Quick start for Ant Media Server
This quick start guide shows you how to set up Ant Media Server (AMS) in just a few minutes and try ultra-low latency streaming using the enterprise edition on popular cloud marketplaces.
Installation
The installation process for Ant Media Server Community and Enterprise Editions are the same so you can install The Community Edition by following the same instructions.
There are two ways to install Ant Media Server (AMS).
Manual installation to a remote server with a public IP address: The installation process for manually installing Ant Media Server Community and Enterprise Editions are the same, please refer to the Installation instructions
Launch in one of the cloud marketplaces AWS, Azure, DigitalOcean (video tutorial above).
For detailed information about how to configure SSL for Ant Media Server, reference the SSL Setup guide.
Ultra-low latency publishing/playing
Ant Media Server Enterprise Edition provides 0.5 seconds end-to-end latency. So let's try ultra-low latency first.
Publishing
Visit the following page
https://your-domain-address.com:5443/WebRTCAppEE/
Let the browser access the camera and mic. Then click
Start Publishing
After you press the button "Publishing", the status will change to publishing and you will start to see statistics showing the quality of the stream.
Playing
Visit the following page
https://your-domain-address.com:5443/WebRTCAppEE/player.html
.Input into the text box the same stream id used in the previous step (
stream1
by default)Press the
Start Play
button to start playing the WebRTC stream.
Playing and Publishing Options
Both default play and publish pages have some options to customise the experience, incuding a data channel for sending and receiving text messages.
Publishing
Clicking on the "Options" button will reveal more than one way to publish a live stream.
In this example, there is more than one video source and more than one audio source. The default is to enabled your camera for a live stream chat, but other options include publishing your screen or publish your screen with your camera.
Playing
Click the "Options" button to see the different play back options. If adaptive bitrate (ABR) is enabled, you will be able to force the required quality.
stream id
on the publish and play pages should be the same.This quick start lets your try ultra-low latency streaming in Ant Media Server. If you have any problems, don't be hesitate to discuss.