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WebRTC should be capable of multicast, so nobody should be having to send X-1 streams for X users. I say should because it's incredibly hard to find out which p
by moron4hire 7y ago
WebRTC should be capable of multicast, so nobody should be having to send X-1 streams for X users. I say should because it's incredibly hard to find out which parts the the WebRTC spec browsers actually implement. I just found an article from Mozilla from 2018 that just blithely mentions in passing some nebulous future date "when WebRTC is (hopefully) enhanced to support multi-user conversations." WTF have I been doing with more than 2 people in a WebRTC session for the last 5 years? What the hell has been going on in WebRTC for the last 9!?
- namibj 7y agoIP multicast is unusable on the public internet. You can use it on small, controlled networks, but that's it.
- zenhack 7y agoAre we even at the point where routers reliably support multicast?
- CrankyBear 7y agoYou can multicast using WebRTC with this program https://github.com/pion/ion https://github.com/pion/ion But, it still needs work. FWIW, I think it's promising.