johndyer/mediaelement — Issue #280: http streamed MP4 vidéo is not randomly seekable in flash
Author: Fab1en
Created: 2011-10-21 15:45:17+00:00
State: open

Hi
I want to play a MP4 (H264) video and be able to go at a specific time position without waiting for the video to be downloaded completely. This is working fine on Chrome because it can play MP4 videos natively, but it does not work in flash mode (on FF for exemple). I don't understand why because HTTP pseudo streaming is available and could be used by the flash shim.

This article about JWPlayer (http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/12534/video-delivery-http-pseudo-streaming) seams to say that HTTP pseudo streaming is possible in flash. Is it a lack of support from MediaElement, or an error on my side ?

Thanks