Ask HN: Skype, but properly peer-to-peer? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Skype, but properly peer-to-peer?

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Post by kbrosnan » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 2:13 PM UTC

frik wrote: post #17

I am searching for an WebRTC server app (open source) that I can run on my webserver. All these WebRTC guys want me to use their pay-for-use web services. I found only EasyRTC that sort of worked https://github.com/priologic/easyrtc Can someone suggest Node.js or PHP (with libevent) implementations of WebRTC server apps?

Mozilla has a node project at https://github.com/mozilla/talkilla

Re: Ask HN: Skype, but properly peer-to-peer?

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Post by stephenson » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 2:17 PM UTC

Try https://hu.tt/ works great

Re: Ask HN: Skype, but properly peer-to-peer?

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Post by javipas » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 2:28 PM UTC

This is a good alternative IMHO https://meetings.io/features

Re: Ask HN: Skype, but properly peer-to-peer?

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Post by devilirium » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 2:37 PM UTC

lazyjones wrote: post #13

This should work with WebRTC ( http://www.webrtc.org/ ) using the reference app: https://apprtc.appspot.com/ It should enable you to connect 2 browsers (e.g. Chrome and Firefox), all you need is to transmit the ID of the chat ("r" parameter from the chat URL you will get) to the peer, or the full URL. It keeps amazing me that we do not have simple JS solutions for this, when projects like Chatroulette can be built in…

Good suggestion. I was thinking the same, so I started working on something, but it's still pretty basic. Communication should be easy, just as speaking.

Re: Ask HN: Skype, but properly peer-to-peer?

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Post by JoeAltmaier » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 2:39 PM UTC

Sococo.com has a team communications app. Not exactly made for family calls, but works fine. Free. Disclaimer: I work at Sococo. And phone calls run P2P and are encrypted. Unless your bandwidth is exceeded; then it runs through a multiplexing 'media node' that operates like a router.

Video, doc sharing, chat, multiple people sharing all that or splitting up into groups or pairs - all by clicking around a map.

Re: Ask HN: Skype, but properly peer-to-peer?

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Post by acd » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 2:50 PM UTC

I would suggest WEBRTC via premade service you make sure there are Firefox/Chrome browser on his computer and point to url. Properly peer-to-peer.

http://appear.in/fathersfirstlastname

Re: Ask HN: Skype, but properly peer-to-peer?

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Post by rb2k_ » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 3:00 PM UTC

rakoo wrote: post #10

stoical wrote: post #6

Mumble is the only one that springs to mind: http://mumble.sourceforge.net/ Its designed more for chat rooms but may be suitable.

Mumble works very well, but: - It's not real p2p, it needs a server somewhere. OP can install one at home or they can use a public one, but it's required (and if you use a public server, you lose some privacy) - Mumble only does Audio, no Video. If you can live with those, mumble is the most straightforward Open Source voip solution to use, and I can't recommend it enough (been using it with my relatives, me on Linux…

It also uses OPUS as the audio codec and has mobile clients, which is kinda nice :)

Re: Ask HN: Skype, but properly peer-to-peer?

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Post by vr000m » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 3:02 PM UTC

frik wrote: post #17

I am searching for an WebRTC server app (open source) that I can run on my webserver. All these WebRTC guys want me to use their pay-for-use web services. I found only EasyRTC that sort of worked https://github.com/priologic/easyrtc Can someone suggest Node.js or PHP (with libevent) implementations of WebRTC server apps?

see hookflash.me, they have an open source implementation called openpeer. (https://github.com/openpeer/)

Re: Ask HN: Skype, but properly peer-to-peer?

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Post by vr000m » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 3:09 PM UTC

waps wrote: post #14

pant wrote: post #3

http://simplewebrtc.com/demo.html Webrtc is here with p2p transmission of the camera + microphone (or files of course). I think it's time for all of us to move to p2p solutions that will come.

Actually it supports sending any byte stream accross. It amazes me nobody seem to have built a peer2peer network out of it yet. Seems like a shot for open goal.

Yahoo bought PeerCDN, which uses data channels from WebRTC.

Re: Ask HN: Skype, but properly peer-to-peer?

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Post by mike_hearn » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 3:24 PM UTC

waps wrote: post #14

pant wrote: post #3

http://simplewebrtc.com/demo.html Webrtc is here with p2p transmission of the camera + microphone (or files of course). I think it's time for all of us to move to p2p solutions that will come.

Actually it supports sending any byte stream accross. It amazes me nobody seem to have built a peer2peer network out of it yet. Seems like a shot for open goal.

Why would you do that vs just writing a normal downloadable app?