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To run online broadcasts you can use special hardware or software video capturing devices (Live Encoder). Such devices or programs capture a video stream and send it to the server via the RTMP protocol.
Web Call Server 5.1 can receive an RTMP video stream from such a device or software (Wirecast, ffmpeg, OBS Studio, FMLE etc.) encoded to H.264 and AAC and + AAC or Sorensen Spark H.263 + Speex and broadcast this video stream to browsers and mobile devices.
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Receiving incoming audio- and video streams via the RTMP protocolSupport for the H.264 video codec and AAC audio codec
Broadcasting of the received video stream to browsers and platforms: any among ones supported by WCS
Uses video stream playback technologies: any among ones supported by WCS
Codec support
- Video H.264 + audio AAC
- Video Sorensen Spark (H.263) + audio Speex 16 kHz
Operation flowchart
1. Live Encoder establishes a connection to the server via the RTMP protocol and sends the publish command.
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Known issues
1. A stream containing B-frames does not play or plays with artifacts (latencies, lags)
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