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What Is RTSP Streaming and Why It Is Still Relevant in 2026

May 8 · 15 min read · What is RTSP, and why is it still widely used in modern streaming workflows? RTSP, or Real Time Streaming Protocol, is a control protocol designed for managing real-time audio and video streams, espec

How to Connect Your Drone or IP Camera Feeds to Red5

Apr 29 · 3 min read · Since it comes up so often during the course of my week, I want to share a few simple options with interested parties for publishing your streams to Red5. This covers all the drones and IP cameras tha

Live Streaming From Space: The Infrastructure Challenges Behind Live Video Beyond Earth

Apr 13 · 8 min read · Space, the final frontier in live video streaming. Today I want to discuss what it takes to deliver reliable live streaming from space, from early orbital broadcasts to upcoming lunar missions and bey

Ad Insertion for MOQ (Media over QUIC): What Is Possible Today and What Comes Next

Apr 2 · 4 min read · To continue my coverage of all things MOQ, today I want to touch on something that keeps coming up in MOQ discussions: ad insertion. Ultra-low latency delivery is only part of the equation. For MOQ to

SRT vs MOQT: Low-Latency Video Transport Comparison

Mar 10 · 7 min read · Questions about SRT vs MOQT come up often when engineers evaluate low latency video transport options. As a Lead Real-Time Video Architect working on MOQ development at Red5, I ran into this question

5 Major Use Cases for Video Surveillance Streaming

Feb 24 · 9 min read · Video surveillance streaming plays a wide role in modern-day society — and not just traditional security-based monitoring; a variety of other applications use surveillance technology in our everyday l

What Is Air-Gapped Streaming and How Government Streams Without Internet

Feb 20 · 5 min read · Chris Allen here, co-founder and CEO of Red5. I’ve been building live streaming solutions for 20 years and want to start sharing more of what I’ve learned. Oh, and my marketing team thinks this is a g

Real-Time Data Streaming for Live Video: A Decision-Maker’s Guide to Interactive Streaming Infrastructure

Feb 17 · 19 min read · The pervasive infusion of interactivity into live video streaming across every corner of cyberspace has opened a new era in video commerce that leaves no room for impediments imposed by application-limited solutions. Interactivity is now so entrenche...

AV1 vs VP9 vs VP8: Codec Comparison Guide 2025

Feb 16 · 14 min read · We covered how VP9 compares to H.264 and H.265 in our previous blog. In this one, we’ll look at which codec comes out on top in the fight between VP8 vs VP9 vs AV1. You’ll learn how they differ in compression efficiency, encoding performance, HDR sup...

The Blurred Line Between Video Calling and Live Streaming Software

Feb 11 · 3 min read · Today I want to discuss how the traditional divide between video calling and live streaming is rapidly disappearing. More teams are blending remote participants, live production, and broadcast workflows into a single seamless experience, and that shi...