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In this post, we will tell you which kind of Live Video Broadcasting Tools are available. Before we start, we should say that there are two categories in Live Broadcast Toolbox. The first one is the live streaming softwares. The second one is the live streaming hardwares. We will tell the software and hardware live streaming tools and give a simple comparison for them. Streaming Softwares vs. Streaming Hardwares, Which is Better ? Live Streaming Read more…

In this post, we will tell the advantages of Ant Media Server over an SFU (Selective Forwarding Unit). Actually Ant Media Server supports SFU mode but it is much more than an SFU.  First of all, Let us tell what SFU is. Later, we will tell why you should prefer Ant Media Server among other alternatives. What is SFU (Selective Forwarding Unit)? SFU stands for Selective Forwarding Unit. At times, SFU is used to describe Read more…

In this post, we will tell how you can do WebRTC load testing in 5 minutes. We will run tests on AWS instances. There will be two instances: one for Ant Media Server and other for Ant Media Test Server. We have a post about how to start Ant Media Server on AWS. So we will mostly focus on Test Server Side. Create Ant Media Server Instance Firstly we will create an instance from one Read more…

This blog post describes how to start Ant Media Server instance on an AWS Ubuntu 18.04 virtual machine instance. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a secure cloud services platform, offering compute power, database storage, content delivery, and other functionality to help businesses scale and grow. AWS Marketplace is an online software store that helps customers find, buy, and immediately start using the software and services that run on AWS. Step 1) Log in to AWS Console First, you need to log in the AWS Read more…

This guide describes how to install and set up Ant Media Server on a Microsoft Azure Marketplace  Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine instance. Microsoft Azure is a cloud-computing platform that virtualizes computing resources as virtual machines. Step 1- Sign up for Microsoft Azure You should subscribe to Microsoft Azure before using Ant Media Server on Microsoft Azure. If you’re new to Microsoft Azure, Microsoft offers a free 30-day and 200$ trial so you can try it out. You should use a Microsoft Read more…

In this post, we will show you how easy it is to install Ant Media Server on Google Cloud Platforms. Actually, Google Cloud is a very convenient platform to try Ant Media Server. Because when you register in Google Cloud, you have 300$ quota to use free. Step 1 – How to Create new instance on the Google Cloud Platform? First, we create a new project in Google Developer Console. Next step, click Compute Engine Read more…

In previous posts, we have introduced WebRTC technology and basic concepts. As we discussed in previous posts WebRTC is for peer-to-peer communication on browsers. However, you can still use it in multiparty applications with one-to-many or many-to-many attendees. Besides, to use WebRTC in such a project you need WebRTC servers for the most times. In this post, we will introduce WebRTC servers and new concepts such as Multipoint Conferencing Unit (MCU), Selective Forwarding Unit (SFU), transcoding and Read more…