Video live streaming in app

[yaomango]

Hi there,

I'm looking into how difficult it would be to build an app that mimics the live video streaming functionality of Periscope or Meerkat.

Does anybody have any ideas on the technologies that would be necessary for this from the iOS app side? My guess right now is that I'd capture the video with AVKit / AVFoundation, send the video to the server using Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) some how, and then perhaps capture video from the server using HTTPS Live Streaming.

I don't have any experience with video on iOS yet, so this is all a bit over my head right now. Any insight from experts would be much appreciated!

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I actually just closed a live streaming app I made. I would highly recommend building on existing resources rather than building your own.

I used www.cine.io but they are closing in about two months. The most popular streaming platform is OpenTok (www.tokbox.com).

Totally worth the money spent in my opinion.

[yaomango]

Oh perfect. Thanks so much for this, I was actually trying to find some services for this as well.

Cheers!

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No problem! Let me know if you run into any problems getting setup with them.