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Sample tools and Apps

Ant Media Server provides a range of sample applications to showcase its ability across different use cases. Explore and interact with these samples to see Ant Media Server in action.

The default applications in Enterprise Edition are LiveApp and WebRTCAppEE and in Community Edition are LiveApp and WebRTCApp. Note that those are just application names and the naming scheme doesn't denote or mean anything, hence both sample applications have the same features.

1. WebRTC video publishing​

Ant Media Server can ingest WebRTC video from web browsers. After installing the software and an SSL certificate, you can publish the video using webRTC from this file:

/usr/local/antmedia/webapps/LiveApp/index.html

at this URL

https://domain-name.com:5443/LiveApp/index.html

For installation, please check out quick start installation guide.

Publishing WebRTC video without an SSL installed​

If you are running the server on the localhost, there won't be a problem. However, for security reasons, web browsers do not allow reaching out to media devices without an SSL certificate.

for development purposes, to bypass that in the Chrome web browser, you can add your server's IP address to the following Chrome property and it will not ask for SSL.

chrome://flags/#unsafely-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure

2. WebRTC video playing​

You can play the live streams published on the server with a WebRTC video player. WebRTC video playback is available in Enterprise Edition.

You can navigate to the following URL to playback your webRTC stream.

https://domain-name.com:5443/LiveApp/player.html

The file is located at /usr/local/antmedia/webapps/LiveApp/player.html

3. WebRTC audio publishing​

WebRTC Audio publishing is available in Enterprise Edition using the following sample page:

https://domain-name.com:5443/LiveApp/audio_publish.html

The file is located at /usr/local/antmedia/webapps/LiveApp/audio_publish.html

4. WebRTC audio playing​

WebRTC Audio playing is available in Enterprise Edition using the file located at /usr/local/antmedia/webapps/LiveApp/audio_player.html

5. Conference calls​

WebRTC Conference is available in Enterprise Edition. This feature allows one or more publishers to send video streams to a group of audiences. The latency in the conference is around 0.5 seconds.

The file is located at /usr/local/antmedia/webapps/LiveApp/conference.html.

For technical and detailed information about conference calls, please follow the link.

6. Peer-to-peer live streaming​

WebRTC live streaming (peer-to-peer) is also available in Enterprise Edition.

https://domain-name.com:5443/LiveApp/peer.html

The file is located at /usr/local/antmedia/webapps/LiveApp/peer.html

If you would like to dive in further regarding the technology behind live streaming, you can also analyze the WebRTC video/audio publish example. For technical details, please follow the link.

7. WebRTC multitrack player​

WebRTC Multitrack Player is available in Enterprise Edition.

The file is located at /usr/local/antmedia/webapps/LiveApp/multitrackplayer.html

8. WebRTC multipeer player​

WebRTC Multitrack Player is available in Enterprise Edition.

File is located at /usr/local/antmedia/webapps/LiveApp/multipeerplay.html

9. Live publishing with whiteboard​

You can broadcast live streams to Ant Media Server with a whiteboard, where the whiteboard is synchronized with all players. Please make sure that the data channel is enabled on the server side as it's disabled by default. WebRTC whiteboard publisher is available in Enterprise Edition.

The file is located at /usr/local/antmedia/webapps/LiveApp/canvas-publish.html

10. Live playing with whiteboard​

You can play live streams with a synchronized whiteboard. Please make sure that the data channel is enabled on the server side as it's disabled by default. WebRTC whiteboard player is available in Enterprise Edition.

https://domain-name.com:5443/LiveApp/canvas-player.html

The file is located at /usr/local/antmedia/webapps/LiveApp/canvas-player.html

11. WebRTC DataChannel​

You can send only data through WebRTC via Ant Media Server without video or audio. It works the same way with WebRTC Publish and Play which means all data is delivered to subscribers. WebRTC DataChannel is available in Enterprise Edition.

The file is located at /usr/local/antmedia/webapps/LiveApp/datachannel.html

12. Live streaming test tool​

With this tool, you can measure E2E (End to end) bitrate, RTT, packet loss, and other connection parameters that may affect the quality of the stream with the test tool automatically. The live streaming test tool is available in Enterprise Edition.

The file is located at /usr/local/antmedia/webapps/LiveApp/webrtc-test-tool.html.

13. Live streaming with timestamp​

You can broadcast a WebRTC camera stream by drawing the current timestamp of the frame. It's used for measuring the E2E (End-to-end) latency. Live streaming with timestamp feature is available in Enterprise Edition.

https://domain-name.com:5443/LiveApp/publish_with_timestamp.html

The file is located at `/usr/local/antmedia/webapps/LiveApp/publish_with_timestamp.html

14. WebRTC Player With Timestamp​

You can broadcast a WebRTC camera stream by drawing the current timestamp of the frame. It's used for measuring the E2E(End-to-end) latency. It has a built-in function to send the frames to either Amazon Recognition or Google Vision API to get the latency measurement. For technical details, please read e2e latency measurement documentation. WebRTC Player with Timestamp is available in Enterprise Edition

The file is located at `/usr/local/antmedia/webapps/LiveApp/player_with_timestamp.html

15. WebRTC stream merger​

You can connect a conference room, get all streams & merge them into a canvas & republish to Ant Media Server. This solution is useful if you want to publish a conference room to a large number of audience in a single stream. Please check this blog post for more information for details. WebRTC stream merger is available in Enterprise Edition.

The file is located at /usr/local/antmedia/webapps/LiveApp/merge_streams.html