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So is p2p really bad when dealing with lots of users? Because now instead of you sending your video to a central server, you are now having to send your video t
by polishdude20 7y ago
So is p2p really bad when dealing with lots of users? Because now instead of you sending your video to a central server, you are now having to send your video to every single person while still receiving the video of everyone. So your upload usage must go through the roof.
- tommoor 7y agoYes, absolutely. Not only bandwidth but CPU usage as you must encrypt and decrypt the video for every participant separately
- jMyles 7y agoHopefully proxy re-encryption will solve this soon. (disclaimer: this is what I work on)
- telesilla 7y agoSounds interesting! Do you have a link for this in regards to research done on p2p streaming?
- jMyles 7y agoYou know, strangely, we've never published anything about (nor done any research specifically on) the prospects for private p2p streaming, even though it's something we discuss frequently on our discord. Once we get this thing launched, we'll right that wrong.
- conradev 7y agoCouldn’t all clients negotiate a shared session key and encrypt video once for everyone? Or is that a limitation baked into the WebRTC protocol?
- tpetry 7y agoAt the moment you dont have access to the video/audio stream so you cant do anything like this
- fulafel 7y agoMost calls don't have lots of users, so this is a good tradeoff for many use cases given the security and quality advantages. Also, networks are getting faster, and so the nr of supportable participants in p2p video calls goes up and conceivably stops being an issue in some years. Many users already have fast enough networks for this today.