Ustream Offers Live Video Streaming for the iPhone
TechCrunch notes that Apple has approved Ustream Live Broadcaster [App Store, Free], offering users the ability to stream live video directly from their iPhones via Wi-Fi and 3G.
While one of the key features of the iPhone 3GS was video recording capabilities, that was limited to recordings that were captured on your device and could be uploaded to the web after they were done recording. With the Ustream Live Broadcaster, you can easily record videos right to the web, and allow others to watch them as they're being recorded. These videos can also be archived so that people can watch them later, if they choose.
The application also offers a number of other features, including Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube integration, viewer chatting and polling, and geolocation.The debut of Ustream Live Broadcasting marks the second approval of a video streaming application for the iPhone in recent days, following Apple CEO Steve Jobs' apparent personal involvement in the approval of Knocking Live Video. Knocking, however, offers only iPhone-to-iPhone one-on-one streaming, while Ustream supports streaming to the Internet for multiple viewers.
Ustream is no stranger to the App Store, having debuted an application for viewing Ustream videos early this year.
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28 months ago
Wow, this could be really interesting.. :D
Better yet: it's available in countries outside of the US, so that's a big plus!
Downloading it right now..
Better yet: it's available in countries outside of the US, so that's a big plus!
Downloading it right now..
28 months ago
I think I see ichatAV coming to iPhone next generation in June/July then. Plus old news about camera patent behind display :D
Cant wait;)
Cant wait;)
28 months ago
Allowed over 3G? How in the world did that slip by AT&T??? Better get the app now before it gets shut down.
28 months ago
If streaming FROM the iPhone is now kosher, I would assume that streaming TO the iPhone will be next. I still haven't updated from the original version of my EyeTV app because of the apparent restriction.
28 months ago
well it's only a matter of time before Qik shows up with a version that allows streaming too... (i prefer Qik->Livestream over Ustream.TV anyway)
the best news is that this works with a 3G or 3GS too.
the best news is that this works with a 3G or 3GS too.
28 months ago
Just for the record, no other application could do this because the 3.1 iPhone OS doesn't provide any public APIs for accessing the raw video feed....
If this app is "special" then that's one thing... but if it just got approved despite using "illegal" APIs on the iPhone for no reason, it's just annoying to everyone else developing out there.
Lots of apps that use the camera preview are in this category... Technically you are not allowed to do it and you get rejected from the app store... but some slip through because Apple has such a shoddy and inconsistent review process.
Pat
If this app is "special" then that's one thing... but if it just got approved despite using "illegal" APIs on the iPhone for no reason, it's just annoying to everyone else developing out there.
Lots of apps that use the camera preview are in this category... Technically you are not allowed to do it and you get rejected from the app store... but some slip through because Apple has such a shoddy and inconsistent review process.
Pat
28 months ago
Fring can do this too and had been able to for a while now! Please wrote a story about this it is another app that can, there aren't just two!!!
28 months ago
Just finished playing with it and it is nice. It allows you to record Local, to your iPhone or remote to ustream servers. You can broadcast live, it has audio, the video is a little choppy but still decent. The URL you are streaming to is on your screen so you can give it to others. This App is about to change the game, I can see people streaming from all kinds of events and if the arena has free wifi it will make it all the more better.
This app is awesome!!!
This app is awesome!!!
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