webRTC | Science Surf

There are many $$$ systems. But there are also super nice systems like Big Blue Button, Apache Open Meeting and Jitsi that are working equally well if you stick to Chrome or Firefox.

I recommend Spreed WebRTC audio/video call and conferencing server. Just run

docker pull spreed/webrtc
docker run --rm --name my-spreed-webrtc -p 8080:8080 -p 8443:8443 \
-v `pwd`:/srv/extra -i -t spreed/webrtc

and you are done. The only issue – how to route your local IP to the docker container?

sudo route -n add -net 0.0.0.0/16  146.x.x.x
sudo route -n delete 0.0.0.0/16  146.x.x.x

In the meantime, I managed to get it also on the Synology DS418play but only with a manual installation using the DS216+ ii docker binary according to some helpful comments on the synology forum.

Firefox 66 runs microphone, webcam and screen sharing without any problem, Chrome 73 needs a plugin for screen sharing.

While the protocol is already around for some time, webRTC isn’t been used so much although many browser are supporting it.

The basic webRTC samples of peer connection works well within the same browser window (showcase) while I need to connect sound + audio between two browser windows in a local network. After trying out several frameworks, I found the most easiest one easyRTCrtc. It works out of the box

git clone https://github.com/priologic/easyrtc.git
cd /Users/wjst/Desktop/easyrtc
cd /Users/wjst/Desktop/easyrtc/server_example
npm install express --save
node server.js

while pointing the browser to localhost:8080. Three weeks later, I find the sources poorly documented, connections are frequently broken, while Chrome explains it is moving soon to “Plan B”.

I could have been warned.

Will test now Ant Media Server.

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