Pion WebRTC VS FirebaseRTC

I am really excited about https://github.com/sepfy/libpeer. It has examples ready for ESP32 etc....

When working on KVS I wasn't familiar with the embedded space at all. I saw 'heavyweight' embedded where you were running on Linux. Then you had RTOS/No OS at all. I wasn't prepared for these devices at all. If we can make WebRTC work in the embedded space I think it will really accelerate what developers are able to build!

Remotely driven cars, security cameras, robots in hospitals that bring iPads to infectious patients etc... Creative people are building amazing things. The WebRTC/video space needs to work harder and support them :)

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I love how diverse the WebRTC space is now. Outside of this implementation you have plenty of other options!

* https://github.com/shinyoshiaki/werift-webrtc (Typescript)

* https://github.com/pion/webrtc (Golang)

* https://github.com/webrtc-rs/webrtc (Rust)

* https://github.com/algesten/str0m (Rust)

* hhttps://github.com/sepfy/libpeer (C/Embedded)

* https://webrtc.googlesource.com/src/ (C++)

* https://github.com/sipsorcery-org/sipsorcery (C#)

* https://github.com/paullouisageneau/libdatachannel (C++)

* https://github.com/elixir-webrtc (Elixir)

* https://github.com/aiortc/aiortc (Python)

* GStreamer’s webrtcbin (C)

See https://github.com/sipsorcery/webrtc-echoes for examples of some running against each other.

I have worked four jobs related to https://github.com/pion/webrtc and one for https://webrtcforthecurious.com

Two companies used Pion. The other two were just using the protocol (WebRTC)

In my experience Go has been relatively approachable for people that are good at PHP. It has a great standard library and a pretty solid ecosystem, though frameworks aren’t as popular in Go. There are some well regarded libraries for things like WebRTC via https://github.com/pion/webrtc WebSicket via https://github.com/nhooyr/websocket

Don't try to make RTC yourself, it looks easy, but in fact, it's a really hard problem to solve. Use https://pion.ly/ it's a pretty solid package they also have a discord/slack channel with a lot of helpful people there.

Maybe you can reuse some of this code: https://github.com/pion/webrtc/blob/master/examples/data-channels/main.go

You might also consider assessing complementary or alternative technologies; WebSocket and HTTP aren’t the only options when it comes to real-time communication, after all. WebRTC is similar to WebSocket, with the key difference being that it’s used to implement peer-to-peer connections without relying on a server. That can be especially helpful for video calls, allowing participants to communicate directly without introducing load to your server.

We use WebRTC to gain access to a user’s camera and microphone using the getUserMedia method. Typically, I would gain access to both of these from the same call. However, our experience requires the camera to flip from facing the environment to facing the user and I noticed that the small period of time the flip occurred (and microphone wasn’t available) contributed to a bit of audio lagging in the final recorded video. This was one of the nastier bugs I faced in development. So, we’ll just access each of these on their own media streams so that the camera can flip independently from the microphone.

Low latency streaming (<500ms): The Video SDK's infrastructure is built with WebbRTC, which helps to deliver secure and ultra-low latency video streams to all audiences at different bandwidths.

Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC) is a technology developed by Google in 2013 for peer-to-peer communication. WebRTC enables web browsers to capture audio, video, exchange data, and teleconferencing without plugins or intermediaries. WebRTC achieve these through APIs and protocols that interact with one another. WebRTC media streaming when used with SocKet.IO will produce an application that streams media and exchange data instantly. Socket.IO is a library that provides low latency bi-directional communication between client and server. Socket.IO was built on websocket, a communication protocol that provides a full-duplex and low latency communication between server and browser. In this article, readers will learn how to build a video chat application using WebRTC and Socket.IO. This article is for web developers who wish to develop web applications that can stream media between two peers of computers in real-time without installing any plugins.

Possibly you what to look into WebRTC: https://webrtc.org/

Use the language you're comfortable with. Sounds like you're interested in creating a blockchain game. Writing your own simple game engine isn't simple. I would recommend utilizing an existing one for whatever language you want. If you still choose to write your own it can be a valuable lesson in graphical programming which I personally find fun. It's easier to cheat a webpage embedded game written in Javascript than one ported to WebASM in my experience and I've heard good things about WebRTC for embedded multiplayer games.

Have you looked into WebRTC? https://webrtc.org Seems like it supports exactly what you're looking for. SignalR is more for real-time messages, not really for streaming.

P2P is nothing new. It is a long-established means of connecting two or more people directly over a network. Web browsers are very capable of a wide range of P2P connections. Many apps use WebRTC to enhance realtime apps, but it is still an underutilized technology. Even with WebRTC, many apps are designed around the dependence on a central app server with WebRTC performing a user experience enhancement. Web meshes turn this idea on its head: Instead of using P2P connections to enhance the user experience, what if P2P connections were the foundation of the user experience? In other words, what if there was no central server?

The good news is that after reading all I have a better understanding of the Web Realtime Communicate and the big view, not just about small things like sending files. You can read all about WebRTC here