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by stevenicr 2461 days ago
This is interesting for me for several things. Is this using webrtc or something similar? Is there stun / turn servers? Is the ip address of the streamer findable by the receiver?

I've never seen a firefox permissions popup saying 'website X wants to see your screen, okay or choose a window" - something like that - interesting to know that is baked in there somewhere.
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qvdev 2461 days ago
Hey thanks for your interest. It is not using webrtc it is using GUN decentralized database see https://gun.eco/ and some custom implementation to able to stream
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qvdev 2461 days ago
To elaborate a bit about the tech. De site is plain html and plain javascript. No node server just a heroku instance that host the GUN instance.

The website itself is very simple and uses MediaSource Extension https://www.w3.org/TR/media-source/ to make the streaming go smooth. This is often used by players that use dynamic bitrates for different network etc.. Such as HLS, Shaka player.

This is all brought together in this project. Webrtc is only used for getting the screen and microphone. There is no signaling stun server etc needed for this to work.

I have to come back to you about finding the IP address. I am not sure about this. Will ask the GUN community. Maybe you can explain why this case is interesting and for which cases?

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