Meet vidi
What can vidi do?
vidi is a service that allows web developers to add live streaming video capabilities easily to web sites or web applications. Some examples are video conferencing, video messaging, video chat sites, live event broadcast applications, security camera applications, IPTV applications etc.For techies
vidi is an API-oriented live video streaming service. It uses Flash on the client-side which is controlled by a JavaScript API along with a Web Service API for you to control the streams.Highlights
- No Flash programming needed
- No software to install
- Fully customizable
- Entirely white-label solution
- Easy to integrate with an existing application
- You don't need to maintain servers
- Use it in your favorite language/framework
Features
- Easy to use Web Services (REST, SOAP) and JavaScript API
- No application installation required on the client-side, only Flash (9+) and JavaScript!
- Ready to use client libraries in one of your favorite languages
- Sample applications to get you started instantly
How It Works?
A typical video chat example
For more info, read the Overview.
What can I do with it?
Actually, you can do everything easily you can think of about video streaming. Some examples are video conferencing, video messaging, video chat sites, live event broadcast applications, security camera applications, IPTV applications etc.Who is it for?
It is for developers who want to use streaming live or recorded video in their web applications.What is the difference between streaming servers (FMS, Wowza, Red5 etc.) and vidi?
Using FMS needs programming in ActionScript, Wowza and Red5 needs programming in Java for developing applications. Also, you need to install software and maintain servers.First of all, vidi is not a software product, it is a service. With vidi, you only need to use a simple cross-platform API (use any language you are comfortable with) and we host the media servers for you.
For more info, see the Comparison to Streaming Servers.
