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Browser-based WebRTC stream from RTSP IP camera with low latency Reportedly, today there are  hundreds of millions  of installed video surveillance IP cameras. Surely, not all of them require low latency video playback. Video surveillance is typically static – the stream records to the storage and is analyzed to detect motion. There are plenty of software and hardware video surveillance solutions that do their job pretty well. In this article we will introduce a slightly different usage of an  IP camera , namely – online broadcasting in applications where  low latency communication  is required. First of all, let’s deal with common misunderstanding of terminology when it comes to webcams and IP cameras. Webcam  is a video capturing device that does not have its own CPU and network interface. A web camera needs to be connected to a computer, a smartphone or any other device to use its network capabilities and CPU. IP camera  is a standa...