Live Video Streaming for Android using Phonegap?

Question

I am using WowzaServer Live Streaming type. So I am able to view Video from wowza examples directly using

http://[wowza ip address]:1935/live/myStream/Manifest - LIVE Video Streaming Silverlight Player.
http://[wowza ip address]:1935/live/myStream/playlist.m3u8 - LIVE Video Streaming iOS and MAC.
rtmp://[wowza ip address]/live - LIVE Video Streaming Flash RTMP Player
http://[wowza ip address]:1935/live/myStream/manifest.f4m - LIVE Video Streaming Flash HTTP Player

I am able to view video from browser using the above links.

I am trying to run the link from a android application and get the video running on android device. I am not able to get the video running.

I tried using the HTML video tag for HLS streaming i.e. I used this:

<video id="videohtml" width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="http://[wowza IP address]:1935/live/myStream/playlist.m3u8" type="video/mp4">
</video>

I also tried playing it without using the type.

<video id="videohtml" width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="http://[wowza IP address]:1935/live/myStream/playlist.m3u8">
</video>

It does not do anything. I am not able to view any video.

I also tried to play manifest.f4m stream but no video.

I also tried using the Flowplayer but it asks to install Flash on android application. I also tried using JWPlayer but no video is played.

Can some one please advise me how to play live video stream in android application. I am using Samsung S4 to play the video. I also tried into emulator.

Which is the good video player to be used to play this as there are so many video players and I am a confused as which one to use which will surely play the video on my android device.

I just answered a similar question. You should read: stackoverflow.com/questions/17906181/wowza-rtmp-html5-playback/…, as well as: jwplayer.com/blog/the-pain-of-live-streaming-on-android — Oliver Holmberg
Also, I should mention that I've used the same principles described in the above readings in a PhoneGap project for android with success. — Oliver Holmberg
Hey dude,i am facing same issue.How did u solve it.Please check my question stackoverflow.com/questions/27718171/… — Varun Nayyar
You might want to try crosswalk, it helps you be sure you are running same latest webkit across all android devices and this can solve your issue (apk becomes a bit bigger but it is worth). — Aram

alphaBird alphaBird · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-13T03:03:33

<html>
    <head>
        <title>HTML5 VOD Streaming Test</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <video width="640" height="400" controls="controls" src="http://[wowza-ip-address]:1935/vod/[mp4:sample.mp4]/playlist.m3u8">
        </video>
    </body>
</html>`

It should work. Please try this.

Live Video Streaming for Android using Phonegap?

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