Red5 Media Server + jwPlayer not working as expected

Question

hi i'm running the red5 media server on my win 2003 server, it's assigned to its own IP-address. i've set up a testcase using jwplayer for streaming a video, unfortunately it doesn't work as expected (works locally, ports are open, when using port 5080 i can run the red5-demos from external)

i'm using the following settings for jwplayer:

  jwplayer('mediaspace').setup({
    'flashplayer': 'player.swf',
    'file': 'test.flv',
    'protocol': 'rtmp',
    'streamer': 'rtmp://myserver.com:1935',
    'controlbar': 'bottom',
    'width': '470',
    'height': '320'
  });

the problem is that jwplayer shows up an error:

Server not found: rtmpt://myserver.com:80

although i've defined protocol rtmp on port 1935, jwplayer is trying to use rtmpt on port 80? any ideas what's wrong? thanks

seba.wagner seba.wagner · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-15T11:36:46

I think JWPlayer tries by default to fallback to RTMPT on port 80.

So that message:

Server not found: rtmpt://myserver.com:80

could be translated in the humen readable message:

I tried to connect to rtmp://myserver.com:1935, was not able to connect, 
falled back to rtmpT (rtmp over HTTP Tunneling to bypass firewalls) 
on port 80. But still failed

Sebastian

Red5 Media Server + jwPlayer not working as expected

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