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Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd
So the MPEG-Dash cannot be used with cam platforms? I get it about the cams, connectivity, etc, but once everything runs through your servers shouldn't the image/video come out in a way viewable by all devices?
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The reason cam sites are using flash still is because of latency. HLS/Dash because it's chunked data you can't really get much better then 10-15 seconds latency, which will ruin the chat experience because it takes the model a really long time to react to text. With RTMP (which is not supported by HTML5) you can get the latency down to 1-2 seconds. Cam sites will continue to use flash until webrtc becomes more widely supported amongst browsers.
This latency isn't a problem if you are streaming video games, sports, etc, etc but in a live chat type of situation it's an experience killer.