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The page accessed through this link will display a list of available local HLS channels, with the
value configured for Program Name as the label.
Note that HLS channels configured for remote servers will not be listed in this page, as the 9223
has no way of knowing the actual link to these channels.
Clicking on the link will cause the content to play. For Apple devices (iPods, iPads, iPhones,
etc.), this will launch the built-in media player; for PCs running Windows (and possibly Linux),
if the VLC plugin is installed, the video will play in the web page.
Direct HTTP Streaming
If an encoder channel is configured for Direct HTTP Streaming, clicking to select the encoder
channel opens a browser containing the streaming video. Unlike multicast, Direct HTTP
Streaming will work over the Internet as long as the path from the encoder to the client has
sufficient bandwidth. Direct HTTP Streaming is always available on both Ethernet ports.
If the 9223 is required to support clients on remote networks, make sure that a Default Gateway
is entered in the corresponding Ethernet port configuration (see the Network Configuration Tab
section). When replying to a request, the 9223 will always use the Ethernet port where it
received the request from.
Using a Firewall Between the 9223 and the Internet
Since Direct HTTP Streaming works over the Internet, in some situations it may be desirable to
do so (for example, to allow for remote monitoring). It is generally to be safe to connect the
9223 Ethernet port directly to the Internet with a public IP address; however, this may not be
desirable. It is possible to place a port-forwarding firewall between the 9223 and the Internet;
the web pages and the streaming will still work as long as the firewall is configured not to remap
the Direct HTTP Streaming Listening Port (see the Direct HTTP Streaming configuration
section). For example, if the Listening Port is configured to be 8000, the firewall must be
configured to remap external port 8000 to internal port 8000. The reason for this requirement is
that the plugin needs to know the listening port, and that value is passed to it by the
automatically-generated pages from the 9223.
Web Browser Support
The web pages generated by the are known to work with the VideoLAN plugin versions 2.2.5.1
to 2.2.5.5 and the following web browsers (Windows):
• Internet Explorer versions 9.0.2 – 9.0.13
• Mozilla Firefox versions 7.0 – 19.0
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/HLS/
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