title: Video encoding in ios
body: <p>So I already know there are existing questions on StackOverflow about streaming live video on ios devices to a server but I'm going to ask about the encoding portion.</p>
  
  <p>I'm a bit lost on which software encoding services are available to encode the raw (live) video footage from an ios device to send to a server like <code>AWS</code>. After using <code>AVCam</code> to capture videos, would I use something like <code>ffmpeg</code> to encode the raw video on the fly and then send the encoded video to the server using <code>HTTP</code> or <code>RTSP</code>? Or do I have the concepts wrong?</p>