Created by: Arseny Taranenko on 23-01-2012 11:31:48 AM We are working on hosting recorded ARF files for user access on our web server. The archive of ARF files we have is too large to be kept on Webex, so we need to download and make it accessible from our server. The Webex has a nice feature we want to replicate: when user selects URL of the ARF recording, it automatically launches network recording player installed on user's PC and doesn't allow saving the ARF file. From what I could gather by looking at the source code, the URL of the recording is linked to a Java script that launches user's player installed on his PC and closes the browser window so use can't find the link to download the ARF file. If anyone has a sample code or can point me in the right direction, it would be great.
Subject: RE: Hosting ARF Files Replied by: john stegenga on 13-02-2012 03:03:20 PM If the recorded ARF files are accessable on the public internet, you can use a simple URL construct to reach them.
In this example, that's our webex test and demonstration site here at PGI - you'd obviously replace "premieredemoee" with your site URL where this occurs.
Subject: RE: Hosting ARF Files Replied by: Arseny Taranenko on 13-02-2012 04:38:46 PM This almost works. The Webex Player starts properly, but then throws "Webex Player cannot open a file of this type". It looks like this php script launches WRF player, not ARF.
@devnet_administrator, I am trying to play an arf file that is publicly available using the above url (substituted our own webex server link) but it does not play, instead it displays a dialog showing player controls.
Does the above suggested URL still work? We have a ton of recordings that we want to host on our servers.
Playback.php does only support legacy WebEx recordings (WRF format). Downloaded ARF recordings can only be played manually by opening them with the NBR Playback Utility, or launching the ARF file when the NBR Playback Utility is already installed on the local system. For recordings that are still hosted on the WebEx server, a unique streaming playback URL is available for each recording, which can be retrieved manually on the WebEx site by copying the playback URL from the NBR list, or by XML API using lstRecording.
NBR Playback Utility is also capable of converting ARF to either MP4, WMV, or FLV for more universal playback options.
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