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HLS with SAMPLE-AES download
Hi, I'm trying to download a encripted video using mediafilesegmenter with SAMPLE-AES, not fairplay... I can play the video online without any problems.. When i try download the video using AVAssetDownloadTask I get an error: Error Domain=CoreMediaErrorDomain Code=-12160 "(null)" And, if I use ClearKey system to deliver the key when I have a custom scheme on the m3u8, Airplay doesn't work either Sample-aes only works with fairplay? I can't find any information about it, does anyone know if it is a bug? I hope someone can help me :)
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Aug ’24
Samsung/LG/Sony TV airplay fails to seek when audio track is not default
Hello, We have a TV app, based on react-native-video, which was tweaked to suit our requirements. There is a problem with AirPlay streaming. An asset can be streamed on AppleTV, but when we try to stream it on any TV with AirPlay and choose a language different from the default in the manifest there is a problem. Seek freezes the picture and nothing happens. The funny thing is if we do seek back to the starting point +/-20 sec, the video resumes. The obvious difference with AppleTV, which we were able to recognize, is that with AppleTv search an isPlaybackBufferEmpty is observed, while with 3rd party TVs, there are only isPlaybackLikelyToKeepUp events firing. Maybe, there is a solution to that issue? Or at least, there is a way to forcefully empty the buffer when search is called? Thank you
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Aug ’24
AVPlayer and HLS streams timeout
I find the default timeout of 1 second to download a segment is not reasonable when playing an HLS stream from a server that is transcoding. Does anyone know if it's possible to change this networking timeout? Error status: -12889, Error domain: CoreMediaErrorDomain, Error comment: No response for map in 1s. Event: <AVPlayerItemErrorLogEvent: 0x301866250> Also there is a delegate to control downloading HLS for offline viewing but no delegate for just streaming HLS.
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Jul ’24
RTSP streaming on Vision OS with Unity SDK
Need some pointers on how to decode RTSP and streaming protocols like RTP, RTMP, SRT other than HLS within Vision OS builds using the Unity SDK. Is there a comprehensive and robust decoder solution that would work for Vision OS in Mixed Reality mode with the Polyspatial package without the need for a transcoder?
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Jul ’24
AVPlayer playing protected HLS, how to update token when it expires?
I am playing the protected HLS streams and the authorization token expires in 5 minutes,I am trying to achieve this with 'AVAssetResourceLoaderDelegate' and I'm getting an error 401 Unauthorized. The question is how to update the token inside asset? I've already tried to change it in resourceLoader loadingRequest.allHTTPHeaderFields but it is not working: func resourceLoader(_ resourceLoader: AVAssetResourceLoader, shouldWaitForLoadingOfRequestedResource loadingRequest: AVAssetResourceLoadingRequest) -> Bool { func resourceLoader(_ resourceLoader: AVAssetResourceLoader, shouldWaitForLoadingOfRequestedResource loadingRequest: AVAssetResourceLoadingRequest) -> Bool { guard let url = loadingRequest.request.url else { loadingRequest.finishLoading(with: NSError(domain: "Invalid URL", code: -1, userInfo: nil)) return false } // Create a URLRequest with the initial token var request = URLRequest(url: url) request.addValue("Bearer \(token)", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization") request.allHTTPHeaderFields = loadingRequest.request.allHTTPHeaderFields // Perform the request let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in if let error = error { print("Error performing request: \(error.localizedDescription)") loadingRequest.finishLoading(with: error) return } guard let response = response as? HTTPURLResponse, response.statusCode == 200 else { let error = NSError(domain: "HTTP Error", code: (response as? HTTPURLResponse)?.statusCode ?? -1, userInfo: nil) print("HTTP Error: \(error.localizedDescription)") loadingRequest.finishLoading(with: error) return } if let data = data { loadingRequest.dataRequest?.respond(with: data) } loadingRequest.finishLoading() } task.resume() return true } return false }
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Jul ’24
AVPlayer Error -16170
Hi I'm trying to run a 4K video on my Apple TV 4K, but I get error in AVPlayer. Error Domain=CoreMediaErrorDomain Code=-16170 I can't get any more information. Example HSL Manifest with video track in 4K: #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:AUDIO="aud_mp4a.40.2",AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH=11955537,BANDWIDTH=12256000,VIDEO-RANGE=SDR,CODECS="hvc1.1.6.L153.90,mp4a.40.2",RESOLUTION=3840x2160,FRAME-RATE=50,HDCP-LEVEL=TYPE-1 video_4/stream.m3u8 Maybe, problem with hvc1 ? But as far as I know, Apple TV supports HEVC.
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Jul ’24
LL-HLS magical number of 1002 for --part-target-duration-ms in --iso-fragmented
Hi Guys, I'm working on adding LL-HLS support to the Ant Media Server. I'm following up the documentation in hlstools for streaming and testing mediastreamsegmenter and tsrecompressor. What I wonder is that the sample uses 1002 ms for --part-target-duration-ms (-w in short form) as below mediastreamsegmenter -w 1002 -t 4 224.0.0.50:9123 -s 16 -D -T -f /Library/WebServer/Documents/2M/` It works in this way. mediastreamsegmenter -w 1000 -t 4 224.0.0.50:9123 -s 16 -D -T -f /Library/WebServer/Documents/2M/` It works in this way mediastreamsegmenter -w 1000 -t 4 224.0.0.50:9123 -s 16 -D -T --iso-fragmented -f /Library/WebServer/Documents/2M/` It crashes in this way when I add --iso-fragmented and mediastreamsegmenter gives the following error encountered failure write segment failed (-17543) - exiting It works if I use 1001 or 1003. I wondering if there is a reason for that or is it a bug?
