If I have a file in the web server (Tomcat) and create a tag, I can watch the video, pause it, navigate through it, and restart it after it finishes.
But if I create a REST interface that sends the video file when requested, and add its URL to a tag, I can only play and pause. No rewinding, no fast forward, no navigating, nothing.
So, is there a way for this to be fixed? Am I missing something somewhere?
Video files are in the same server as the REST interface, and the REST interface only checks session and sends the video after finding out which one it should send.
These are the methods I've tried so far. They all work, but none of them allow navigating.
Method 1, ResponseEntity:
/*
* This will actually load the whole video file in a byte array in memory,
* so it's not recommended.
*/
@RequestMapping(value = "/{id}/preview", method = RequestMethod.GET)
@ResponseBody public ResponseEntity<byte[]> getPreview1(@PathVariable("id") String id, HttpServletResponse response) {
ResponseEntity<byte[]> result = null;
try {
String path = repositoryService.findVideoLocationById(id);
Path path = Paths.get(pathString);
byte[] image = Files.readAllBytes(path);
response.setStatus(HttpStatus.OK.value());
HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM);
headers.setContentLength(image.length);
result = new ResponseEntity<byte[]>(image, headers, HttpStatus.OK);
} catch (java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException e) {
response.setStatus(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND.value());
} catch (Exception e) {
response.setStatus(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.value());
}
return result;
}
Method 2, Stream copy:
/*
* IOUtils is available in Apache commons io
*/
@RequestMapping(value = "/{id}/preview2", method = RequestMethod.GET)
@ResponseBody public void getPreview2(@PathVariable("id") String id, HttpServletResponse response) {
try {
String path = repositoryService.findVideoLocationById(id);
File file = new File(path)
response.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM_VALUE);
response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename="+file.getName().replace(" ", "_"));
InputStream iStream = new FileInputStream(file);
IOUtils.copy(iStream, response.getOutputStream());
response.flushBuffer();
} catch (java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException e) {
response.setStatus(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND.value());
} catch (Exception e) {
response.setStatus(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.value());
}
}
Method 3, FileSystemResource:
@RequestMapping(value = "/{id}/preview3", method = RequestMethod.GET)
@ResponseBody public FileSystemResource getPreview3(@PathVariable("id") String id, HttpServletResponse response) {
String path = repositoryService.findVideoLocationById(id);
return new FileSystemResource(path);
}