[Discuss] live streaming needs flash?

Eric Chadbourne eric.chadbourne at icloud.com
Mon Jul 27 22:26:57 EDT 2015


> On Jul 27, 2015, at 9:53 PM, Rich Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 7/27/2015 9:41 PM, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote:
>> YouTube live events do not require a plugin to watch; they use HTML5
>> streaming if available. And there is an option to use a Google Hangout
>> as the stream source, and I believe that also does not require a
>> plugin if you stream from Chrome. Otherwise you need Flash to source a
>> live stream.
> 
> With the caveat that "in a web browser" is a bullet item on the PowerPoint slides. Remove that requirement and you gain access to many options that work at least as well as Flash if not better (like H.323).
> 
> -- 
> Rich P.


Interesting reading, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.323  Thanks Rich.

- Eric






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