Red5 Pro Release – Server, iOS, Android and HTML5

Lot’s of improvements with this one! Red5 Pro 3.4.0 introduces a Simple Authentication Plugin which provides an easier way to prevent unauthorized users from creating streams. Additionally, we have added shared objects support for HTML5 and mobile platforms. Red5 Pro’s SharedObjects are based on RTMP’s Remote SharedObject started by Adobe. We’ve made it accessible to… Continue reading Red5 Pro Release – Server, iOS, Android and HTML5

WebRTC Security: CORS, DTLS, SRTP, OMG!

The web isn’t as simple as it used to be. The days of uploading a simple HTML page you coded in Notepad (or BBEdit) and uploaded via FTP to your WebServer are over. Even JavaScript isn’t the simple language it started as (who’s using the once ubiquitous JQuery these days?). The modern day JavaScript development… Continue reading WebRTC Security: CORS, DTLS, SRTP, OMG!

Network, Resolution and Preset Dimensions

When I was young, my mother (and The Rolling Stones) often told me “You can’t always get what you want”. Come to think of it, my mom (and Mick Jagger) still tells me that. A cornerstone of parenting philosophy, this concept applies equally to life decisions, demands for a second slice of cake or even… Continue reading Network, Resolution and Preset Dimensions

Is 4K Practical?

Have you ever bought a tv with the very latest in super-premium, mind-blowing display technology only to realize that it’s almost too cutting edge? You turn it on and it’s amazing! Any more detail and you’d be seeing into another dimension. Then your internet takes a nap and you realize that even though you have… Continue reading Is 4K Practical?

WebRTC vs. RTMP – Which Protocol Should You Choose for Your Live Streaming App?

Live video streaming is taking off like crazy, and you want to get in on this new technology by building your own cat streaming app. "Periscope for Cats will be the next big thing" you say. You start looking into what’s out there for a software developer to build on, and immediately are inundated with… Continue reading WebRTC vs. RTMP – Which Protocol Should You Choose for Your Live Streaming App?

Red5 Pro Release 3.0 – WebRTC Scaling

March is traditionally the month where people start breaking their New Year Resolutions. Not Red5 Pro. We’ve persevered to reach our goal of improving the performance of our WebRTC implementation. While some abandoned their treadmills, we slimmed down our CPU usage to make Red5 Pro more scalable. As home gyms (still unassembled) were hidden in… Continue reading Red5 Pro Release 3.0 – WebRTC Scaling

More Time to Save Money

Yesterday, Amazon Web Services experienced an outage in its eastern U.S. region. So that, quite obviously, caused a stir. It was a blackout. Like, medieval, Dark Ages blackout. Everything was broken, people were crying, there was looting… OK. Maybe it wasn’t that bad but it sure did mess things up. As such, some developers could… Continue reading More Time to Save Money