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Finally - fixed attachment mod not playing MP4 videos on iOS


 
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JLA
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 11:35 am 
Post subject: Finally - fixed attachment mod not playing MP4 videos on iOS

Finally after putting it on the back burner - we've fixed attachment mod's ability to playback MP4 videos using videojs on Apple iPhone, iPad, iOS devices.

Example of this working now here
http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=239387290

Turn out the trick is since the playback file is called by a separate php file - you have to send some headers in the response that were not being sent by the old way. Here is the specific code that deals with this for those who might have ran into the same problem

Code:

$fp = fopen(**LOCATION OF YOUR FILE**  . $physical_filename, "rb");
         $size = **GIVE THE FILE SIZE HERE EITHER THROUGH PHP OR STORED IN DB/CACHE**;
         $length = $size;
         $start = 0;
         $end = $size - 1;
         header('Content-type: flv-application/octet-stream');
         header("Accept-Ranges: 0-$length");
         if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE'])) {
         $c_start = $start;
         $c_end = $end;
         list(, $range) = explode('=', $_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE'], 2);

         if (strpos($range, ',') !== false) {
            header('HTTP/1.1 416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable');
            header("Content-Range: bytes $start-$end/$size");
            exit;
         }

         if ($range == '-') {
            $c_start = $size - substr($range, 1);
         } else {
         $range = explode('-', $range);
            $c_start = $range[0];
            $c_end = (isset($range[1]) && is_numeric($range[1])) ? $range[1] : $size;
         }

         $c_end = ($c_end > $end) ? $end : $c_end;

         if ($c_start > $c_end || $c_start > $size - 1 || $c_end >= $size) {
            header('HTTP/1.1 416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable');
            header("Content-Range: bytes $start-$end/$size");
            exit;
         }

         $start = $c_start;
         $end = $c_end;
         $length = $end - $start + 1;
         fseek($fp, $start);
         header('HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content');
         }

         header("Content-Range: bytes $start-$end/$size");
         header("Content-Length: ".$length);

         $buffer = 1024 * 8;

         while(!feof($fp) && ($p = ftell($fp)) <= $end) {
         if ($p + $buffer > $end) {
            $buffer = $end - $p + 1;
         }
         set_time_limit(0);
         echo fread($fp, $buffer);
         flush();
         }

         fclose($fp);
         exit;




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JLA
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 6:07 pm 
Post subject: Re: Finally - fixed attachment mod not playing MP4 videos on

After some more testing - found that some larger files were causing intermittent fast-cgi php requests to return 500 when someone would watch one of these videos.

Made this change and the problem seems to not (currently) persist. icon_biggrin.gif

Change
Code:
$buffer = 1024 * 8;


to

Code:
$buffer = 1024 * 4;


Any ideas????



JLA wrote:
Finally after putting it on the back burner - we've fixed attachment mod's ability to playback MP4 videos using videojs on Apple iPhone, iPad, iOS devices.

Example of this working now here
http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=239387290

Turn out the trick is since the playback file is called by a separate php file - you have to send some headers in the response that were not being sent by the old way. Here is the specific code that deals with this for those who might have ran into the same problem

Code:

$fp = fopen(**LOCATION OF YOUR FILE**  . $physical_filename, "rb");
         $size = **GIVE THE FILE SIZE HERE EITHER THROUGH PHP OR STORED IN DB/CACHE**;
         $length = $size;
         $start = 0;
         $end = $size - 1;
         header('Content-type: flv-application/octet-stream');
         header("Accept-Ranges: 0-$length");
         if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE'])) {
         $c_start = $start;
         $c_end = $end;
         list(, $range) = explode('=', $_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE'], 2);

         if (strpos($range, ',') !== false) {
            header('HTTP/1.1 416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable');
            header("Content-Range: bytes $start-$end/$size");
            exit;
         }

         if ($range == '-') {
            $c_start = $size - substr($range, 1);
         } else {
         $range = explode('-', $range);
            $c_start = $range[0];
            $c_end = (isset($range[1]) && is_numeric($range[1])) ? $range[1] : $size;
         }

         $c_end = ($c_end > $end) ? $end : $c_end;

         if ($c_start > $c_end || $c_start > $size - 1 || $c_end >= $size) {
            header('HTTP/1.1 416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable');
            header("Content-Range: bytes $start-$end/$size");
            exit;
         }

         $start = $c_start;
         $end = $c_end;
         $length = $end - $start + 1;
         fseek($fp, $start);
         header('HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content');
         }

         header("Content-Range: bytes $start-$end/$size");
         header("Content-Length: ".$length);

         $buffer = 1024 * 8;

         while(!feof($fp) && ($p = ftell($fp)) <= $end) {
         if ($p + $buffer > $end) {
            $buffer = $end - $p + 1;
         }
         set_time_limit(0);
         echo fread($fp, $buffer);
         flush();
         }

         fclose($fp);
         exit;




Happy now

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