Streaming

**GamingHybrid** · January 22nd, 2007, 3:25 AM

I am trying to have files not in the /public_html/ to use in a video player on a webpage. Aka, <embed>. So, I use something like /home/username/media/file.avi

Now, it doesnt see to work. My downloader works using that method, aka accessing the folder, but not the <embed> in streaming it. Any ideas of solutions? I am putting the fiels there so they can be ripped or leeched on. Mainly so they cant be ripped, as it requires a membership and script access to do so.

**Bigjohn** · January 22nd, 2007, 11:24 AM

what's your embed object look like?

H · January 22nd, 2007, 12:44 PM

This is a bit confusing.. are you using a script to access the file before passing it to the browser? A browser wouldn't be able to access any files not within public_html unless it's being proxy'd through a script that is in public_html.

That said, unless the mime-type is being sent properly, it likely won't stream.

davesm · January 22nd, 2007, 4:45 PM

H is right on the money. The browser can't see things outside of your webroot. Just to elaborate, you could do this a number of different ways. You could setup basic HTTP auth using a ".htaccess" file to password protect the directories containing this data. You could also do it the way H hinted at, which is to use a script to check if the user has logged in, if they have, read the AVI file, set the correct content header, and output the binary for the AVI directly. I'll include a small example in PHP.

test.php
note: the "test.avi" file can be in any folder/remote location the webserver has access to.

Code:

<?PHP

$avi = 'test.avi';

$fp = fopen($avi,'rb');
$contents = fread($fp, filesize($avi));
fclose($fp);

ob_start();
header('Content-type: video/x-msvideo');
print $contents;
exit;

?>

test.html
note: make sure you update the location of the test.php script.

Code:

<body>

<object id="MediaPlayer1" CLASSID="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95" codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsm p2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701"

standby="Loading Microsoft Windows® Media Player components..." type="application/x-oleobject" width="280" height="256">

<param name="fileName" value="http://localhost/test/test.php">

<param name="animationatStart" value="true">

<param name="transparentatStart" value="true">

<param name="autoStart" value="true">

<param name="showControls" value="true">

<param name="Volume" value="-450">

<embed type="application/x-mplayer2" pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/" src="http://localhost/test/test.php" name="MediaPlayer1" width=280 height=256 autostart=1 showcontrols=1 volume=-450>

</object>

</body>

H · January 22nd, 2007, 4:55 PM

That's exactly what I was getting at davesm, thanks

**GamingHybrid** · January 22nd, 2007, 9:20 PM

Thank you davesm, very helpful and will try it now. I should have noticed something like that would work in this situation, and that was what I was trying to do

Thanks again!

**GamingHybrid** · January 22nd, 2007, 9:21 PM

http://www.gaminghybrid.com/stream.p...006&f=mgs4.avi

It works! Whoo! Thansk again!

The only issue is that my firefox seems to be missing a plugin in which it needs to play it... yet it works in IE.

Any ideas on the plugin? I'm sure it is refering to a WMP plugin...

davesm · January 24th, 2007, 5:45 PM

hmm, it must be coming from the code i snag'd off the net.

try:

Code:

<embed type="video/quicktime" pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/" src="http://localhost/test/test.php" name="MediaPlayer1" width=280 height=256 autostart=1 showcontrols=1 volume=-450>

This should launch the AVI in the quicktime player on all browsers.

January 22nd, 2007, 3:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
GamingHybrid Bow before Surpass! Super #1 Joined in Sep 2004 1,547 posts Gave thanks: 91 Thanked 49 times	Streaming I am trying to have files not in the /public_html/ to use in a video player on a webpage. Aka, <embed>. So, I use something like /home/username/media/file.avi Now, it doesnt see to work. My downloader works using that method, aka accessing the folder, but not the <embed> in streaming it. Any ideas of solutions? I am putting the fiels there so they can be ripped or leeched on. Mainly so they cant be ripped, as it requires a membership and script access to do so. __________________ Wii Hotspot - Upcoming project! -http://www.wiihotspot.com Make a cPanel Login Form \| Why is my Account Suspended?

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January 22nd, 2007, 9:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
GamingHybrid Bow before Surpass! Super #1 Joined in Sep 2004 1,547 posts Gave thanks: 91 Thanked 49 times	Thank you davesm, very helpful and will try it now. I should have noticed something like that would work in this situation, and that was what I was trying to do Thanks again! __________________ Wii Hotspot - Upcoming project! -http://www.wiihotspot.com Make a cPanel Login Form \| Why is my Account Suspended?

January 22nd, 2007, 9:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
GamingHybrid Bow before Surpass! Super #1 Joined in Sep 2004 1,547 posts Gave thanks: 91 Thanked 49 times	http://www.gaminghybrid.com/stream.p...006&f=mgs4.avi It works! Whoo! Thansk again! The only issue is that my firefox seems to be missing a plugin in which it needs to play it... yet it works in IE. Any ideas on the plugin? I'm sure it is refering to a WMP plugin... __________________ Wii Hotspot - Upcoming project! -http://www.wiihotspot.com Make a cPanel Login Form \| Why is my Account Suspended?

January 24th, 2007, 5:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
davesm Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jan 2007 5 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 2 times	hmm, it must be coming from the code i snag'd off the net. try: Code: <embed type="video/quicktime" pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/" src="http://localhost/test/test.php" name="MediaPlayer1" width=280 height=256 autostart=1 showcontrols=1 volume=-450> This should launch the AVI in the quicktime player on all browsers.

January 22nd, 2007, 12:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
H after g, before i Resident. Joined in Jul 2004 Lives in N,BC,CA 8,092 posts Gave thanks: 48 Thanked 131 times	This is a bit confusing.. are you using a script to access the file before passing it to the browser? A browser wouldn't be able to access any files not within public_html unless it's being proxy'd through a script that is in public_html. That said, unless the mime-type is being sent properly, it likely won't stream.

January 22nd, 2007, 4:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
H after g, before i Resident. Joined in Jul 2004 Lives in N,BC,CA 8,092 posts Gave thanks: 48 Thanked 131 times	That's exactly what I was getting at davesm, thanks

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