2014-11-11, 14:30
Just FYI for anyone looking at the implementation of LIVE streams in this…
Yes, it has been done in the "other" iPlayer plugin but their implementation is NOT working on Android
This may have to do with how they've implemented, or maybe Android can't play f4m streams full stop.
There were suggestions earlier in this thread (and on this plugin's code issues page - issue 157) about using Sharni's f4mproxy stuff, afaik this is used in Dailymotion and in Jonc's MX BBC Player on hub, as well as, possibly, in others.
So, I'm wondering if anyone could check out whether these other plugins are or aren't capable of playing f4m streams on Android devices.
Would be great to find a way to implement that worked consistently across all oses.
Anyway, for now the plugin is just great, although I have noticed the ION API has been around since 2008, so I hope they're not going to shut it down anytime soon!
EDITED TO ADD: Have tested Jonc's MX BBC player myself, on Android, and it works just fine, so this implementation (Sharni's F4MProxy) should be fine)
Yes, it has been done in the "other" iPlayer plugin but their implementation is NOT working on Android
This may have to do with how they've implemented, or maybe Android can't play f4m streams full stop.
There were suggestions earlier in this thread (and on this plugin's code issues page - issue 157) about using Sharni's f4mproxy stuff, afaik this is used in Dailymotion and in Jonc's MX BBC Player on hub, as well as, possibly, in others.
So, I'm wondering if anyone could check out whether these other plugins are or aren't capable of playing f4m streams on Android devices.
Would be great to find a way to implement that worked consistently across all oses.
Anyway, for now the plugin is just great, although I have noticed the ION API has been around since 2008, so I hope they're not going to shut it down anytime soon!
EDITED TO ADD: Have tested Jonc's MX BBC player myself, on Android, and it works just fine, so this implementation (Sharni's F4MProxy) should be fine)