HLS: Because Apple Doesn’t Like Sharing

Jetpacks have been a mainstay for starry-eyed dreamers and futurists for a long time. Despite the occasional story from some engineer a-la stunt-double, that potential continues unrealized, a mere daydream of all those frustrated commuters stuck in traffic. At Red5 Pro, we’re also focused on the future and strive to build it (albeit more concretely).… Continue reading HLS: Because Apple Doesn’t Like Sharing

NAB 2017: The Saga of Live-Streaming

Storytelling is a cornerstone on the bedrock of humanity. From ancient cave paintings to printing presses all the way to video cameras, this engrained desire has spurred the development of new tools to illustrate our tales. However, that’s not all our instincts tell us. No matter how thoughtful and compelling the narrative, stories remain all… Continue reading NAB 2017: The Saga of Live-Streaming

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

A New Kind of Vision

Soldiers and poets; ordinarily the two occupy different worlds. That is, until live-streaming gets involved. Thanks to the extraordinary developers at Good Company they have enabled a soldier, blinded in combat, to once again connect to his surroundings. Wearing a pair of WiFi enabled iVue glasses and earphones, Major Scott Smiley sent a live-stream to… Continue reading A New Kind of Vision

Bizety, Red5 Pro and the Evolving World of Livestreaming

Recently, our CEO Chris Allen sat down with Ernie Regalado, the Editor-in-Chief of Bizety Technologies, to continue their discussion about Red5’s relentless and clandestine progress towards super-giant status. You can read about the full article here.

2016 – A Year of Live Streaming

2016 has been an exciting year in the always evolving world of live-streaming. The announcement of Facebook Live, and Youtube Live, propelled live-streaming prominently into the mainstream market. The popularity of these features hold a great potential to drive the future of social media. There are even reports of Facebook paying other companies to make… Continue reading 2016 – A Year of Live Streaming

So What’s Red5 Pro and Why is it Important to Live-streaming?

We talk a lot about live-streaming – so what? Why is it so important and (most importantly) what makes Red5 Pro special? Our software was created to give you the flexibility to do what you want, how you want to do it. From using GoPro cameras, streaming technical instructions, and challenging how “live” your television… Continue reading So What’s Red5 Pro and Why is it Important to Live-streaming?

WebRTC: The Delivery Protocol For Live Streams Of The Future

Earlier this week Tsahi Levent-Levi wrote up a great post on how he thinks h.264 is the protocol of choice for WebRTC apps moving forward. There’s so much that’s true about what he wrote, and I tend to agree on almost every point he makes. h.264 is supported in hardware encoders for just about every… Continue reading WebRTC: The Delivery Protocol For Live Streams Of The Future