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 throu

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).