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Terence Eden
Terence Eden
@Edent@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Is there a JS or WASM-based video conferencing system?

That is, can I run something like Jitsi / Zoom *without* relying on a server? Just P2P between browsers.

#FOSS #FOSDEM #P2P

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Khleedril
Khleedril
@khleedril@cyberplace.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@Edent It is a pity that Firefox Hello got discontinued. Their current recommendation is Jitsi-meet.

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Zach Steindler
Zach Steindler
@steiza@a2mi.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@Edent I have been using https://github.com/steiza/sidebar for about a year for this. Like other folks are saying, you need a minimal server (included; that you can self-host) to help the peers find each other, and a STUN server if any links have both peers behind a NAT.

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GitHub - steiza/sidebar: P2P video and file sharing in the browser

P2P video and file sharing in the browser. Contribute to steiza/sidebar development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Richard Loxley
Richard Loxley
@richardloxley@mastodon.richardloxley.com replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@Edent I’m no expert on the protocols so not sure of the details.

Mirotalk P2P does peer-to-peer for the videoconferencing, but does still rely on a server for setting up the P2P links in the first place.

https://github.com/miroslavpejic85/mirotalk

In my tests the P2P version works fine for up to 4 participants, but after that the browsers tend to struggle a bit without the server talking off some of the workload.

In our peer group we tend to have 4-6 participants so we switched to the SFU version of Mirotalk.

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GitHub - miroslavpejic85/mirotalk: 🚀 WebRTC - P2P - Simple, Secure, Fast Real-Time Video Conferences Up to 8k and 60fps, compatible with all browsers and platforms.

🚀 WebRTC - P2P - Simple, Secure, Fast Real-Time Video Conferences Up to 8k and 60fps, compatible with all browsers and platforms. - miroslavpejic85/mirotalk
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Steve Scott
Steve Scott
@wishy@tooter.wishy.co.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@Edent my guess is a mess of port forwarding and discovering you've got CGNAT and no v6 would make this a nonstarter as soon as 'normals' are involved

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Terence Eden
Terence Eden
@Edent@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@wishy I don't care about normals for this.

Is there something for motivated geeks?

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