Make flv files seekable

New issue. Jump to bottom. Video is not seekable why? Labels question. Copy link. Sign up for free to subscribe to this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? The video tags and audio tags are interleaved.

This makes it possible to play the video from any point in a flv file. It's obvious that the task of server side is:. The response body of http-flv request is just like a normal flv video. The server side sends the http response headers followed by the flv header a constant in most cases. Then the server sends the tags generated simultaneously while receiving rtmp packets.

Most players that can play flv videos are able to play http flv live streams. It's a pity that apple doesn't support it because Jobs hated it. The first stream published is 0, the second stream published is 1, and so on.

Html5 is replacing flash and mp4 is replacing flv. The abandon of flash has achieved great progress in countries except China. Learn more. Asked 12 years, 1 month ago. Active 12 years, 1 month ago. Viewed 2k times. Improve this question. Disco Disco 3, 10 10 gold badges 54 54 silver badges 76 76 bronze badges. Are you seeking to the start of a frame? Or just any old arbitrary byte? It matters to which byte you seek to. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.

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