Category Archives: webRTC

Plugins-Free WebRTC Based Peer 2 Peer Video Delivery – HTML5 Video

Posted on April 22, 2013 by zohar

Originally posted on blog.kaltura.org . We invite you for a sneak preview of a new disruptive WebRTC based Peer to Peer technology and experience the first ever plugins-free, large-scale peer-assisted streaming of video from multiple sources around the world, where all…
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WebRTC hits Firefox, Android and iOS

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Andrew Davis

WebRTC hits Firefox, Android and iOS “getUserMedia is available now in Chrome with no flags, as well as Opera, and Firefox Nightly/Aurora (though for Firefox you’ll need to set preferences). Take a look at the cross-browser demo of getUserMedia at simpl.info/gum—and…
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FOMS Workshop and the State of Open Web Video

Posted on September 22, 2012 by michael

The 2012 FOMS workshop took place in Paris, France. The working meeting consisted of focused sessions dedicated to bridging gaps among browser vendors and ensuing associative APIs meet the needs of developers that are making use of them. Browser vendors…
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Node Roundup: Surviving npm Downtime, Waf Wall of Shame, stream-chat, Vein

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Andrew Davis

Node Roundup: Surviving npm Downtime, Waf Wall of Shame, stream-chat, Vein Vein (License: MIT, npm: vein) is a WebSocket RPC module. It includes both client and server code, and a minimised build for browsers. RPC methods can be added using…
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Initial notes on Microsofts CU-RTC-Web Proposal – Educated Guesswork

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Andrew Davis

Initial notes on Microsofts CU-RTC-Web Proposal. “Yesterday, Microsoft published their CU-RTC-Web WebRTC API proposal as an alternative to the existing W3C WebRTC API being implemented in Chrome and Firefox. Microsofts proposal is a “low-level API” proposal which basically exposes a…
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Microsoft proposes alternate spec for WebRTC

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Andrew Davis

Microsoft proposes alternate spec for Web audio/video chat standard “Microsoft published a blog post today outlining its position on WebRTC, an emerging Web standard that aims to enable real-time audio and video conferencing on the Web without requiring any plugins….
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Opera 12 arrives with webcam APIs and experimental WebGL support

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Andrew Davis

Opera 12 arrives with webcam APIs and experimental WebGL support “Opera 12 has a lot to offer Web developers. The new version includes preliminary support for WebRTC, an emerging standard that is being drafted by the W3C Web Real-Time Communications…
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Video Conferencing in HTML5: WebRTC via Web Sockets

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Andrew Davis

Video Conferencing in HTML5: WebRTC via Web Sockets. Here is a brief summary of the steps involved to set up video conferencing in your browser: Set up a video element each for the local and the remote video stream. Grab…
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