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Video streaming is the process of delivering a video from a server to a client. This is different from simply downloading the entire video file, as the client is able to watch the video while it's being downloaded.

Video streaming is the process of delivering a video from a server to a client. This is different from simply downloading the entire video file, as the client is able to watch the video while it's being downloaded.

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Streaming video from Android camera to server

I've seen plenty of info about how to stream video from the server to an android device, but not much about the other way, ala Qik. Could someone point me in the right direction here, or give me some advice on how to approach this?
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How can I display an RTSP video stream in a web page?

I have an ip camera which provides a live RTSP video stream. I can use VLC media player to view the feed by providing it with the URL: rtsp://cameraipaddress But I need to display the feed on a web page. The camera provider supplied an ActiveX…
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Play infinitely looping video on-load in HTML5

I'm looking to place a video in an HTML5 page that will begin playing on page-load, and once completed, loop back to the beginning without a break. The video should also NOT have any controls associated with it, and either be compatible with all…
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Live-stream video from one android phone to another over WiFi

I have searched the internet for days now on how to implement a video streaming feature from an android phone to another android phone over a WiFi connection but I can't seem to find anything useful. I looked on android developers for sample code,…
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TCP vs UDP on video stream

I just came home from my exam in network-programming, and one of the question they asked us was "If you are going to stream video, would you use TCP or UDP? Give an explanation for both stored video and live video-streams". To this question they…
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How to record webcam and audio using webRTC and a server-based Peer connection

I would like to record the users webcam and audio and save it to a file on the server. These files would then be able to be served up to other users. I have no problems with playback, however I'm having problems getting the content to record. My…
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Video streaming over websockets using JavaScript

What is the fastest way to stream live video using JavaScript? Is WebSockets over TCP a fast enough protocol to stream a video of, say, 30fps?
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HTML5 live streaming

For school I need to set up an HTML5 live stream site. They have a flash stream-player they've been using but now they want it to use HTML5 instead. How can I do this? I tried using the video tag but I can't get it working. Below is the code I have.…
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Firebase Storage Video Streaming

I'm working on an app that has video streaming functionality. I'm using firebase database and firebase storage. I'm trying to find some documentation on how firebase storage handles video files, but can't really find much. There's mentioning in the…
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HTTP LIve Streaming

Ok, I have been trying to wrap my head around this http live streaming. I just do not understand it and yes I have read all the apple docs and watched the wwdc videos, but still super confused, so please help a wanna be programer out!!! The code you…
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How to process images of a video, frame by frame, in video streaming using OpenCV and Python

I am a beginner in OpenCV. I want to do some image processing on the frames of a video which is being uploaded to my server. I just want to read the available frames and write them in a directory. Then, wait for the other part of the video to be…
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Playing video on TextureView

In the documentation of Android TextureView it says that you can use a TextureView to play video: But I cant seem to find any example of how to do this. Does anyone know? I need to use a textureView because I want to animate the video. I want to…
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Streaming live camera video from iOS (iPhone/iPad) to remote PC / server

I've been searching for a while on stackoverflow and around the web for a solution to my video-streaming problem. I need to stream live video being captured from the camera (no high-quality required) from an iOS device to a remote PC in one way,…
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What steps are needed to stream RTSP from FFmpeg?

What steps are needed to stream RTSP from FFmpeg? Streaming UDP is not a problem, but as I want to stream to mobile devices which can natively read RTSP streams, I couldn't find any setup which tells what exactly is needed. Do I need an RTSP…
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How to play .mp4 video in videoview in android?

I am working on a video player application, I want to play .mp4 video in the native video view. I am not able to play video using a URL. I am getting the error "Sorry this video cannot be played" and I am also not able to play downloaded video in…
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