Improve Browsers / JavaScript support

[iongion]

Feature request

Short description

• As Flash has been almost completely removed from the browsers, there is a need to be able to take control of and over rtmp protocol using other browser methods
• Browsers don't allow socket connections, therefore a direct to RTMP communication from the browser is not possible
• Connecting to a red5 application directly, using JavaScript could be done using WebSocket interface of the browser - NetConnection/SharedObject wrappers could be created
• Stream could be accessed through http-flv hack or exposed through WebSocket too and decoded with FLV.js which already supports this tunneling method

Environment

[x] Operating system and version: Any [x] Java version: Any [x] Red5 version: Future

Expected behavior

Using projects such as FLV.js we should be able to connect and play live streams

From that project features:

• HTTP FLV low latency live stream playback
• FLV over WebSocket live stream playback

Using WebSocket connection, one can emulate the NetConnection behavior of ActionScript

There is this project https://github.com/illuspas/Node-Media-Server that can already do

• RTMP
• WebSocket tunneling through FLV.js
• HTTP based live streaming through FLV.js
• HLS
• Dash

What do you think ? I don't know if you have time or plan any work in this area, what would be the steps needed to do this ?

I think a WebSocket connection api (with SharedObject) plus FLV.js stream playback support over websocket are all that is needed to make red5 a jewel for the non-flash future.

[imamiao]

Yes, I think so too. Flash is slowly dying. HTTP-FLV must be the mainstream of live broadcast technology for some time to come. I will also try to make Red5 support HTTP-FLV if I can. 😂😂 Thanks to the Red5 team!

[mondain]

I'm all for it, any html5 etc interop with RTMP or other currently implemented tech in the server is welcomed.

[mondain]

Red5 already has WebSocket support and I've started work on jsmpeg support for #283