Hello.
For my current project I need to figure out how I can stream a live video from a server to the android device. I've never actually programmed for Android before, nor have I done socket programming. The video will be recorded live on the server, so it can't be a video file that is streamed over to the android device. Also I was hoping of doing a direct connect with a local ip address and streaming over a local network, because the users will be in the same room seeing the video from a different angle then the activity in front of them. Because of this, the delay needs to be as small as possible. Because I will be streaming from a computer, I need to know how to send data to the android device from a java application compiled for windows or mac.
The problem I'm having is I don't know which classes or APIs I need to look at. So basically, where can I start? A lot of the questions I've found so far on stack overflow are for streaming videos from webs servers, or at least I haven't yet come across an question that answers my specific situation.
For my current project I need to figure out how I can stream a live video from a server to the android device. I've never actually programmed for Android before, nor have I done socket programming. The video will be recorded live on the server, so it can't be a video file that is streamed over to the android device. Also I was hoping of doing a direct connect with a local ip address and streaming over a local network, because the users will be in the same room seeing the video from a different angle then the activity in front of them. Because of this, the delay needs to be as small as possible. Because I will be streaming from a computer, I need to know how to send data to the android device from a java application compiled for windows or mac.
The problem I'm having is I don't know which classes or APIs I need to look at. So basically, where can I start? A lot of the questions I've found so far on stack overflow are for streaming videos from webs servers, or at least I haven't yet come across an question that answers my specific situation.
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