Technology is continuously advancing towards remote interaction, especially since the beginning of the COVID era. As we grow more used to communicating with each other in virtual meeting rooms, it is becoming clear that interactivity is key to a successful and engaging live streaming application. This is why our team began working on a  Watch Party example to show how Red5 Pro’s software can be used to interact with online content—and with each other—in a more natural way. What is a Watch Party? A watch party is a main video stream paired with a group video chat…

New to live streaming with Red5 Pro? This one’s for you! Learning to use a new product can be challenging. To help you get started, we’ve rounded up some of the most commonly asked questions from new customers. Find our answers below. 1. Does Red5 Pro require an SSL certificate?This depends on your streaming protocol. RTMP and HLS streaming can be used without an SSL certificate, however WebRTC requires SSL for secure streaming. WebRTC was designed with security as a top priority, and because encryption is a mandatory feature of WebRTC, an SSL certificate is required for…

A ground-breaking approach to socializing virtual reality experiences has taken shape with development of a healthcare platform supporting video communications during VR-based therapy sessions. redacted, a leading supplier of therapeutic products, is employing the solution in use cases involving treatment delivered through patients’ VR headsets. In some cases, friends and family as well as the caregiver can share a 2D 3600 view of the patient’s VR experience while communicating with each other and the patient in real time via video. In others, the video communication is between the patient and caregiver. The ability to engage a large number of…

Organizations looking for a lightning-fast, real-time interactive broadcasting solution need to tune in to the Real Time Communications Conference & Expo on Thursday, October 14 at 12:45 PM CT. Hear Red5 Pro CEO and industry expert, Chris Allen, as he takes the audience through an evolution of P2P networks, to SFUs, and up through the near future of interactivity with the Experience Delivery Network, or the XDN. Find out how the XDN architecture, based on WebRTC, works for use cases such as auctions, live music, e-sports, gambling and more. Learn how apps for online education, hybrid and online events,…

AWS and Red5 Pro have launched a partnership to deliver real-time live streaming video on 5G networks over AWS Wavelength Zones. This Thursday, September 23 at 9AM PDT | 12PM EDT, join Topio Networks’ CoFounder, Gavin Whitechurch, as he hosts his Topio Networks Webinar, featuring Red5 Pro CEO and industry expert, Chris Allen, along with leaders from Confluent and Zscaler, where they will talk all about 5G Edge computing apps now available on AWS Wavelength. Chris will discuss what this partnership means for users, including lightning-fast streaming video experiences in different industries like entertainment, retail, security, sports, auctions, and many more.…

Introduction Experience Delivery Networks, or XDNs, function similarly to CDNs, but better. XDNs make it possible to deliver synchronized video content to and from clients across the world. This facilitates use cases that include, but are not limited to monitoring, auctions, game and races, watch parties, video conferencing, online learning and interactive events with large audiences. XDN allows for content creators to deliver real-time live video streaming experiences for countless use cases across industries. Its main features include: End-to-end latency below 500ms,Scalability across regions and cloud platforms with ability to support on-premise data centers,Resiliency against node failures through…

INTRODUCTION Video surveillance is undergoing a major transformation in multiple market segments worldwide as system operators discover they now have the ability to leverage real-time visibility into unfolding events across multiple points of observation. Faster, smarter reactions to developments become the norm when it’s possible to analyze, often with the help of AI-assisted intelligence, tightly synchronized high-resolution camera feeds aggregated in real time from all locations relevant to momentary dynamics. This can be done whether cameras are positioned terrestrially, off shore, under water, on drones, or in smartphones carried by field personnel. In fact, real-time streaming is even coming…

Miss Arin Sime's WebRTC Ventures Webinar featuring Red5 Pro's CEO, Chris Allen? Catch it on video and don't miss a moment as Chris and Arin discuss Red5 Pro's powerful new open source WebRTC-based, multidirectional architecture called the Experience Delivery Network, or XDN. Technical creators who build live streaming apps face some current dilemmas that no one wants to see carried into the Metaverse: Latency in traditional streaming is an issue. Any streaming that takes over 400 ms is simply too long, the moment is lost in asynchronous history, never to be repeated. Scaling to millions, or in some cases even…

As the surging popularity of esports opens new opportunities for game producers, their success in an increasingly competitive environment depends on finding a way to deliver feature-rich interactive services in real time without relying on third-party outlets. This new direction in esports operations has been mapped by Riot Games and a handful of other major game producers who have gone to extraordinary lengths to create network infrastructures capable of fulfilling such ambitions. But the opportunity to maximize returns from esports isn’t limited to the providers with the deepest pockets. All the networking capabilities essential to competing in this rapidly…

Vonage Video API, formerly and still affectionately known as TokBox, is a father figure of sorts for the streaming video age. TokBox has been around since 2007, has seen several iterations and innovations, and is still quite reliable today for live streaming video. Their basic functionality and fast setup time makes TokBox ideal for establishing multiple video connection points for all kinds of events. Like other video services, TokBox has its own special drawbacks, particularly with scaling costs and customization. They charge by the minute per stream. So as you gain more users, beware of the cost of growth: multistreaming…

