Hi everybody,
I am new in video and audio streaming and also in Kodi. I wanna start a video streaming project. I have started the basic steps and I have done some research in this area. But still I have some unanswered questions in my mind. Hope you can guide me.
I am going to ask some question to find if Kodi can be a good choice for my project.
During my searches, I found that there are some adaptive bit rate network protocols for video streaming, among them I can mention HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) and MPEG-DASH (Dynaminc Adaptive Streaming over HTTP). Some where in Kodi wiki, I faced a list of network clients such as HTTP, HTTPS, MMS, RTP, etc. I couldn't find aforementioned adaptive bit rate protocols in this list.
Now my first question: Can Kodi support MPEG-Dash or HLS?
I can guess the answer: since these two protocol are based on HTTP, it should be possible to have them with Kodi. Am I right?
It seems that if I want to have my own video streaming server, I should write an add-on for my own server to be supported with Kodi. Right? Is there any other ways?
I want to know is it possible that another andriod application calls Kodi as an embedded player in it? It is what is in my mind:
I want to have an android application in which I provide related meta-data for each video, and the possibility to search among all videos, etc... Then the user selects his own desired video, and in this step the android application calls Kodi, send requiered information (like URL, stream type, bandwith, etc) to Kodi.. and finally displaying the video... Is it possible?
Thanks guys for your patience in reading this long post...
Any help would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Zeinab
I am new in video and audio streaming and also in Kodi. I wanna start a video streaming project. I have started the basic steps and I have done some research in this area. But still I have some unanswered questions in my mind. Hope you can guide me.
I am going to ask some question to find if Kodi can be a good choice for my project.
During my searches, I found that there are some adaptive bit rate network protocols for video streaming, among them I can mention HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) and MPEG-DASH (Dynaminc Adaptive Streaming over HTTP). Some where in Kodi wiki, I faced a list of network clients such as HTTP, HTTPS, MMS, RTP, etc. I couldn't find aforementioned adaptive bit rate protocols in this list.
Now my first question: Can Kodi support MPEG-Dash or HLS?
I can guess the answer: since these two protocol are based on HTTP, it should be possible to have them with Kodi. Am I right?
It seems that if I want to have my own video streaming server, I should write an add-on for my own server to be supported with Kodi. Right? Is there any other ways?
I want to know is it possible that another andriod application calls Kodi as an embedded player in it? It is what is in my mind:
I want to have an android application in which I provide related meta-data for each video, and the possibility to search among all videos, etc... Then the user selects his own desired video, and in this step the android application calls Kodi, send requiered information (like URL, stream type, bandwith, etc) to Kodi.. and finally displaying the video... Is it possible?
Thanks guys for your patience in reading this long post...
Any help would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Zeinab
