I've looked at WebRTC a few times, and every time I've been overwhelmed by the complexity of the protocol. I understand video streaming is hampered by codec patents, etc. but in 2020, the situation seems to be getting better with open source codecs unencumbered of patents (VP8,VP9, AV1, etc.) Why is the best we have still WebRTC? Seems it could be simplified as a protocol .. is this inherently hard or just a result of being designed in a committee?
Mediasoup – WebRTC video conferencing
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Re: Mediasoup – WebRTC video conferencing
#22I've looked at WebRTC a few times, and every time I've been overwhelmed by the complexity of the protocol. I understand video streaming is hampered by codec patents, etc. but in 2020, the situation seems to be getting better with open source codecs unencumbered of patents (VP8,VP9, AV1, etc.) Why is the best we have still WebRTC? Seems it could be simplified as a protocol .. is this inherently hard or just a result o…
I thought that this news was about mediasoup, not about generic WebRTC questions.
Re: Mediasoup – WebRTC video conferencing
#23I've looked at WebRTC a few times, and every time I've been overwhelmed by the complexity of the protocol. I understand video streaming is hampered by codec patents, etc. but in 2020, the situation seems to be getting better with open source codecs unencumbered of patents (VP8,VP9, AV1, etc.) Why is the best we have still WebRTC? Seems it could be simplified as a protocol .. is this inherently hard or just a result o…
I think you're misunderstanding what WebRTC is. It's only loosely related to specific video codecs. It can carry H.264, VP8, and VP9.
Re: Mediasoup – WebRTC video conferencing
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#25You can use WebRTC for emitting raw data p2p, not just audio/video streams, right? Or would websockets be preferred if you wanted to, say, broadcast JSON objects to whoever was listening?
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#26You can use WebRTC for emitting raw data p2p, not just audio/video streams, right? Or would websockets be preferred if you wanted to, say, broadcast JSON objects to whoever was listening?
Yes, you can use WebRTC DataChannels for sending custom text/binary data on top of a ICE+DTLS connection. BTW mediasoup supports DataChannels.
Any question or comment about mediasoup?
Re: Mediasoup – WebRTC video conferencing
#27It's a best we have as wrtc SFU today. Thank you guys.
Re: Mediasoup – WebRTC video conferencing
#28The demo is nice and clean. How does this compare to Kurento, or Janus? Edit : I see Kurento is now assumed dead thanks to Twilio buying them, and I understand Janus doesn't provide any client libraries.
Actually Janus does provide a client library. Yeah kurento has kind of ceased to evolve but Janus keeps up with the latest edition of the webrtc standard which continues to evolve and improve.
Re: Mediasoup – WebRTC video conferencing
#29You can use WebRTC for emitting raw data p2p, not just audio/video streams, right? Or would websockets be preferred if you wanted to, say, broadcast JSON objects to whoever was listening?
Yes, you can use WebRTC DataChannels for sending custom text/binary data on top of a ICE+DTLS connection. BTW mediasoup supports DataChannels. Any question or comment about mediasoup?
What advantages does sending data over WebRTC have over sending data over websockets?
Re: Mediasoup – WebRTC video conferencing
#30Can someone explain how mediasoup differs from the RTCPeerConnection object (and related events) discussed in this Mozilla webrtc tutorial [0]? Given that it uses c++ I figure that mediasoup is more than just a wrapper around this? Any usability or reliability benefits of either?
[0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebRTC_API/...