WebRTC Weekly Issue #228 - June 13, 2018

Here is the latest on WebRTC  from your friends at webrtcweekly.com.

Reading

The Traditional Phone Call is Dead (VoIP Watch)
Yap.

The Quest for Low-Latency Live Video (Red5 Pro)
A summary of a panel discussion from the Streaming Media East conference.

Technical

Inserting an External Video Stream into a Live Broadcast sponsored
Learn about how to integrate external video directly into a live broadcast

Smile, You’re on WebRTC – Using ML Kit for Smile Detection (webrtcHacks)
What your first mobile video machine learning project should look like in WebRTC.

New tutorial: Installing Jitsi Meet on your own Linux Server (Jitsi)
If you’re installing Jitsi, this is the best resource out there.

WWDC 18: Integrate FaceTime features within your app with Agora.io (Agora)
Code snippets implementing some of the new FaceTime features.

Using #webrtc as a replacement for rtmp (WebRTC by Dr Alex)
While correct, it should be noted that the tooling available for RTMP (and HLS) today are far reacher and more powerful than their WebRTC alternatives.

Use Cases and Customer Wins

Kry bags $66M to launch its video-call-a-doctor service in more European markets (TechCrunch)
1 year after raising $22.8M…

The 3 Inherent Security Advantages of WebRTC Video in Telehealth (WebRTC.ventures)
These apply everyone, but I think it is missing the automated client-side security patches for the browser as a huge security advantage.

Releases

None this week.

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