Multi-platform text chat and video publishing/playback

[Petro O. Bochan]

Hello, recent update to WCS doesn't feature Flash anymore. Our project is to stream video/audio as publish/playback and create a text chat on Flash, Android, iOS, and JavaScript. I'm curious if this is possible to mix these four platforms in one app
Thanks,
P

 

[Max]

Good day.
Unfortunately, Flash is dead and not supported in all the modern browsers and operating systems. But WCS still supports RTMP publishing and playback. You can even build WebSDK from sources including Flash support if you find a browser which still supports Flash.
So we recommend to use Javascript (and WebView on mobile platforms) if you'd like to use the same code base, or Javascript+Android SDK+iOS SDK.

 

[Petro O. Bochan]

Thanks for reply. We are still using Flash in some old projects but are interested in whether we can use Flash, iOS, Android, and Javascript streaming to share media content among these 4 platforms?

 

[Max]

You can try to use Adobe AIR on mobile devices. Flash example applications sources are still available with WebSDK, so you can build them and try with Adobe AIR. If this works, you can publish RTMP streams from mobile devices and play them from desktop as WebRTC using Javascript API.

 

[Petro O. Bochan]

This is good news.
1. Will the same stream be available for iOS/Android SDK?
2. Can Flash playback streams from other platforms?
3. Can all platforms be connected to roomApp and exchange messages as well as streaming media?

 

[Max]

1. Will the same stream be available for iOS/Android SDK?

Yes, any stream published to WCS server is available to play via WebRTC, including mobile SDKs

Can Flash playback streams from other platforms?

Yes, if a platform provides an RTMP URL to play

Can all platforms be connected to roomApp and exchange messages as well as streaming media?

Yes. Please look at the following examples:
Video Conference
Flash Video Chat
Android Video Conference
iOS Video Conference

 

[Petro O. Bochan]

Many thanks for replies.