RTSP has been the de facto protocol for IP cameras for over two decades. Almost every CCTV, IP camera, and network video device on the market speaks RTSP natively. It works well on dedicated NVR appliances and desktop clients. But the moment you try to bring those streams into a modern web or mobile dashboard, the cracks start to show.

The OvenMedia Labs blog is now hosted directly on our own domain. Going forward, deep dives into sub-second latency live streaming, OvenMediaEngine release notes, and field-tested guidance will all land here first.

Through this three-part series, we will explore ultra-low latency streaming with WebRTC in Part 1, various tests with HLS in Part 2, and finally, Low-Latency HLS in the last part.

While new technologies continue to emerge, HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) remains a stable, universal, and widely supported streaming protocol across the digital ecosystem because HLS was designed with a focus on stability to deliver media on a global scale. This required some level of buffering and latency to ensure a seamless viewing experience. However, with the increasing demand for two-way media services, the need for low-latency streaming has grown significantly.

In this blog series, we’ll explore how OvenMediaEngine enables faster, more stable streaming experiences. Many of you have asked about the core egress protocols that make this possible, so we’ll be diving into WebRTC, Low Latency HLS (LL-HLS), and Legacy HLS. Whether you’re curious about sub-second latency or optimizing streaming for large audiences, this series will provide the insights you’re looking for.

OvenMediaEngine is an open-source and sub-second latency streaming server capable of handling large-scale and high-definition streams. It can be installed and used in various environments, such as servers, CDNs, and Clouds. Today, we will show you how to easily use OvenMediaEngine by installing Docker on an AWS EC2 instance.

Do you want to provide stable and low-latency streaming to hundreds of thousands of viewers? Or perhaps, do you wish to share your low-latency stream only with authorized viewers?

Live streaming has grown rapidly to the point where it has become a part of many people’s daily lives. This growth is further accelerated due to the increasing demand for online media consumption by users.

Live streaming is rapidly becoming a key component of modern communication and entertainment. However, setting up and operating a streaming server can come with numerous challenges, including security, authentication, and complex configurations.

If you want to use streaming with a latency of less than 3 seconds but don’t have separate software or hardware to transmit your media source to OvenStudio LLHLS, don’t worry. It comes with OvenLiveKit, which allows you to transmit streams through WebRTC directly from a web browser, without the need for additional software or plugins.