Want to try out a newly released WebRTC feature or capability? Odds are Muaz Khan has already done it. I cannot think of any other individual who has contributed more open source WebRTC application experiments to the community than Muaz and his webrtc-experiment.com. His GitHub repository boasts 44 different projects. He did all that in less […]
Does Amazon’s Mayday use WebRTC? A Wireshark analysis
Many in the industry, including myself, reference Amazon’s Kindle Fire HDX Mayday button as using WebRTC or at least as something that is WebRTC like. The Kindle Fire HDX is not available everywhere, so if you have not seen this the Android Authority has a good video of this feature here. First lets think about […]
webrtcHacks Meetup at Mobile World Congress (MWC)
Next week Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 will take place in Barcelona, Spain. Since Barcelona is my hometown, it’s always a great opportunity to meet with industry friends and enjoy some local spots together. Many webrtcHackers will be in Barcelona for the event, so we are organizing a meetup next Tuesday at 6PM CET. This event will […]
WebRTC beyond one-to-one communication (Gustavo Garcia Bernardo)
WebRTC and its peer-to-peer capabilities are great for one-to-one communications. However, when I discuss with customers use cases and services that go beyond one-to-one, namely one-to-many or many-to-many, the question arises: “OK, but what architecture shall I use for this?”. Some service providers want to reuse the multicast support they have in their networks (we […]
WebRTC Video Codec Debate: Is There No End in Sight? (Chris Wendt)
As detailed in previous posts on webrtcHacks, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has worked for the past few years to standardize the “on-the-wire” protocols that make up the WebRTC engine. It is coming up on 3 months since IETF 88 in Vancouver, where the IETF was to have settled the matter of a mandatory-to-implement […]
