Won't stream files the iPhone will

Do you know if you are hitting this server via your school's intranet ? If so, the school's IT staff should be able to troubleshoot it.

Ooops. Never mind. I just reread it and saw 3G as the access method. Sorry....

Message was edited by: red555

I am no expert, but possibly (and I am just guessing) a bug with the release of 3.2 iPad software. iPhone is still on 3.1.3.

I am not sure what else it can be. Not sure if the web site itself could cause this since the iPhone works.

Anyone else care to provide some true insight?

Here is a mediainfo report on one of your encoded files. The one thing that strikes me as being a bit odd is the fact that the file appears to be reporting that the frame rate is variable between 24 to 30 fps.

I have a pretty good idea of what I would do to fix this though... download Handbrake ( http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php) and do a re-encode... I find Handbrake is great for most purposes. Try re-encoding it to a fixed frame rate 29.970 fps. I don't know enough to say if VFR will work or not..

Also, here is a technical document I found on Apple's website which seems to detail exactly what you are trying to accomplish.

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/technotes/tn2010/tn2224.html

Hope this info helps!!


General
Complete name : C:\YAMJ\Mediainfo\Test-40.m4v
Format : MPEG-4
Codec ID : M4V
File size : 15.3 MiB
Duration : 9mn 10s
Overall bit rate : 233 Kbps
Movie name : Test-40
Encoded date : UTC 2010-04-08 01:44:07
Tagged date : UTC 2010-04-08 01:47:07
Writing application : CoreMediaAuthoring 700, CoreMedia 484.5, i386


Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 9mn 10s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 113 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4/3
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 24.000 fps
Minimum frame rate : 24.000 fps
Maximum frame rate : 30.000 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.015
Stream size : 7.38 MiB (48%)
Title : Core Media Video
Encoded date : UTC 2010-04-08 01:44:07
Tagged date : UTC 2010-04-08 01:47:07

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 9mn 9s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 110 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 7.20 MiB (47%)
Title : Core Media Audio
Encoded date : UTC 2010-04-08 01:44:07
Tagged date : UTC 2010-04-08 01:47:07

Apple has some requirements that must be met before there can be video streaming on the iPad. Yahoo, Netflix, and MLB 2010 will all stream on 3G. ABC Player
has not yet issued an update that will do that.

So your problem may be related to this. Everything should stream in WiFi,
except of course, websites that use Flash like NHL.com.

cheers,
Ray

New ABC app for 3G went up today....works well.

ESPN 360 says they will have an iPhone/iPad app out soon.

Cheers,
Ray