Reputation: 14764
How to stream videos through HTML5?
I need to stream videos through HTML5. Is that possible, are there any free sources to try that into my own application? Thanks!
Upvotes: 5
Views: 18298
Answers (2)
Reputation: 34135
Yes, you can stream live video through <video> tag but it is supported to modern browsers only. so, Have a look at HTTP Live Streaming checks if browsers/devices support HLS or fallback correctly to see if live streamming is supported on broswers you are wishing to target
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 1520
If you mean just deliver video like Youtube or any other video site, you just use the <video> element to deliver it. Its pretty much like displaying an image (JPEG). Its just progressively downloaded to the user's browser. More details about Video at Dive into HTML5.
However, if you mean live-stream or streamed to a user such that its not really downloaded, I'm sure there are no way so far to do that without using a solution like a Flash Player client with a streaming server back-end - Flash Media Server, WowzaMedia, Red5, etc, etc.
Upvotes: 6