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> Does codec negotiation really make sense On startup you could be connecting two clients that have completely different sets of codecs. What if you have a low

> Does codec negotiation really make sense On startup you could be connecting two clients that have completely different sets of codecs. What if you have a low powered device that only has a H264 hardware decoder? What if you have two desktops that prefer AV1. WebRTC lets each side publish what codecs they support, and their priority > It's pretty easy to set up Yea it is not bad if you are comfortable with those things. I want to empower users who have no idea what Linux, codecs or systemd is. I want to create something like 12 year old me would have used. I could have had a lot of fun with my friends if we could have done P2P. > you would still need some type of signaling / connection negotiation setup. I use QR codes for this. For public signaling is also cheap enough that it could be provided for free. I think the project name was simplewebrtc? Hosting RTMP/HLS for free is prohibitively expensive though.

favsq 4y ago
>What if you have a low powered device that only has a H264 hardware decoder? What if you have two desktops that prefer AV1. You recode on the server.
- Sean-Der 4y ago
  You don't have a server (and in my cases you don't want) * I don't want to upload my video from my security camera to a remote host. It has security and privacy implications * I don't have the bandwidth available * I don't want to pay the bandwidth and compute costs. * I don't want to incur the extra latency
  - favsq 4y ago
    That's not a good solution for... almost anybody. Most people would rather have the remote server recode, they would rather not have to open ports (with some connections you just can't), they would rather not expose their IP addresses, etc. I can see your point but it has nothing to do with what platforms like Twitch are for.
    - Sean-Der 4y ago
      You wouldn’t open ports, you are in the same network. I don’t think P2P is the answer to everything, in the same manner servers aren’t the answer to everything.

favsq 4y ago

>What if you have a low powered device that only has a H264 hardware decoder? What if you have two desktops that prefer AV1. You recode on the server.

Sean-Der 4y ago
You don't have a server (and in my cases you don't want) * I don't want to upload my video from my security camera to a remote host. It has security and privacy implications * I don't have the bandwidth available * I don't want to pay the bandwidth and compute costs. * I don't want to incur the extra latency
- favsq 4y ago
  That's not a good solution for... almost anybody. Most people would rather have the remote server recode, they would rather not have to open ports (with some connections you just can't), they would rather not expose their IP addresses, etc. I can see your point but it has nothing to do with what platforms like Twitch are for.
  - Sean-Der 4y ago
    You wouldn’t open ports, you are in the same network. I don’t think P2P is the answer to everything, in the same manner servers aren’t the answer to everything.