HTML5 live streaming

Question

For school I need to set up an HTML5 live stream site. They have a flash stream-player they\'ve been using but now they want it to use HTML5 instead. How can I do this? I tr

Answer 1

Live streaming in HTML5 is possible via the use of Media Source Extensions (MSE) - the relatively new W3C standard: https://www.w3.org/TR/media-source/ MSE is an an extension of HTML5 tag; the javascript on webpage can fetch audio/video segments from the server and push them to MSE for playback. The fetching mechanism can be done via HTTP requests (MPEG-DASH) or via WebSockets. As of September 2016 all major browsers on all devices support MSE. iOS is the only exception.

For high latency (5+ seconds) HTML5 live video streaming you can consider MPEG-DASH implementations by video.js or Wowza streaming engine.

For low latency, near real-time HTML5 live video streaming, take a look at EvoStream media server, Unreal media server, and WebRTC.