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Re: Show HN: Xroom.app – Conference Rooms on Steroids

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punarinta wrote: post #10
codegladiator wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

build twitch on this and market to different audience

Do you mean something like using it in one-broadcasts-many-watch mode?

yes, and add payments somewhere in between

Re: Show HN: Xroom.app – Conference Rooms on Steroids

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Post by punarinta »

codegladiator wrote: post #11
punarinta wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you mean something like using it in one-broadcasts-many-watch mode?

yes, and add payments somewhere in between

Actualy there is such a mode already (without payments though). Through the server API it's possible to create a room as a webinar that behaves exactly like that.

Probably what I should do is to allow people to create webinars not just via API but also from the interface.

Thanks for the hint!

Re: Show HN: Xroom.app – Conference Rooms on Steroids

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Post by punarinta »

codegladiator wrote: post #11
punarinta wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you mean something like using it in one-broadcasts-many-watch mode?

yes, and add payments somewhere in between

But speaking about "different audience", what audience would you suggest? Gamers, like in case of Twitch?

Re: Show HN: Xroom.app – Conference Rooms on Steroids

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Post by punarinta »

jmiskovic wrote: post #14

Looks sleek! What does the backend look like? Does it cost a lot to host the app?

Right now it doesn't cost much to host. But soon I plan to create a proper plugin store (currently there are only a few plugins available to general public as you may see) and encourage people to develop and upload their own plugins, so I will have to scale up for all that. Regarding the backend, it's a node.js application.

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Post by punarinta »

w3clan wrote: post #16
jmiskovic wrote: post #14

Looks sleek! What does the backend look like? Does it cost a lot to host the app?

Looks like - It's a nodejs app with socket.io & webrtc.

Exactly! socket.io was there mostly to speed up prototyping. I plan to replace it with vanilla code soon, to make the frontend app even more lightweight.
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