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Filters/rtmp

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The RTMP streaming media filter is used to replace links containing URLs beginning with rtmp:// with a Flowplayer media player using their rtmp plugin. It is contributed by Lacey Vickery and Fred Woolard.

Page output is examined for anchor href values beginning with rtmp:// and ending with a supported extension (currently .mp3, .mp4, .flv, and .f4v). Qualifying links are replaced with a div tag containing 'data-' prefixed attributes that are subsequently used by the plugin's JavaScript module to apply a Flowplayer player to the div. The Adobe Flash Player browser plugin is required.

The plugin was developed to work with Adobe's Flash Media Server, but according to Flowplayer, their RTMP plugin should work with Wowza, and Red5 as well. The plugin has been tested successfully with Amazon's Cloudfront streaming service.

Installation

  • Select the correct version of the filter_rtmp.zip plugin for your Moodle installation.
  • Unpack the .zip file into the filter/ folder of your Moodle site.
  • Access the notifications page (Site administration->Notifications) to initiate installation.
  • Enable and configure the plugin (Site administration->Plugins->Filters->Manage filters).

How to use

In places where you can enter HTML (e.g. wysiwyg editor for topic summary, page resource, etc.), create a link and supply a URL that references the media stream you want to play. The URL would look something like: rtmp://fms.example.org/vod/classes/lecture01.flv

The file extensions filtered are: .flv, .mp4, .f4v, and .mp3

Cloudfront Streams

Amazon's Cloudfront streaming requires the Flowplayer config values for netConnectionUrl, and the clip's URL to be slightly different. For streams originating at Cloudfront append the following query string paramter to the URL so the filter will adjust accordingly: ?provider=acf

Playlists

Support for playlists has been added. Refer to the Playlist plugin docs.

Where to Find

The plugin can be found in the Modules and plugins database here.

Source code

The source code repository is located at github.com in the appalachianstate/moodle-filter_rtmp repository.

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