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Cloud Files Streaming with OSMF Plugins

  • Article ID: 1209
  • Last updated on December 5, 2012
  • Authored by: Rackspace Support
  • (7 Comments)

Streaming allows users to serve their content directly from Akamai edge servers, rather than downloading full files before they are veiwable.  Using the OSMF plugins let developers make their own flash players, giving them the flexibility to customize and brand them as they wish. 

Download the Open Source Media Framework (OSMF).

Since OSMF plugins allow you to develop your own flash video player and embed it as needed into your website, Rackspace does not have step by step instructions.  If you are looking for a player that does not require development by your team, try our FlowPlayer plugins for Streaming over the Akamai CDN.

For more resources on OSMF, visit www.osmf.org. 

For more information on streaming, please visit the Streaming for Cloud Files FAQ.



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7 Comments

A barebones example code which uses Dynamic Bitrate Switching would be greatly appreciated!
By David Komer on Jul. 30, 2012

I can't offer some sample code directly, but there are tutorials on the OSMF site (which I'll turn into a link in the article - sorry about that oversight).

You might look at their getting started tutorials, which includes a sample player toward the end of the page:

http://osmf.org/developers.html

And there's a bit of sample code on this Adobe help page:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/OSMF/1.0/Dev/WSc6f922f643dd2e6d44125c0d12a34bbed7e-8000.html
By jered.heeschen on Jul. 30, 2012

Thank you Jared, though that site, currently, also doesn't provide a working example using Akamai HTTP dynamic bitrate switching- which is what many people need.

Also- after doing some detective work, I realized their link to the Akamai plugin page is currently out of date. They link to http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/products/osmf.html which just redirects. I think http://mediapm.edgesuite.net/akamai-osmf-plugins/samples/index.html is the correct link.

But then that page only has plugins for version 1.6, while the current OSMF is version 2.0. Which would be fine since OSMF comes bundled with the AkamaiBasicPlugin....

But after more detective work, it seems that the Akamai Advanced Plugin is what's needed- and I do not see a working example anywhere of using that with OSMF 2.0 (esp. since the Akamai site only offers it up to 1.6 at the moment)

Help on this is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
By David Komer on Jul. 30, 2012

Small correction- HTTP delivery is not only what many people need, it's the <strong>only</strong> type of dynamic streaming via Akamai which CloudFiles offers.... the example you provided uses RTMP and will not work with your service (or at least- I tried and couldn't get it to work).
By David Komer on Jul. 30, 2012

Thanks for sharing what you found out, David. That's some great information. And humbling, since I clearly didn't understand the scope of the original question - sorry about that. I'll see if I can learn anything more from our devs on this issue, too.
By jered.heeschen on Jul. 30, 2012

no worries- I may have missed something as well. Looking forward to seeing the solution :)
By David Komer on Jul. 30, 2012

Yeah I'd also like to see a basic example showing a OSMF player with Dynamic Bitrate Switching.
By Stephen on Aug. 15, 2012

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