Receiving video is pretty much the same whether or not the source is live. HTML5 can handle it.
I thought the original question was about ORIGINATING a live stream. That is what is difficult to do in HTML5. And since originating a stream requires a plugin, some sites may also still be set up to require a plugin for playback; UStream is a good example, though their beta browser viewer may support HTML5 streaming. YouTube live events do not require a plugin to watch; they use HTML5 streaming if available. And there is an option to use a Google Hangout as the stream source, and I believe that also does not require a plugin if you stream from Chrome. Otherwise you need Flash to source a live stream. On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Eric Chadbourne <[email protected]> wrote: > Fascinating. I'll read up on the camera API in HTML5. > > Thanks, > > Eric Chadbourne > Nonprofit-CRM.org > >> On Jul 27, 2015, at 7:23 PM, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Although there has been a camera API in HTML5 since at least 2012, >> browser support has lagged; even now, developers can't count on it >> being available, and what support does exist is inconsistent. Flash is >> the most widely installed plugin so that is what developers used. It >> can also be done with Java or Silverlight but fewer users have those. >> >> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Eric Chadbourne >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I've heard some smart folks say flash is needed for live streaming and >>> nothing else is nearly as good. I've heard them say there is no good open >>> source option. If this is true, why? Surely there's no magic sauce in >>> there that couldn't be replicated, or even done better. Is it more of a >>> matter of plugin saturation? Just curious. >>> >>> Eric Chadbourne >>> - The one who uses no flash or java plugins, ever. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
