Gaspar

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There`s any problems hosting .smil files in FMS and acessing them via RTMP? I just succeded to play smil files with HTTP, have any constraints about RTMP?

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6. Silviu Vergoti,

Jan 10, 2011 12:17 AM in reply to Anderson M. Gaspar

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What do you mean, the assets referred in the smil file to be rtmp or the smil file itself?

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7. Anderson M. Gaspar,

Jan 11, 2011 12:00 PM in reply to Silviu Vergoti

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Hello,

I`m having trouble in both ways. I`ll try to demonstrate how is my configuration:

rtmp://192.168.1.149/medias/andi/6-6108896527426750337.smil - URL of FMS hosting my SMIL file. Not working.

I put a SMIL file in my Apache server and I can play it on Strobe setting the src like this:

player.setMediaResourceURL('http://192.168.1.149/teste.smil'); - Works fine.

My SMIL file, as you can see in the following:

<smil>
     <head></head>
     <body>
          <seq>
               <video src="rtmp://cp67126.edgefcs.net/ondemand/mp4:mediapm/ovp/content/demo /video/elephants_dream/elephants_dream_768x428_24.0fps_408kbps.mp4" system-bitrate="408000"/>
               <video region="content" src="http://mediapm.edgesuite.net/strobe/content/test/AFaerysTale_sylviaApo stol_640_500_short.flv" />
               <video region="content" src="rtmp://192.168.1.149/medias/andi/2-3120547504959863507.flv" />
          </seq>
     </body>
</smil>

Runs the first and the second video, but stops on the third. What I`m doing wrong? Am I missing some configuration on FMS? Sorry I`m still learning.

Thanks in advance.

Anderson

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8. Silviu Vergoti,

Jan 12, 2011 1:22 AM in reply to Anderson M. Gaspar

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I can see that the rtmp url includes the default flv extension and it shouldn't.
ex: rtmp://server/application/stream
Can you try without it? or with the stream directly linked in the src?

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9. Anderson M. Gaspar,

Jan 12, 2011 5:01 AM in reply to Silviu Vergoti

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I tried without the extension, and it didn`t work. The stream plays on Strobe without problem when I call it directly:

player.setMediaResourceURL('rtmp://192.168.1.149/medias/andi/2-3120547 504959863507');

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10. Silviu Vergoti,

Jan 13, 2011 1:34 AM in reply to Anderson M. Gaspar

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Do you still use urlIncludesFMSApplicationInstance=true ? Please set it to false.

I tried to replicate your situation:

http://osmf.org/dev/1.5.rc1/debug.html?plugin_smil=http://osmf.org/dev /1.5.rc1/SMILPlugin.swf&src=http://linternalserver/strobe/assets/gaspa r.smil

smil contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<smil>
     <head></head>
     <body>
          <seq>
               <video src="rtmp://cp67126.edgefcs.net/ondemand/mp4:mediapm/ovp/content/demo /video/elephants_dream/elephants_dream_768x428_24.0fps_408kbps.mp4" system-bitrate="408000"/>
               <video region="content" src="http://mediapm.edgesuite.net/strobe/content/test/AFaerysTale_sylviaApo stol_640_500_short.flv" />
               <video region="content" src="rtmp:/otherinternalserver/vod/va/all_video_assets/1000/stream" />
          </seq>
     </body>
</smil>

my FMS setup:

- default vod streaming application
- VOD configuration set up to read files from a different directory

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11. Anderson M. Gaspar,

Jan 13, 2011 11:03 AM in reply to Silviu Vergoti

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The SMIL Plugin dont accept medias from an application instance in FMS?

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12. Silviu Vergoti,

Jan 14, 2011 1:09 AM in reply to Anderson M. Gaspar

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Is your FMS setup based on application instances, or are those subdirectories?

I looked in the plugin code and it does not support urlIncludesFMSApplicationInstance in smils.

I think you have 3 possible solutions:
- You could post an improvement request in the bugbase http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FM and wait for a fix
- You could try to modify the SMIL Plugin code and add the necessary code to support passing urlIncludesFMSApplicationInstance in a smil tag
(in SMILMediaGenerator.as and SMILParser.as)
- You can modify your FMS setup (add a new app instead of an instance )

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13. dylan_baxter,

Jul 25, 2012 12:39 PM in reply to Andrian Cucu

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Andrian,
The SourceForge wiki link you provided does not appear to work any more (nor do many other SourceForge wiki links I have spotted on these forums). Evidently SourceForge requires write access to the Wiki in order to simply view a page? Am I not cool enough for documentation?
Dreadful, and I am still very much up a creek... but my time working with OSMF in general has taught me patience and reinforced my belief in an alternate reality where Adobe framework documentation is both consolidated and correct!
Anyway, sorry to dredge up an old topic and then turn it into a rant, I'm just so sick of all the dead ends!

Thanks,
Dylan

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14. Ankit Tanna,

Aug 23, 2012 5:51 AM in reply to Silviu Vergoti

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What if I have an XML playlist? How can I load and parse it through the SMP so that the videos are played?

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15. dylan_baxter,

Aug 23, 2012 4:33 PM in reply to Ankit Tanna

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Strobe Media Playback does support M3U (albeit not XML) playlists out of the box, but I needed to support MRSS (XML) playlists for my project. No worries there, a few modifications to the PlaylistLoader and PlaylistParser classes and now my Strobe(ish) player retrieves video segments, captions and metadata without any confusing proxy chain modifications, bleck. Hope that puts you in the right direction

Dylan

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16. Ankit Tanna,

Aug 24, 2012 3:53 AM in reply to dylan_baxter

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hi dylan,

Yeah.... I did the same... but messed up when it came to matching the tags... Could you just please guide me through the two files - PlaylistLoader and PlaylistParser? I placed the XML file with the metadata in the assets folder under the project.

its comparitively easy building in Flash Professional but when it comes to builder it gets a bit tough...

A lot interested and eager for your response dylan. May I have a reference to your files?

Thanks a lot.

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17. Ankit Tanna,

Aug 24, 2012 4:00 AM in reply to dylan_baxter

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I went through this turorial and mapped it onto my SMP...

http://republicofcode.com/tutorials/flash/as3xmlvideoplayer/

Ankit

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18. dylan_baxter,

Aug 24, 2012 2:21 PM in reply to Ankit Tanna

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First I replaced the M3U file extension check on the resource ("src" flashVar) in PlaylistLoader.as cahHandleResource:

if (supported == MediaTypeUtil.METADATA_MATCH_FOUND)
{
    return true;
}
    else if (resource is URLResource)
{
    var urlResource:URLResource = URLResource(resource);
    return (urlResource.url.toLowerCase().indexOf("videogateway") > -1); // Checking for my own MRSS playlist gateway...
}
else return false;

Then I altered PlaylistParser.as parse method to return a Vector.<MediaResourceBase> based on my own XML parsing scheme as opposed to the M3U scheme that was in place...

I hope that helps...

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19. Ankit Tanna,

Aug 28, 2012 12:30 AM in reply to dylan_baxter

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This has given me a clearer picture but I am missing out some where... Could you please give me the reference of the entire file? I would be glad to have your help.

Thank you for replying.

Ankit.

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