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Live streaming is a complicated process involving a variety of different methods and formats. One of these components is the codec used for the encoding and decoding of the media file. The codec also defines the types of tools that the codec can use to conduct the streaming. To greatly simplify the process; in order… Continue reading 5 Reasons HEVC (h.265) Streaming Servers are Overhyped

In our previous blog comparing the H.264, H.265 and VP9 codecs we mentioned how LCEVC is changing the codec game. In this one, we will dive deeper into this topic. For anyone wishing there was a way to meet bandwidth and latency challenges posed by 4K UHD and other emerging high bitrate video formats without… Continue reading 9 Reasons Why LCEVC Circumvents the Codec Wars

For the second year in a row, Streaming Media Magazine awarded Red5 Pro the 2020 Streaming Media 50. As an industry-leading publication, Streaming Media Magazine is very well attuned to the ebbs and flows of the live streaming industry, tracking where it is going and recording where it came from. We are proud to be… Continue reading Red5 Pro Selected for 2020 Streaming Media 50

Ruby on Rails is an open-source programming language with a large following. According to their website, they optimize “for programmer happiness with Convention over Configuration.” No wonder that some very successful platforms such as Twitch, Basecamp, GitHub and Square are built using Ruby on Rails. Live streaming has enjoyed exponential growth, especially over the last… Continue reading 11 Platforms for Ruby on Rails Live Video Streaming

Encoding vendors and their customers who are relying on playout of live-streamed video over Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) to CDNs as the best way to minimize latency actually can do much better if they want to achieve end-to-end distribution in real time. This may come as a surprise to those who believe they have gone… Continue reading 5 Reasons SRT Streaming Encoders Can Now Support Real-Time Video

Golang (officially Go) is an open-source programming language that is a favorite choice among many developers. Developed by Google as a way to increase programming productivity in the face of limitations of the C++ language, Go is implemented through Google’s self-hosting compiler keychain and uses gccgo (a part of GCC) for the frontend. Further increasing… Continue reading 12 Platforms for Golang Video Streaming

Hot off the heels of our latest mobile release, comes Red5 Pro Server Release 7.2.0. Per usual, our dedicated team members have continued innovating and improving the already solid Red5 Pro platform. We consider ourselves very lucky to have such dependable QA staff and software developers.   7.2.0 improves the performance of stream recovery on… Continue reading Red5 Pro Server Version 7.2.0

As an open-source and cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment, Node.js is a popular choice for many developers. Enabling both the frontend and backend to be written using JavaScript makes writing a full stack application a little easier. Another thing that makes a software engineer’s life a little easier are SDKs. These development toolboxes jumpstart the process… Continue reading 12 Platforms to use for Node.js Real-Time Video Streaming

It’s summertime and the living is… well, not exactly easy. Under the shadow of COVID-19, the Red5 Pro Boston office remains closed, but that hasn’t stopped us from improving our software. Thanks to our developers and QA engineers (some of whom were already working remotely) we are proud to announce the Red5 Pro SDK Release… Continue reading Red5 Pro Release 7.2 – Mobile SDK Conference Examples

Key points for effective live video streaming Placing bets on races, competitions, games and sports of all sizes and speeds (even competitive walking) started about as early as sports themselves. The great, great grandfather of all sporting events, the Olympics even had people betting on them from their ancient beginning all the way to today.… Continue reading 6 Essential Components for Building your own Live Video Sports Betting App