client control via the IHXPlayerController interface?

Apologies if you receive this twice....

Hello,

I've developed an authorization plugin based on the examples
in the SDK 
that works fairly well. However, one thing I need to be able
to do is 
terminate streaming (disconnect the client) after N seconds
of 
streaming.  My 1st approach was to use the scheduler to
schedule a 
callback to my plugin code and use the IHXPlayerController
methods such 
as Redirect(), Pause() or Disconnect() to interrupt
streaming to the 
client.  Unfortunately, this approach does not work well.
So, some 
questions:

1) Can I use the PlayerController interface to interrupt
streaming to a 
client at some arbitrary time while the client is
connected/streaming?
2) If not, is it possible to control the client (disconnect
and/or 
redirect)? How?

Thanks in advance!
Rick

-- 

Rick Wager                                           
email: garrickwagercomcast.net
303-818-0576 (mobile)


_______________________________________________
Helix-server-dev mailing list
Helix-server-devhelixcommunity.org
http://lists.helixcommunity.org/mailman/listinf
o/helix-server-dev

Rick -

You should be able to do #1 just like what you have done.
Schedule a 
callback and issue Disconnect or AlertAndDisconnect on the 
IHXPlayerController object.

Eswar

Rick Wager wrote:
> Apologies if you receive this twice....
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've developed an authorization plugin based on the
examples in the SDK 
> that works fairly well. However, one thing I need to be
able to do is 
> terminate streaming (disconnect the client) after N
seconds of 
> streaming.  My 1st approach was to use the scheduler to
schedule a 
> callback to my plugin code and use the
IHXPlayerController methods such 
> as Redirect(), Pause() or Disconnect() to interrupt
streaming to the 
> client.  Unfortunately, this approach does not work
well. So, some 
> questions:
> 
> 1) Can I use the PlayerController interface to
interrupt streaming to a 
> client at some arbitrary time while the client is
connected/streaming?
> 2) If not, is it possible to control the client
(disconnect and/or 
> redirect)? How?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> Rick
> 

_______________________________________________
Helix-server-dev mailing list
Helix-server-devhelixcommunity.org
http://lists.helixcommunity.org/mailman/listinf
o/helix-server-dev

Thank you Eswar,

I will try again on that approach... if I don't resolve the
problems I 
will post on the list again.

Basically, I was seeing a problem where the client did not
disconnect 
gracefully from the server when I called Disconnect().  The
client 
(realplayer) would no longer play the audio but it would
continue to 
count off seconds and act as if connected and streaming
until it reached 
the end of the stream.  The only difference was that the
audio no longer 
played.

I never got the Redirect () operation to work at all once
the client had 
begun streaming.  Nor the AlertAndDisconnect().

Rick

Eswar Bala wrote:
> Rick -
>
> You should be able to do #1 just like what you have
done. Schedule a 
> callback and issue Disconnect or AlertAndDisconnect on
the 
> IHXPlayerController object.
>
> Eswar
>
> Rick Wager wrote:
>> Apologies if you receive this twice....
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've developed an authorization plugin based on the
examples in the 
>> SDK that works fairly well. However, one thing I
need to be able to 
>> do is terminate streaming (disconnect the client)
after N seconds of 
>> streaming.  My 1st approach was to use the
scheduler to schedule a 
>> callback to my plugin code and use the
IHXPlayerController methods 
>> such as Redirect(), Pause() or Disconnect() to
interrupt streaming to 
>> the client.  Unfortunately, this approach does not
work well. So, 
>> some questions:
>>
>> 1) Can I use the PlayerController interface to
interrupt streaming to 
>> a client at some arbitrary time while the client is
connected/streaming?
>> 2) If not, is it possible to control the client
(disconnect and/or 
>> redirect)? How?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>> Rick
>>
>

-- 

Rick Wager                                           
email: garrickwagercomcast.net
303-818-0576 (mobile)


_______________________________________________
Helix-server-dev mailing list
Helix-server-devhelixcommunity.org
http://lists.helixcommunity.org/mailman/listinf
o/helix-server-dev