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mdjames00
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Streaming issue

Hi,
New to Roku Development.

I`ve got a problem with streaming from a
apache server.

Trying to stream a movie from my private channel.
The movie is encoded in mpeg4. I cant seem
to get it to view. There are times when I try
different encoding codecs like mpeg4 or h264 to encode the same clip,
but I cant get it to play.

I`ve found on the forums that I can use http servers to
stream, but the server has to handle byte requests.

Can anyone explain what "byte request" means and
how I can configure apache to handle that type of request.

Appreciate the help.

mike
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renojim
Community Streaming Expert

Re: Streaming issue

I've used Apache as a server for the Roku and it works fine. It's not "byte requests" that the server must support, but "range requests". You can use cURL to make sure your server supports range requests using a command like:
curl -r 4-11 http://192.168.1.103:8080/test.mp4


There's probably something wrong with your encode. It could be the audio. If you wanted to post a link to an example that won't play I'm sure someone will take a look at it.

-JT
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