A very import news : HTML5 chat enables WEBRTC support
that’s a great news: HTML5 supports both: Flash and Webrtc : you can choose that feature from your chatadmin panel.
Each technology has pros and cons:
Flash
Flash is used for streaming – that means ONLY flash based devices could stream. However all devices can watch the video.
Those with flash have real time video. Those without use HLS and have about 5 seconds of delay.
Webrtc
Webrtc is used for both streaming and playing. This technology is for now ONLY supported by chrome and Firefox browser.
It also works on Android.
Quality is superior to flash. It also includes a better echo cancellation algorithm.
However the latest Safari11 and IOS11 webrtc support is insufficient. Safari uses the old H264 codec. Besides, teh IOS webrtc support uses and old API