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Our flash streaming is capable of streaming Flash video (.flv), MPEG4/MPEG-TS video, Quicktime video and MP3 audio.
In order to stream successfully to the widest range of devices, including the iPhone, iPad and iPod, you should create mp4 files using the h.264 video codec with the baseline property set to 3, and either mp3 or aac audio. We've had reports, (unconfirmed by us at this time), that only 30 (29.97) frames per second video works on the iPhone as well.
When you configure a flash player to play back these formats, the file specification requirements change depending on the type of file.
For a flash video with the extension .flv, the file reference is simple - only the file name, without the extension, is required. So, if you upload a file called mediafile.flv, the file reference is simply "mediafile" (without the quotes).
When we provision flash streaming, we deploy two sample pages with embedded flash players. The on-demand player is configured to play a Flash video file named Extremists.flv. So, the line of code which specifies the video looks something like this:
'content': 'rtmp://yourdomain.com/archive/,Extremists',
As you can see, the file is specified at the end of this line, and without the extension.
If this file were a MPEG video named Extremists.f4v, the reference would be:
'content': 'rtmp://yourdomain.com/archive/,mp4:Extremists.f4v',
Quicktime files are typically mp4 video as well, so the same would apply, except the extension would be .mov. Other mp4 file extensions could be .mp4 and .m4v
If you are streaming an MP3 audio file, the prefix will be mp3: and the .mp3 extension will be included on the file name.
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