Streaming Video - Safari on iPhone?
As I don't "yet" have an iPhone but have talked it up to all my friends and clients. I took the time to try one out today and was extreamly disappointed on the functionality of one application: Safari The one application that I expected to be the happiest with next to mail.
Steve Said "The Real Internet".-
I do security systems and planned to have several clients use iPhones rather than laptops to view and control the security cameras. NOT!
Safari and Netscape support server push and therefore do not need java for streamed video.
On the iPhone, going to the "name of domain":8000 takes me to the web server like it is supposed to do but then continues "loading" until I get "server quit" or "server timed out"
Any ideas? - I do not think that port 8000 is blocked on the ATT store network but will check tomorrow just to be sure.
With Safari on a Mac Mini with a good connection this method yields great video and even on dialup it works well enough for you to get a full screen still photo about every 40 seconds.
This was on Edge, not Wi-Fi though I do not think it would make a difference.
Riley
Steve Said "The Real Internet".-
I do security systems and planned to have several clients use iPhones rather than laptops to view and control the security cameras. NOT!
Safari and Netscape support server push and therefore do not need java for streamed video.
On the iPhone, going to the "name of domain":8000 takes me to the web server like it is supposed to do but then continues "loading" until I get "server quit" or "server timed out"
Any ideas? - I do not think that port 8000 is blocked on the ATT store network but will check tomorrow just to be sure.
With Safari on a Mac Mini with a good connection this method yields great video and even on dialup it works well enough for you to get a full screen still photo about every 40 seconds.
This was on Edge, not Wi-Fi though I do not think it would make a difference.
Riley
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The thing is, it works great even on dialup. The Connectin seems to fail on the iPhone for some rreason never even gives a still
Thanks Riley
Any ideas? - I do not think that port 8000 is blocked on the ATT store network but will check tomorrow just to be sure.
Buy an iPhone and if you can't get it to work within the 14 day return period, return it. It'll cost you $40.00 but that's not a big deal if your plans include a commercial application. You also have something like 30 days to cancel your AT&T account. Check and make sure those return policies are still in effect though, I'm sure they're subject to change.
I will be at the Austin Apple store in a day or two and try it there where I can ask someone with more info that the guys at ATT had.
The thing is, it works great even on dialup. The Connectin seems to fail on the iPhone for some rreason never even gives a still
Thanks Riley
Video is definetly bandwidth intensive though. Edge doesn't really cut it for video.
Thanks for the info. Yea, I found out it is the slowness of Edge. Works fine on Wi-Fi. For those that want to try it, the site is at:SecuritySpy.com and for the demo direct (guest and guest) go to: http://benbird.homeip.net:8000/
Thats pretty cool. Glad you got it to work.
I am a new person in this Forum and I have visited your web-link " http://benbird.homeip.net:8000/ ". It's a really nice work.
I am also working on same thing at my master Project. Can you please help me How Can I see Live streaming video from IP Camera ? Can you please send me an example code for that so I can see live Video stream on iPhone.
Email Id : [email protected]
Thanxs in Advance.
Modi Jaymin.
Any experts out there that have doen something similar? How does the push happens on Safari? Any examples I can see?
Hi ....
I am a new person in this Forum and I have visited your web-link " http://benbird.homeip.net:8000/ ". It's a really nice work.
I am also working on same thing at my master Project. Can you please help me How Can I see Live streaming video from IP Camera ? Can you please send me an example code for that so I can see live Video stream on iPhone.
Email Id : [email protected]
Thanxs in Advance.
Modi Jaymin.
<img src="++video?cameraNum=3&30674" width=752 height=576 alt="Street 2">
I assume you have streaming source here that perhaps generates QuickTime movie. would appreciate if you would give me some tips. You probably noticed that I am a novice to this. Thanks.
Thanks for the info. Yea, I found out it is the slowness of Edge. Works fine on Wi-Fi. For those that want to try it, the site is at:SecuritySpy.com and for the demo direct (guest and guest) go to: http://benbird.homeip.net:8000/
I tried the ite with Safari with "server push"; I would like to understand this better and ask you for some tips. I saw the following HTML piece by doing "View Source":
<img src="++video?cameraNum=3&30674" width=752 height=576 alt="Street 2">
I assume you have streaming source here that perhaps generates QuickTime movie. would appreciate if you would give me some tips. You probably noticed that I am a novice to this. Thanks.
I have tried it myself and from what I understand, server push is an MJpeg (Motion Jpeg - NOT mpeg or mp4 or h.264) stream. It is similar to the javascript refresh except that the images are being pushed from the streaming server rather than being pulled (as in javascript refresh). It's actually just a series of jpegs.
And yes, the server has a backend webapp. As with mine, it uses a cgi script.
I hope that helps.