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victorantos
Does not work on my Android phone
witty_username
That could be because it uses Flash (using JW Player Premium specifically).
rustyconover
The only reliable way I've found for Android to be supported for streaming is using RTSP. Typically, you'd push a RTMP stream to a CDN that will transcode it to RTSP. Scale Engine is a good CDN that offers this service via Wowza.

With RTSP you lose adaptive bitrate streaming, you have to pick a bit rate and stick with it. But with newer version of Android HLS is apparently working better but caveat emptor, Android streaming is hard to make work well on every device.

It doesn't appear who ever Y! is using for the streaming has a RTSP setup.

lukasm
Does anyone know what's the email to ask questions?
kenny_r
It's startupschool@ycombinator.com and I believe the deadline is 4pm local time.
mischanix
As impressive as the video bitrates are, only the lowest option is watchable with just Google Fiber :/
alerkay
The stream is OK when viewing from Europe (or from France as far as i'm concerned).
wj
It is a bit choppy for me by this isn't the only video stream running in my house at the moment.