secure streaming plugin not loaded with simpleCDN Created Nov 20, 2009

Update:
I tried different syntax and now the Flowplayer error is that the connection is not establed and the secure token was not received from the server.

Flowplayer developers,
You have a great product and you recommend using simpleCDN.
It would be very helpful if you provided a documented sample that shows how to use the streaming plugin with the secure plugin. It's hard to just guess the correct implementation.

Please note that your demo code samples show setting the file name in the anchor tag. That is impractable for my implementation as I need to pass the file URL into the javascript function. Can you please show how to get this to work by passing the url in to this function. I got this to work in 10 minutes for progressive download and then with some help from a forum member got rtmp streaming to work.

Please help and point out what I am doing wrong here :>

Thanks!
-JB

function playVideo(videoUrl) {

if (videoUrl.match(/.flv/) ) {
	videoUrl = 'flv:<my upload bucket>' + videoUrl;
} else if (videoUrl.match(/.mp4/) ) {
	videoUrl = 'mp4:<my upload bucket>' + videoUrl;
} else if (videoUrl.match(/.mp3/) ) {
	videoUrl = 'mp3:<my upload bucket>' + videoUrl;
}	

flowplayer("player", {src: 'flowplayer.commercial-3.1.5.swf', wmode: 'opaque'},
{
key: 'XXXXXXXXXXXXX',
clip: {
	autoPlay: true,
	autoBuffering: true,
	scaling: 'scale',

	provider: 'wowza',
	connectionProvider: 'secure', 
	url: videoUrl											
},			
plugins:{			
	wowza: {         
		url: 'flowplayer.rtmp-3.1.3.swf',						
		netConnectionUrl: 'rtmpt://e1f1.simplecdn.net/play'
	},
	secure: {
		url: 'flowplayer.securestreaming-3.1.1.swf',
		timestamp: '<?php echo time(); ?>',
		token: 'simplek'
	} 
},			
}
);
}

I found a Flowplayer demo for using the streaming and secure plugins and it states the netConnectionUrl should be

 netConnectionUrl: 'rtmp://flowplayer.org:1935/securestreaming?doConnect=1gt345'

So I commeted out the netConnectionUrl I was previously using and worked to implement rmpt streaming and changed it to:

//netConnectionUrl: 'rtmpt://e1f1.simplecdn.net/play'
netConnectionUrl: 'rtmp://flowplayer.org:1935/securestreaming?doConnect=1gt345'

Now the Flowplayer error is:

unable to load stream.. clip.. connection failed... secure token was not accepted by the server.

Generally speaking, in the last 15 years I don't have significant problem reading software documentation and APIs... there must be something I'm missing here..

Thank you,
-JB

I heard back from SimpleCDN support.
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From: SimpleCDN Support <support@simplecdn.com>
To: Jerry.....
Sent: Fri, November 20, 2009 1:07:50 PM
Subject: [SUPPORT #OVW-252477]: secure streaming + rtmp + Flowplayer

Hi Jerry,

Thanks for your email. We currently do not support secure streaming via RTMP - this is an optional feature that we'll be supporting in a few weeks with the release of Wowza 2. For now you should just use the basic RTMP streaming setup.

Thanks,

Tony
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Currently, SimpleCDN only supports HTTP Progressive Download and RTMP Streaming. In a few weeks they will release Wowza 2 and then they will support Secure Streaming.

Question:
Flowplayer Developer(s):

Will and when will do you anticipate that you'll be able to post a demo that shows how to configure Flowplayer to simultaneoulsy use RTMP Streaming and Secure Streaming with SimpleCDN?

In additon, it would have been helpful and saved several hours of wasted time if you folks had simply indicated on your site (unless I missed seeing it) that SimpleCDN does not currently support secure streaming and that you are only using RTMP streaming with them.

Thanks,

Jerry