How to Embed Ustream video into iOS

Question

Has anyone found a way to easily embed ustream video within a iphone or ipad app? I have sent emails to the ustream support, but no response. I really dont want to run through ffmpeg or anything.

Answer 1

The easiest way is by just opening the embed URL (e.g. http://www.ustream.tv/embed/10638475) using a UIWebView. This will use HTTP Live Streaming on iOS.

Alternatively you can use a URL like http://iphone-streaming.ustream.tv/uhls/10638475/streams/live/iphone/playlist.m3u8 to initiate an AVPlayerItem and use an AVPlayer and AVPlayerLayer to play the stream within the app's UI (very useful if you don't want it to be full screen).

Answer 2

Try:

<iframe  id="UstreamIframe" src="http://www.ustream.tv/embed/10638475"></iframe>