If I can't use WebRTC, what can I use right now for live streaming video

Question

I'm working on a web app in node.js to allow clients to view a live streaming video via a unique url that another client will broadcast from their webcam, ie, http://myapp.com/thevideo

I understand that webRTC is still not supported in enough browsers to be useful. I would also like to save this the video stream to be viewed later within the app.

Things get somewhat confusing as I try to narrow down a solution to make this work. I would like to get some recommendations on proven solutions out there to make this work on desktop and mobile? Any hints would be great.

Answer 1

I'll make a quick suggestion based on the limited details. I would use ffmpeg to encode to HLS. This format will playback natively on iOS and safari on Mac. For all other platforms, either provide an rtmp stream with a flash front end, or use jw player 6 commercial version that can play HLS. Or use a wowza server to handle this all for you.