Let’s face it—virtual events can be draining. At this point, most of us have probably heard of “Zoom fatigue,” a term describing the burnout caused by an increase of online communication throughout the pandemic. Between technical difficulties and lack of social interaction, the practice of being constantly online is, at times, exhausting—that is, if it’s not handled properly. There are many pros of digital and hybrid events, particularly increased accessibility. The challenge is not just to reach a wider audience, but also to keep that audience engaged. Trade shows, in particular, struggle with transitioning to virtual…

Agora is a useful CPaaS company for voice and video chat, messaging, and interactive live streaming. They can scale from one to many with sub-second latency, and they have a customizable user interface with plenty of APIs to keep developers busy embedding audio and video call features into communications systems. They support industries from social media, online dating, mobile gaming, e-commerce, and telehealth. Agora’s WebRTC-enabled Real-Time Engagement PaaS runs on their proprietary Internet network set up in 200 worldwide datacenters. Agora offers well-built, fully functional multiple SDKs and they are good at point-to-point communication. Like any service, Agora has…

Fresh out of the Red5 Pro test kitchen, and of course on the heels of our recent server release, comes the SDK release 9.0.0 for iOS and Android operating platforms. This release includes some goodies like an improvement for headphone usage, in iOS, locally saved streams can now be saved to the app bundle, no longer a device’s photo/video gallery so files can be uploaded for post processing, then removed from temporary local storage by the app, some UI bug fixes, and a few other treats to check out below. SDK 9.0.0iOS SDK Release…

News and research reports documenting how the business world is approaching operations in a post-pandemic world leave no doubt that hybrid combinations of on-site and remote work schedules are taking hold worldwide. But it remains to be seen whether businesses will have access to the tools and infrastructure that are essential to getting full value out of operating in this new environment. Notwithstanding the nearly universal shift to remote work schedules during the pandemic, support for efficient and effective adoption of hybrid work strategies is still in a rudimentary stage of development. The limitations common to current solutions built on…

As we roll deeper into 2021, hybrid events have become more and more popular due to easing Covid restrictions. Events that were once in person had to become virtual last year to simply survive. Now organizations are mixing it up and offering the same event both live in person, and virtually. Hybrid events are poised to become the new normal as companies and organizations look for ways to save money after 2020. These events signal less travel for fewer employees, smaller venue space needed to accommodate smaller crowds, and fewer hotel accommodations as well. Where host companies and organizations can…

Due to COVID-19, remote learning has risen to the forefront of education within the past year, and it looks like it’s here to stay. Whether remote learning is used as an optional alternative to in-person classes, or as a full-time learning experience, students around the world can use virtual classroom software to get the most out of their education while staying at home or traveling. Prioritize Low latencyThe best online learning experiences occur when it feels like all class members are communicating in the same room. Low-latency streaming is important for virtual classroom software because it gives students the…

What time is it? It’s time for the Red5 Pro Server Release 9.0.0! It’s a focused, concentrated release, so we’re throwing a mini party, not quite a rager, but we’re excited! Our newest server release introduces support for running Red5 Pro with JDK 11 on the most current iterations of Ubuntu (20.04 LTS), and Windows (2019 Server. Server Release 9.0.0 includes all previous Red5 Pro Server releases, and now autoscale-runs with the latest MySQL 8.0. Please note that with this server release, we have stopped supporting PostGreSQL. If you’re…

A post-pandemic shift by B2B conferences and trade shows worldwide to hybrid combinations of in-person and virtual events represents a major opportunity for developers of platforms that can support video-rich interactions in real time. While virtualization of conventions and other business events became the norm when Covid-19 hit, the webinar and full-blown trade show platforms companies rushed into service were, by and large, a far cry from what the market needs if there’s going to be an ongoing role for digital. This was evident in the results of many studies tracking responses to virtual event platforms. For example, the…

Education has been one of the areas most affected by the coronavirus. This has greatly increased the need for a good virtual education platform.  Services such as Zoom have filled the immediate need but, as we covered in a previous post, Zoom is not the best solution for educators and students. Further at issue is the fact that Zoom was designed as a general-purpose conferencing tool which means it doesn’t have all the necessary features for distance learning video conferencing. The issue at hand is determining how to build a better platform for interactive video distance learning. Beyond basic…

Digital rights management (DRM) may seem like an unavoidable fact of life in the premium video streaming world, but, when it comes to real-time streaming over WebRTC, it’s helpful to recognize the most rigorous protection requirements can be met without DRM. Of course, under current licensing policies, distributors of high-value live sports and other programming frequently have no choice but to implement DRM, even if they’re in a position to benefit from the comprehensive and free protection afforded by WebRTC security. The point of this article is to call attention to the fact that, in terms of the…

Red5 Pro Adds Streaming Video Industry Veteran Sylvio Jelovcich As Business Development Director Today, we’d like to introduce the newest member to the Red5 Pro team: Sylvio Jelovcich. Sylvio is our new Business Development Director, a position he is well suited for as illustrated by his expansive industry experience of more than 25 years  with notable tenures at firms such as EMC, Cisco, Vidyo, and Haivision. During his time at Haivision, Sylvio drove the SRT Alliance, an open source initiative bringing together an alliance of 300+ global partners to develop a standardized, low-latency video streaming protocol for the broadcast…