YouTube has released a new open source project that will allow developers to integrate live streaming into their apps. Dubbed as WatchMe, the project is available on GitHub.
Google has added a reference app for developers who can customize it as per their needs. More third-party developers will be able to offer video streaming features similar to Sony’s Live on YouTube by – Xperia and HTC’s upcoming RE camera. YouTube Data API v3, YouTube Live Streaming API, Google Play Services and Plus API.
Steps to start using the WatchMe app-
- Sync the Github repo
- In your Google Developer Console,
- Enable the Youtube Data API v3 and Google+ API.
- Create a client ID for Android, using your SHA1 and package name.
- Include cross-platform compiled streaming libraries.
- Either
- libffmpeg.so under src/main/jniLibs/armeabi,
- or
- another streaming library with modifying VideoStreamingInterface
posted YouTube on a company blog post.
Besides hosting live streaming sessions, the WatchMe app also allows users to share them via social networking sites including Google+. Finally, YouTube also says that deveopers could face some bugs as the open source project is in an experimental phase.
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