Here you can find technical blog posts about how WebRTC, RTMP, HLS, CMAF, and other protocols are used and integrated. Build your own live streaming platform easily with these tutorials.
Live streaming has evolved beyond simple camera-to-viewer broadcasts. Today’s audiences expect interactive, engaging content with visual effects, branding elements, and augmented reality features. In this blog post, we’ll explore two powerful approaches to enhance your Android live streams using Ant Media Server: DeepAR integration for stunning AR effects and Custom Read more…
The HEVC (H.265) codec is a video compression standard that reduces streaming bandwidth by 50% compared to H.264 at identical visual quality. The Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC), a collaboration between ISO/IEC MPEG and ITU-T VCEG, ratified the HEVC specification in January 2013 and published it in June Read more…
H.264 is a lossy video compression standard that reduces raw video file sizes by up to 80% compared to uncompressed formats while preserving visual fidelity. The ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group and ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group jointly released H.264 in May 2003 as the successor to MPEG-2. H.264 is Read more…
HD streaming delivers video at 1280×720 pixels or higher, while SD streaming transmits video at 854×480 pixels or lower. The resolution a broadcaster selects determines visual clarity, bandwidth consumption, server processing load, and viewer retention rates across every connected device. Every live broadcast begins with a resolution decision that cascades Read more…
Selecting a video container format for streaming affects playback compatibility, adaptive bitrate delivery, and end-viewer experience across 9.8 billion connected devices worldwide. MP4 and MKV represent 2 fundamentally different approaches to packaging video, audio, and metadata into a single file. MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14) is the dominant container format for Read more…
Ant Media Server v2.17.0 reflects our ongoing goal of making Ant Media Server extensible and building a strong AMS ecosystem. This allows both AMS users and our internal team to develop new plugins and add new features. We are continuously adding new plugins to the AMS ecosystem. At the same Read more…
VP9 is an open-source, royalty-free video codec developed by Google that reduces streaming bitrate by 30–50% compared to H.264 at equivalent visual quality. Google released VP9 in June 2013 after acquiring On2 Technologies and its VPx codec lineage for $124.6 million in February 2010. YouTube, the largest VP9 content distributor, Read more…
Hello friends! We are excited to announce that Ant Media Server Enterprise is now available on the Google Cloud Marketplace! This is a fantastic development that combines the powerful features of Ant Media Server with the capabilities offered by Google Cloud, taking your live streaming experience to the next level. Read more…
Our guest is Vitor Silva, a Developer at Ubistart, and he will talk about their journey to build a React Native WebRTC application using rn-antmedia. What type of project generated the need to create lib rn-antmedia? A project with a frontend dashboard and mobile application for users, this project is Read more…
Do you want to set up IP camera streaming or simply learn how it works? In this article, I will explain what IP cameras are, how they work, and who usually uses them. You will also get familiar with the most popular video protocols that are being used for security Read more…
