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.
Two powerful protocols. One streaming platform built for both. Lets focus on what happens today and what’s waiting for us in the future as Ant Media Server perspective. The live streaming world is buzzing about Media over QUIC (MoQ) — a new IETF-standard protocol that promises to combine the scalability Read more…
If you’ve ever set up a live stream — through OBS, a mobile broadcast app, or a custom WebRTC pipeline — you’ve already made decisions about the 16:9 aspect ratio without necessarily thinking about them. Your camera defaulted to 1280×720. Your streaming software suggested 1920×1080. Your viewers watched on a Read more…
Video aspect ratio determines the proportional width-to-height relationship of every video frame delivered to viewers — and in live streaming, it directly controls bitrate requirements, adaptive bitrate ladder configuration, GPU transcoding load, and WebRTC negotiation parameters. Choosing the wrong ratio produces black bars, pixel distortion, or over-provisioned bandwidth consumption at Read more…
Every viewer expects smooth, buffer-free video — whether they are watching a live sports broadcast on a phone or streaming a feature film on a smart TV. Behind the scenes, the protocol handling that delivery determines whether the experience holds up under real-world network conditions. MPEG-DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over Read more…
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. This guide walks you through integrating DeepAR (real-time AR filters) and Custom Canvas Overlays (logos, watermarks) into an Android live-streaming app powered by Ant Media Server. The sample project has two ready-to-run Read more…
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Streaming platforms transmit over 1 billion hours of video daily, and codec efficiency determines the bandwidth cost of every single hour. A platform serving 10,000 concurrent 4K streams consumes approximately 120 Gbps with H.265 (HEVC) compression. Versatile Video Coding (VVC), also known as H.266, cuts that figure to approximately 60–70 Read more…
Live streaming has become a core part of how people connect, create, and do business online. Whether you are broadcasting a product launch, running a virtual classroom, or building a telehealth platform, the technology behind every smooth stream is a video streaming protocol. You may have come across terms like Read more…
WebRTC is an open-source technology that enables real-time communication directly in web browsers and mobile apps. It powers video, voice, and data sharing between users without plugins or external software. Learn more about WebRTC from webrtc.org. WebRTC security is a top concern for anyone building a video chat or live 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…