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Jul ’24
Multiview HLS with HDR
I have an HDR10+ encoded video that if loaded as a mov plays back on the Apple Vision Pro but when that video is encoded using the latest (1.23b) Apple HLS tools to generate an fMP4 - the resulting m3u8 cannot be played back in the Apple Vision Pro and I only get back a "Cannot Open" error. To generate the m3u8, I'm just calling mediafilesegmenter (with -iso-fragmented) and then variantplaylistcreator. This completes with no errors but the m3u8 will playback on the Mac using VLC but not on the Apple Vision Pro. The relevant part of the m3u8 is: #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:AVERAGE-BANDWIDTH=40022507,BANDWIDTH=48883974,VIDEO-RANGE=PQ,CODECS="ec-3,hvc1.1.60000000.L180.B0",RESOLUTION=4096x4096,FRAME-RATE=24.000,CLOSED-CAPTIONS=NONE,AUDIO="audio1",REQ-VIDEO-LAYOUT="CH-STEREO" {{url}} Has anyone been able to use the HLS tools to generate fMP4s of MV-HEVC videos with HDR10?
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Jul ’24
Issues with launching a stream in AVPlayer using AppIntent on iOS
I am implementing Siri/Shortcuts for radio app for iOS. I have implemented AppIntent that sends notification to app and app should start playing the stream in AVPlayer. AppIntent sometimes works, sometimes it doesn't. So far I couldn't find the pattern when/why it works and when/why it doesn't. Sometimes it works even if app is killed or is in the background. Sometimes it doesn't work when the app is in the background and when it is killed. I have been observing logs in Console and apparently sometimes it stops when AVPlayer tries to figure out buffer size (then I am getting in console AVPlayerWaitingToMinimizeStallsReason and the AVPlayerItem status is set to .unknown). Sometimes it figures out quickly (for the same stream) and starts playing. Sometimes when the app is killed, after AppIntent call the app is launched in the background (at least I see it as a process in Console) and receives notification from AppIntent and start playing. Sometimes... the app is not called at all, and its process is not visible in the console, so it doesn't receives the notification and doesn't play. I have setup Session correctly (set to .playback without any options and activated), I set AVPlayerItem's preferredForwardBufferDuration to 0 (default), and AVPlayer's automaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling to true. Background processing, Audio, AirPlay, Picture in Picture and Siri are added in Singing & Capabilities section of the app project settings. Here are the code examples: Play AppIntent (Stop App Intent is constructed the same way): @available(iOS 16, *) struct PlayStationIntent: AudioPlaybackIntent { static let title: LocalizedStringResource = "Start playing" static let description = IntentDescription("Plays currently selected radio") @MainActor func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult { NotificationCenter.default.post(name: IntentsNotifications.siriPlayCurrentStationNotificationName, object: nil) return .result() } } AppShortcutsProvider: struct RadioTestShortcuts: AppShortcutsProvider { static var appShortcuts: [AppShortcut] { AppShortcut( intent: PlayStationIntent(), phrases: [ "Start station in \(.applicationName)", ], shortTitle: LocalizedStringResource("Play station"), systemImageName: "radio" ) } } Player object: class Player: ObservableObject { private let session = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance() private let streamURL = URL(string: "http://radio.rockserwis.fm/live")! private var player: AVPlayer? private var item: AVPlayerItem? var cancellables = Set<AnyCancellable>() typealias UInfo = [AnyHashable: Any] @Published var status: Player.Status = .stopped @Published var isPlaying = false func setupSession() { do { try session.setCategory(.playback) } catch { print("*** Error setting up category audio session: \(error), \(error.localizedDescription)") } do { try session.setActive(true) } catch { print("*** Error setting audio session active: \(error), \(error.localizedDescription)") } } func setupPlayer() { item = AVPlayerItem(url: streamURL) item?.preferredForwardBufferDuration = TimeInterval(0) player = AVPlayer(playerItem: item) player?.automaticallyWaitsToMinimizeStalling = true player?.allowsExternalPlayback = false let metaDataOuptut = AVPlayerItemMetadataOutput(identifiers: nil) } func play() { setupPlayer() setupSession() handleInterruption() player?.play() isPlaying = true player?.currentItem?.publisher(for: \.status) .receive(on: DispatchQueue.main) .sink(receiveValue: { status in self.handle(status: status) }) .store(in: &self.cancellables) } func stop() { player?.pause() player = nil isPlaying = false status = .stopped } func handle(status: AVPlayerItem.Status) { ... } func handleInterruption() { ... } func handle(interruptionType: AVAudioSession.InterruptionType?, userInfo: UInfo?) { ... } } extension Player { enum Status { case waiting, ready, failed, stopped } } extension Player { func setupRemoteTransportControls() { ... } } Content view: struct ContentView: View { @EnvironmentObject var player: Player var body: some View { VStack(spacing: 20) { Text("AppIntents Radio Test App") .font(.title) Button { if player.isPlaying { player.stop() } else { player.play() } } label: { Image(systemName: player.isPlaying ? "pause.circle" : "play.circle") .font(.system(size: 80)) } } .padding() } } #Preview { ContentView() } Main struct: ```import SwiftUI @main struct RadioTestApp: App { let player = Player() let siriPlayCurrentPub = NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: IntentsNotifications.siriPlayCurrentStationNotificationName) let siriStop = NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: IntentsNotifications.siriStopRadioNotificationName) var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { ContentView() .environmentObject(player) .onReceive(siriPlayCurrentPub, perform: { _ in player.play() }) .onReceive(siriStop, perform: { _ in player.stop() }) } } }
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