Video streaming over websockets using JavaScript

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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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The Media Source Extensions has been proposed which would allow for Adaptive Bitrate Streaming implementations

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It s definitely conceivable but I am not sure we re there yet   In the meantime  I d recommend using something like Silverlight with IIS Smooth Streaming   Silverlight is plugin-based  but it works on Windows OSX Linux   Some day the HTML5  lt video gt  element will be the way to go  but that will lack support for a little while

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Is WebSockets over TCP a fast enough protocol to stream a video of  say  30fps    Yes   it is  take a look at this project  Websockets can easily handle HD videostreaming   However  you should go for Adaptive Streaming  I explain here how you could implement it   Currently we re working on a webbased instant messaging application with chat  filesharing and video webcam support  With some bits and tricks we got streaming media through websockets  used HTML5 Media Capture to get the stream from our webcams    You need to build a stream API and a Media Stream Transceiver to control the related media processing and transport

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To answer the question      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    Yes  Websocket can be used to transmit over 30 fps and even 60 fps    The main issue with Websocket is that it is low-level and you have to deal with may other issues than just transmitting video chunks  All in all it s a great transport for video and also audio

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