Red5 Documentation

SDK Release 6.0.0

Android SDK

  • New – Option to use Hardware Acceleration for subscribing, to support 4K and 360° streams

  • New – Decoupling Shared Objects: Mobile (Note requires server min version 6.0.0)

  • New – ABR subscriber support via autopscaling transcoding (Note requires server min version 6.0.0) and Growth Pro for Transcoding via autoscaling

  • API Additions:

    • R5Stream: play:streamName useHardwareAcceleration:flag
    • R5Stream: play:streamName withForcedRGBDecode:flag
    • R5VideoView: setRenderer(R5VideoViewRenderer)
    • R5VideoView: getRenderer()
    • R5VideoViewRenderer (new class)
  • API Changes:

    • JNI: on_draw_frame
    • JNI: getHWAccelBytes
    • R5Stream: play:streamName

streaming-android updates:

  • New Test: Subscribe – Hardware Acceleration
  • New Test: Subscribe – Renderer RGB
  • New Test: Publish – Stream Manager Transcoder
  • New Test: Subscribe – Stream Manager Transcoder
  • New Test: Shared Object – Streamless
  • New Test: Publish – Camera Swap & Orientation