Wow you are correct. I can watch live streams on youtube without any plugins with Safari and Firefox. I did not know that.
Thanks, Eric > On Jul 27, 2015, at 9:41 PM, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
