Streaming media filter (RTMP)

Filters ::: filter_rtmp
Maintained by FredFred Woolard, Lacey Vickery, Michelle Melton
Part of set RTMP.
Filters URLs beginning with rtmp:// and creates a Flowplayer player using their streaming plugin.

Streaming media filter (RTMP) 1.5 (Build: 2014102000)

Moodle 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8
Released: Tuesday, 25 November 2014, 1:46 AM
ver. 2013052006 rel. 1.5 (Build: 2014102000)

Add support for primitive HTML5 video and audio tags when no Flash plugin is detected. Configuration option 'Fallback to HLS' must be checked. Primarily a feature for Wowza users where URL for an HLS (http) stream can be constructed given the corresponding rtmp URL. A second configuration option for the HLS format is an attempt to accommodate Adobe FMS users who have added support for HLS--with its slight difference in the way the URL is formed.

CSS is improved to handle display of playlists on mobile devices.

ver. 2013052005 rel. 1.4 (Build: 2014031700)

Add support for closed captions. Filter has setting to determine whether or not captions (and CC button) displayed by default. User can override default behavior with "captions=[0|1]" query string variable.

Add awareness of CLI (assume it's the cron task) execution, and in case of CLI strip out rtmp URLs.

ver. 2013052004 rel. 1.3 (Build: 2014012300)

Relaxed regex rules for playlist labels
Rendering of playlists shifted to PHP, rather than JavaScript
Fix filter to work in question preview pop-up window


README for filter_rtmp plugin/module

DISCLAIMER AND LICENSING
------------------------
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.

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GENERAL INFORMATION
-------------------
The RTMP filter is an extension of the Moodle core_media_renderer
(filter, renderer, player) module. It looks for any anchor href
values that begin with 'rtmp://' and substitues the necessary html
span tag with attributes to be used by a corresponding javascript
module.

The module.js javascript file applies the flowplayer function, using
Flowplayer's rtmp plugin, to the elements with class values of
'filter_rtmp_audio', or 'filter_rtmp_video'.


INSTALLATION
------------
Place the rtmp directory in the site's filter directory. Access the
notifications admin page to confirm installation. Select which of the
the players (audio or video) you want enabled for filtering.


FLOWPLAYER LICENSE
------------------
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Copyright (c) 2008 Flowplayer Ltd

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THE SOFTWARE.

Version information

Version build number
2013052006
Version release name
1.5 (Build: 2014102000)
Can be updated from
1.2 (Build: 2013100200) (2013052003), 1.3 (Build: 2014012300) (2013052004), 1.4 (Build: 2014031700) (2013052005)
Maturity
Stable version
MD5 Sum
0352ce3f96bf99982f2abeec29bb8910
Supported software
Moodle 2.3, Moodle 2.4, Moodle 2.5, Moodle 2.6, Moodle 2.7, Moodle 2.8

Version control information

Version control system (VCS)
GIT
VCS repository URL

Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Filters

  1. Make sure you have all the required versions.
  2. Download and unpack the filter plugin.
  3. Place the folder (eg "myfilter") in the "filter" subdirectory.
  4. Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to finish the installation