App Inventor 2 Stream m3u8 video file

[xero...@gmail.com]

Hello.

I want to create a Livestream app which will stream video in the m3u8 format (direct link to the stream - http://88.212.10.27:81/streams/joj.m3u8 , I run it in VLC and everything si working fine) with the VideoPlayer component. After starting the App, it shows this error: error 701: unable to load xyfile. Can the App Inventor even run m3u8 files? Everything should be fine with the blocks, but I attached them anyways. Thanks for help!

Samuel Dudík

[Taifun]

search for video streaming in the forum

Taifun

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[xero...@gmail.com]

I searched on the forum and internet before I published this question and I also done it second time after your recommendation, still with no helpfull answer.

• The URL is a direct link to the stream, not a link to the player
  
• I tested it in VLC, working fine
  
• I tryed the Clock timer "Tutorial" - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/mitappinventortest/$20video$20streamin%7Csort:relevance/mitappinventortest/A8kMGLMJvOo/a3jWfsDmOhEJ Still the same error

I was just asking if the m3u8 format is compatible with Android (also searched on the internet - no clear answer). I saw an application on the Play Store (probably not created in App Inventor) streaming this same URL and it was working, so I think that this format is accepted by Android.

[Taifun]

see Android Supported Media Formats.

Taifun

[xero...@gmail.com]

Thanks for the link. The m3u8 file is just text playlist with information about the stream and in case it's a radio playlist also with the artist name etc. In my case, the file contains this data:

 

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:3
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:887
#EXTINF:3,
http://88.212.10.27:81/streams/joj-887.ts
#EXTINF:3,
http://88.212.10.27:81/streams/joj-888.ts
#EXTINF:3,
http://88.212.10.27:81/streams/joj-889.ts
#EXTINF:3,
http://88.212.10.27:81/streams/joj-890.ts

If I understand it right, the .ts files are supported by Android 3.0+. I tested the app on an Android 4.0 and it still throws the error. So now I'm really confused.

 

[Taifun]

from that link:

• 3GPP (.3gp)
• MPEG-4 (.mp4)
• MPEG-TS (.ts, AAC audio only, not seekable, Android 3.0+)

probably you use a different audio format?

Taifun

[xero...@gmail.com]

In the end I got it working just by starting an Activity with the action android.intent.action.VIEW and the DataUri with the link to the stream. Thanks for your help.

[Pablo Castro]

Hi, I'm doing a similar project, you could show me a screenshot of the blocks that you used