Case study

AirVideo for Ruby: reconstructing server communication

AirVideo for Ruby implements a client for the AirVideo server from a reverse engineered communication protocol. It browses folders and videos and obtains playable or live transcoded video URLs, with options for output dimensions.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08

Stars: 75
Last commit: 2010-07-09
Language: Ruby
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: An AirVideo server and its connection details, including a password where configured.
Testing evidence: The author reports testing only on Mac OS X 10.6.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{airvideo-ruby-protocol-case,
  title = {{AirVideo for Ruby: reconstructing server communication}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/jphastings/AirVideo}},
  url = {https://github.com/jphastings/AirVideo},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/airvideo-ruby-protocol-case/}}
}

Plain text

AirVideo for Ruby: reconstructing server communication. https://github.com/jphastings/AirVideo (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/airvideo-ruby-protocol-case/

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README.rdoc GitHub · jphastings/AirVideo · Revision be7f5f1