Use Realtime Media Streams (RTMS) to access live data from Zoom meetings and webinars, including audio, video, and transcript data. Once you've collected this data, you can then use AI or machine learning applications to parse the resulting data to meet your needs. for more information, see What is Realtime Media Streams?.
Features
RTMS apps improve the user experience because
- Apps can auto-start when users join meetings and webinars.
- Apps eliminate the need for bots or device software.
- You can use REST APIs or the JavaScript (JS) SDK to start streams.
RTMS provides a complete timeline of meeting events by delivery
- Separated audio for individual and merged tracks
- High Definition (HD) video data with up to 30 Frames Per Second (FPS)
- Signaling events, timestamps, and meeting metadata
- Participant events when participants join or leave a meeting or webinar
- Diarized transcripts that include not only what was said but who said it and when
To see the in-meeting experience, see In-meeting or webinar experience overview.
To get started using RTMS, see Getting started with Realtime Media Streams.
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