Winlin

SRS Player is a dedicated video streaming player, supports a set of protocols, compatible with major browsers, such as Chrome, Safari and Firefox.
<h4>Usage</h4>
First, you could create a media server SRS, using <a href="https://ossrs.medium.com/how-to-setup-a-video-streaming-service-by-1-click-e9fe6f314ac6" rel="nofollow ugc">Droplet</a> or <a href="https://blog.ossrs.io/how-to-setup-a-video-streaming-service-by-aapanel-9748ae754c8c" rel="nofollow ugc">aaPanel</a>.
Then, publish live stream to SRS by <a href="https://obsproject.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">OBS</a> and follow the tutorial: <a href="https://blog.ossrs.io/how-to-setup-a-video-streaming-service-by-1-click-e9fe6f314ac6" rel="nofollow ugc">Step 2: Publish Stream using OBS</a>.
Done, view stream on a WordPress post or page, please follow the tutorial: <a href="https://blog.ossrs.io/publish-your-srs-livestream-through-wordpress-ec18dfae7d6f" rel="nofollow ugc">How to Publish Your SRS Livestream Through WordPress</a>, and bellow are some tips.
For HLS live streaming, please use the following shortcode:
<pre><code>[srs_player url="https://your_server/live/livestream.m3u8"]
</code></pre>
For WebRTC streaming, the shortcode:
<pre><code>[srs_player url="webrtc://your_server/live/livestream"]
</code></pre>
For HTTP-FLV live streaming, the shortcode:
<pre><code>[srs_player url="https://your_server/live/livestream.flv"]
</code></pre>
For HLS/MP4 VoD streaming, the shortcode:
<pre><code>[srs_player url="https://your_server/vod/file.mp4"]
</code></pre>
You could also use WebRTC to publish live stream:
<pre><code>[srs_publisher url="webrtc://your_server/live/livestream"]
</code></pre>
For detailed documentation, please visit the <a href="https://github.com/ossrs/WordPress-Plugin-SrsPlayer" rel="nofollow ugc">SRS Player</a> page.
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Embed live streaming into a post/page or anywhere on your WordPress site</li>
<li>Supports HLS/HTTP-FLV/WebRTC over HTTP or HTTPS for live streaming</li>
<li>Embed HTML5 videos which are compatible with all major browsers</li>
<li>Automatically play a video when the page is rendered</li>
<li>No setup required, simply install and start embedding videos</li>
<li>Lightweight and compatible with the latest version of WordPress</li>
<li>Supports HLS/MP4 VoD streaming</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcode Options</h4>
Options supported in the shortcode.
Width
Optional, limit the width of the video.
<pre><code>[srs_player url="https://your_server/live/livestream.m3u8" width="720"]
</code></pre>

Live Streaming Video Player – by SRS Player

Yep, I'm the plugin author and also a real user. I have used this plugin for my weekly live streaming for SRS open source comunity, WooCommerce product page and VoD page. It's wonderful and the best live streaming player, especially WebRTC enable the realtime live streaming.

Best Live Streaming Player

SRS Player is a open source live streaming video player, supports HLS/HTTP-FLV/WebRTC etc.

Vladimir Prelovac

Smart Youtube is one of the most popular WordPress plugins, with more than 1,000,000 downloads to date..
From version 4.0 Smart Youtube changed the name to Smart Youtube PRO and now also supports playback of Youtube, Vimeo, Metacafe, Liveleak and Facebook high quality videos, works on iPhone & iPad, produces xHTML valid code (unlike YouTube embed code), allows you to view videos in fullscreen, has video thumbnails support, has robust widget support and much more.
The plugin is designed to be small and fast and not use any external resources. It has a number of customizable options.
Main Features:
<ul>
<li>Easily embeds YouTube, Vimeo, Metacafe, Liveleak and Facebook videos (normal/HD mode)</li>
<li>Works on iPhone, iPad and iPod</li>
<li>Embed YouTube playlist (normal/HD)</li>
<li>Supports latest high definition video protocols</li>
<li>Extract video thumbnails in your archive/category posts</li>
<li>Provides a sidebar widget for videos as well</li>
<li>Supports video deep linking (starting at desired point with &start=time parameter)</li>
<li>Autoplay videos, autoplay only the first video on the page (if multiple vidoes)</li>
<li>Show video in Colorbox</li>
<li>Supports migrated blogs from WordPress.com</li>
<li>Supports migration from other Youtube plugins such as wp-youtube</li>
<li>Produces xHTML valid code</li>
</ul>
Example: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY
Related plugins:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-image/" rel="ugc">SEO Friendly Images</a></li>
</ul>
Feel free to check out my <a href="http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/" rel="nofollow ugc">my blog</a>.
<h3>Credits</h3>
Some of the functions of SmartYoutube plugin came from other plugins. So I can at least thank these people:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.deliciousdays.com/" title="Oliver" rel="nofollow ugc">Oliver</a> for his <a href="http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin" title="cforms II" rel="nofollow ugc">cforms II</a> plugin</li>
<li><a href="http://www.plaintxt.org/" title="Scott" rel="nofollow ugc">Scott</a> for his excellent readme.txt file</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/" title="YouTube" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube</a> folks for their service and javascript selector</li>
</ul>
Thanks.
<h3>License</h3>
This file is part of Smart YouTube.
Smart YouTube is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Smart YouTube is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Smart YouTube. If not, see <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</a>.

Smart YouTube PRO

Smart Youtube is a professional WordPress Video plugin that allows you to easily insert videos/playlists into your post from all major video services.

Live Streaming Video Player – by SRS Player vs Smart YouTube PRO