We’re excited to introduce Ant Media Server v3.0 🚀 This is not just another release. It’s a major step forward that lays the groundwork for the next generation of Ant Media Server (AMS). Compared to the last version (2.17), this release focuses on three main areas: Getting Ready for the Read more…
The HEVC (H.265) codec is a video compression standard that reduces streaming bandwidth by 50% compared to H.264 at identical visual quality. The Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC), a collaboration between ISO/IEC MPEG and ITU-T VCEG, ratified the HEVC specification in January 2013 and published it in June Read more…
Ant Media Server v2.17.0 reflects our ongoing goal of making Ant Media Server extensible and building a strong AMS ecosystem. This allows both AMS users and our internal team to develop new plugins and add new features. We are continuously adding new plugins to the AMS ecosystem. At the same Read more…
Unity is widely used for building interactive, real-time applications across multiple platforms, including desktop, mobile, and XR environments. As demand for ultra-low-latency streaming grows—especially for gaming, AR/VR, and real-time collaboration—WebRTC has become a natural choice for streaming inside Unity applications. Ant Media Server provides native WebRTC support, making it possible Read more…
RTSP — Real-Time Streaming Protocol — is a network control protocol designed to establish and manage media sessions between endpoints. Standardized by the IETF as RFC 2326 in 1998, RTSP operates at the application layer and acts as a “network remote control” for multimedia servers: it controls stream delivery without Read more…
Ant Media provides a Unity WebRTC SDK built on top of the WebRTC for Unity packages developed by the Unity team. This SDK enables developers to publish and play ultra-low-latency WebRTC streams directly from Unity applications using Ant Media Server. The SDK is distributed as a GitHub project and includes Read more…
WebRTC peer-to-peer (P2P) communication lets two clients exchange audio and video directly — after a short signaling handshake, media travels between peers without touching a media server. That single architectural decision cuts latency to sub-100ms on a good path and eliminates server-side bandwidth costs for the media stream entirely. In Read more…
HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) is a widely used protocol for live streaming due to its compatibility with Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), making it suitable for streaming to large audiences. Traditionally, HLS streams have a latency of about 8–10 seconds, but with Low Latency HLS (LL-HLS), this can be reduced to Read more…
Video codec selection determines your streaming platform’s bandwidth costs, device compatibility, and viewer experience quality. Wrong codec choices waste 40-60% of your infrastructure budget on unnecessary bandwidth consumption. Streaming platforms transmit over 1 billion hours of video daily. Each codec compresses this data differently, creating massive cost variations. A platform Read more…
OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free, open-source software for video recording and live streaming. When integrated with Ant Media Server, OBS enables ultra-low latency broadcasting with sub-second delay using WebRTC technology. This tutorial is part of our comprehensive OBS Studio Streaming Guide, which covers everything from basic setup to advanced Read more…