Is there a way to stream MP3s stored on Amazon S3 via a Flash widget embedded in a website, or some other method?
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Yes it is. Firstly, you need to create a bucket in your S3 account which is all in lower case, is globally unique and is DNS-compatible; so for example I created a bucket called ‘media.torusknot.com’.
Then to make it all look nice you need to create a DNS CNAME entry to map a sub-domain of your site to that S3 bucket. That will allow you to access your files you upload to that S3 bucket via ‘http://media.example.com/somefile.mp3’. You do just need to set the ACLs on the files & the bucket to make sure public access is allowed.
Finally, if you want to stream video files via a Flash player from S3 to another domain, you also have to tell Flash that it’s ok for the content to be pulled in from a different domain. Create a file called ‘crossdomain.xml’ in the bucket, with these contents:
That allows the media to be accessed from anywhere - you can be more specific if you want but this is the simplest approach.
http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/tutorials/Using-Amazon-Web-Services http://www.stevestreeting.com/2008/09/29/streaming-media-from-amazon-s3/
Koistya Navin
2009-03-27 13:17:27
Keep in mind though, that the media is not really streamed (like with Red5 or Flash Media Server) but progressivly downloaded - thus the media-files end up as easily identified files in the browser's cache.Depending on the license this might be a problem with content copyrighted by a third party
Argelbargel
2009-03-27 13:36:16
Also pay attention to traffic, because if the crossdomain file isnt protecting against other sites linking to the MP3, I believe that anyone could use this MP3 in their Flash player = you pay the bandwidth. But I havent testet it though.
BerggreenDK
2010-05-04 23:40:13
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I would strongly recommend Flash Media server solutions like Wowza combined with Flowplayer for flash widget.
Thanashyam
2009-07-27 23:56:05