The iPhone and iPod touch are able to ’stream’, open MP4, MP3, AAC, M4V, and M4B files over an http connection. So when visiting a website you are able to click on a url, and QuickTime will start playing your file. This works fine when using a HTTP connection, strange things begin to happen when you use HTTPS, a connection with SSL.

An warning will popup: “movie could not be played”. I’ve discovered, reading this blog, it’s a problem with the CA authority. When not having a certificate signed by a trusted partner you are unable to continue.

So I’ve downloaded the: ‘iPhone Configuration Utility’ from Apple and added my SSL certificate to a new profile. Installation was successful on my iPod, but am still unable to ’stream’ MP4s.

My setup contains of

• Ubuntu server with Apache SSL, and my iTunes library;
• Share is .htaccess password protected, added FilesMatch;
• iPod connects to this server using HTTPS but fails.