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Publishing live streams

Ant Media Server can ingest/accept WebRTC and RTMP streams. It can also re-stream RTMP, HLS and RTSP streams by pulling them from another stream source (e.g from a restreaming platform).

Additionally, it can also convert RTMP/RTSP stream source inputs to WebRTC output and provide ultra-low latency streaming.

WebRTC Publishing​

There are three ways for WebRTC publishing, check out for detailed information:

  • Publishing with a web browser (mobile and desktop)
  • Publishing with a mobile application (Android and iOS)
  • Publishing with an embedded SDK

RTMP Publishing​

There are three ways for RTMP publishing, check out for detailed information:

  • Publishing with a broadcasting application (OBS, XSplit, Wirecast)
  • Publishing with a hardware Encoder (Teradek, Tricaster, Gosolo)
  • Publishing with a mobile application (Android, iOS)

Re-streaming (RTMP, HLS or RTSP)​

Ant Media Server can pull a stream from any source such as an IP camera or a linear stream source and can broadcast this stream to many viewers with WebRTC (Ultra low latency, with 0.5 seconds) or HLS (low latency, with 6 - 12 seconds). This workflow is called restreaming.

There are two ways for restreaming, check out for detailed information:

  • ONVIF IP Camera
  • Stream source
  • Whatever method you choose, you need to ingest the stream from the source(s) to Ant Media, and Ant Media can transmit the stream to end points.