# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/jphastings/AirVideo>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/jphastings/AirVideo/blob/be7f5f12bacf4f60936c1fc57d21cde10fc79e3e/README.rdoc>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/airvideo-ruby-protocol-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/airvideo-ruby-protocol-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/airvideo-ruby-protocol-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/jphastings/AirVideo/blob/be7f5f12bacf4f60936c1fc57d21cde10fc79e3e/README.rdoc>

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