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Thing is, video conferencing/chat apps use technologies like webRTC (which is basically RTP). They are totally focused on super low latency (< 1s). This is unde
by kabes 7y ago
Thing is, video conferencing/chat apps use technologies like webRTC (which is basically RTP). They are totally focused on super low latency (< 1s). This is understandable, because you can't have a conversation with multi-second latency.
They achieve this by having sub-optimal, but faster encoding parameters/algorithms and tiny buffers.
If you want better video quality and can live with multi-second latency you need to look at different technologies like RTMP or HLS, which is what youtube/facebook streams do.
- aquadrop 7y agoI understand they focus on low latency in general, but why it's not customizable and no one allows to tweak/switch what you prefer? Youtube streams etc lack interactivity of videochat. It's just I'm sitting in the same building with another person, on the same wifi with multiple hundreds of megabits/s available to us, using powerful phones/tablets and there's nothing that can deliver good quality of video? Seems weird.