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I'm trying to build a live video streaming application from a usb camera to an application running on a remote desktop. I've researched protocols like RTMP, RTSP, WebRTC. According to my understanding I can't use webRTC since it's only compatible in the browser and I'm not building my application for a browser here. Please help me choose the right protocol and also the media server.

akaykay
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pruthvidr
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  • 'Right Protocol' is pretty subjective, I don't think you will get a single good answer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D39st5UmGh0 is a good video that talks about all the options possible. If you are doing P2P you probably don't want the added complexity of a media server. – Sean DuBois Jun 28 '20 at 21:52

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You can, and many applications do, use WebRTC outside the browser. WebRTC implementations are available for many different platforms including iOS, Android and embedded systems.

You can even use Headless Chrome if you want to use the Chrome APIs without the visual parts of the browser.

drnugent
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  • Might be nice to list out the options for 'WebRTC outside the browser'! I think is the right answer and should be accepted, but just might be nice to give a little more direction. Not an exhaustive list, but I sorta started one here https://stackoverflow.com/a/59906617/5472819 – Sean DuBois Jun 28 '20 at 21:54