nginx-1.3.2

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 11:24:00AM +0500, shahzaib shahzaib wrote:

> i've installed jwplayer from this source
> http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/12/install-the-jw-player-for-flash-v5,still
> when i try to seek video or try to download it by
> test.flv?start=343434 ,video size reduces but video broken

The fact that video size is recuded means that flv module in nginx works 
fine.

As I already said using arbitrary byte positions in the "start" 
argument isn't possible with flv, you have to use positions of a 
keyframe/seekpoint there.  With arbitrary byte position broken 
video is expected result.

If seeking doesn't work from a flash player, most likely reason is 
problems with flv file itself.  In particular, please refer the 
the note here:

http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5/12534/video-delivery-http-pseudo-streaming#mechanism

: Note: Some FLV encoders do not include seekpoints metadata when 
: encoding videos. Without this data, HTTP Pseudostreaming will not 
: work. If you suspect your videos to not have metadata, use our 
: Metaviewer plugin to inspect the video. There should be a 
: seekpoints or keyframes list. If it is not there, use the FLVMDI 
: tool to parse your FLV videos and inject this metadata.

(The page itself contains appropriate links, quoted here just 
clarify which note I'm referring to.)

Maxim Dounin