Web-based live broadcast

A method for a web-based live broadcast in a network community comprising a plurality of hosts, a gateway server, a content distributor, and a plurality of clients, comprising:

• capturing, by a first host, content data using a first Hypertext Markup Language 5 (HTML5) browser, wherein the first host is among the plurality of hosts, and the content data comprise video and audio data;
• transmitting, by the first host, the content data via the first HTML5 browser to the gateway server based on a Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC) protocol;
• receiving, by the gateway server, the content data from the first host;
• converting, by the gateway server, the content data into streaming media data in a predetermined format;
• transmitting, by the gateway server, the streaming media data to the content distributor based on a Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP);
• receiving, by the content distributor, the streaming media data;
• distributing, by the content distributor, the streaming media data in the network community;
• obtaining, by a first client, the streaming media data from the content distributor based on a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP), wherein the first client is among the plurality of clients;
• converting, by the first client, the predetermined format of the streaming media data into a format the is displayable on the first client;
• and
• displaying, by the first client, the streaming media data.