# Can we live encode a webcam from a webpage, without installing an application? **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [November 10, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-we-live-encode-a-webcam-from-a-webpage-without-installing-an-application/46164 "2015-11-10T14:48:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Martin\_Bittner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Martin\_Bittner](https://community.wowza.com/u/Martin_Bittner)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-we-live-encode-a-webcam-from-a-webpage-without-installing-an-application/46164/1 "2015-11-10T14:48:17Z")
Hi, I’m pretty new to the streaming world, but I read a lot, did many research. We’ve decided to use wowza for our project. Now I’m trying to evaluate what technology we will use to encode a webcam’s feed to send to our wowza server. I’ve been researching for hours and I most likely don’t know what to search for, since I’m not finding much. From what I can understand, it will require some sort of Flash based interface. So A) could you point me toward something I could read about that? B) Is this what Adobe Media Encoder is for? It looks like an application someone need to install. I’d much prefer to have it embeded into a webpage C) Any other technology I can use instead of flash? (HTML5 comes to mind). I mean what if the streamer wants to stream from iphone/ipad? Any help would be greatly appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Ramberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Andrew\_Ramberg](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andrew_Ramberg)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 9:36am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-we-live-encode-a-webcam-from-a-webpage-without-installing-an-application/46164/2 "2015-11-11T09:36:18Z")
Hello, In your Wowza Streaming Engine [install-dir]/examples/ directory, you will find example Flash Player encoding configurations that you can test with. A preview of this setup can be found here: [Flash Player Video Chat Example](https://www.wowza.com/resources/4.3.0/examples/VideoChat/FlashRTMPPlayer/player.html) [Flash Player Webcam Recording Example](https://www.wowza.com/resources/4.3.0/examples/WebcamRecording/FlashRTMPPlayer/player.html) We do offer our [GoCoder](https://www.wowza.com/products/gocoder) Application for iOS/Android devices but I’m not aware of a player available for iOS devices that will do this, without loading a seperate device application. You can read about work being done with HTML5 encoding here: [Capturing Audio/Video in HTML5](http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/getusermedia/intro/) Best regards, Andrew ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Ramberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Andrew\_Ramberg](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andrew_Ramberg)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 9:38am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-we-live-encode-a-webcam-from-a-webpage-without-installing-an-application/46164/3 "2015-11-12T09:38:14Z")
Hello, You’re welcome. At this time, I’m not aware of any flash player alternatives that work on iOS devices. Best regards, Andrew ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Bittner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Martin\_Bittner](https://community.wowza.com/u/Martin_Bittner)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-we-live-encode-a-webcam-from-a-webpage-without-installing-an-application/46164/4 "2015-11-11T13:44:42Z")
Thank you so much! Exactly what I was looking for! Any other non-flash alternative? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Bittner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Martin\_Bittner](https://community.wowza.com/u/Martin_Bittner)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 10:57am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-we-live-encode-a-webcam-from-a-webpage-without-installing-an-application/46164/5 "2015-11-12T10:57:20Z")
Well, I was thinking about a flash alternative for desktop computer as well. I mean every single person that wants to stream from his webcam has to use flash? There is just no other alternative yet?