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ramon1604
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Can not stream from Amazon S3

I have created an Amazon S3 account. Uploaded two files one is mp4 the other is avi. Set them as public and it gives me the following link for mp4.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/ROKU/test.mp4

I tried to stream using VLC player and it does not work. Then I tried using customvideoplayer source code and transfer app to my ROKU and it does not goes beyond 13%.

What Iam doing wrong. We use the original TED file it works great.

thanks
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RokuChris
Roku Employee
Roku Employee

Re: Can not stream from Amazon S3

It's probably failing because it has no audio track. It's also not h.264 encoded. Read through the Encoding Guide in the SDK for pointers on how to best encode your content for Roku.
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ramon1604
Visitor

Re: Can not stream from Amazon S3

But when I stream to VLC locally it works well. Does it has something to do with encoding ?
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ramon1604
Visitor

Re: Can not stream from Amazon S3

Can I use Amazon S3 and set files as public only or do I need to use the cloudfront service setup for streaming also ? Please advise

thanks
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destruk
Streaming Star

Re: Can not stream from Amazon S3

It doesn't need to be specifically set up for streaming, no.
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liran
Visitor

Re: Can not stream from Amazon S3

Did anyone managed to play videos from CloudFront on Roku ?
There were no SSL problems because of its "HTTPS" ?

If so, how ? Details will be welcome.

Thanks
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jbrave
Channel Surfer

Re: Can not stream from Amazon S3

try removing the s from https and see if it works for streaming that way.
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liran
Visitor

Re: Can not stream from Amazon S3

Why would I do this ? It's a secured HTTPS, the 's' is there for a reason.
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destruk
Streaming Star

Re: Can not stream from Amazon S3

If it's a problem with your security, running a test without the security features might confirm the problem.
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liran
Visitor

Re: Can not stream from Amazon S3

It has to be with secured HTTPS as it is.
How did you, or anyone, manage to play videos from CloudFront HTTPS ?
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