Streaming with Azure media services

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I have a media services account with a streaming unit and I have been able to upload a video and dynamically package into various streams. I am trying to have a webpage with the streaming url to be able to serve cross platform iOS, android, desktop etc.. How do I go about it.

PS: I was able to create a page with videojs and progressive download. I am tring to explore the other option with Windows Azure.

Thanks for any help.

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Azure Media Services has shipped Azure Media Player which could automatically detect the capability of your browser or device, and request the appropriate streaming format- for instance, it will grab MPEG-DASH stream with EME enabled browser, or HLS for iOS devices. You could give it a try: http://amsplayer.azurewebsites.net/azuremediaplayer.html. Please contact yanmf@microsoft if you want to get into Private Preview for this player. It will be free for use when we launch very soon.

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Take a look at JW Player and the Microsoft Media Platform Player Framework. Both offer plenty of playback options for progressive and adaptive streaming to a wide range of browsers and devices.

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For desktop : Use OSMF plugin - Adobe + Smooth streaming URL

For iOS : Use HTML5 Video tag+HLS v3 URL

For Android : Use HTML5 Video Tag+HLS v3 URL or Dash.JS with Mpegh Dash URL

For Windows Phone : Use Dash.js + Dash.JS URL

Hope this helps...

Update1: Azure has came up with their own Media player for streaming which will take care of playing video in all the devices.

For Demo and Test - http://www.aka.ms/azuremediaplayer

For Documentaion - http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/04/15/announcing-azure-media-player/