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by ibc 2222 days ago
Yes, you can use WebRTC DataChannels for sending custom text/binary data on top of a ICE+DTLS connection. BTW mediasoup supports DataChannels.

Any question or comment about mediasoup?
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andrethegiant 2222 days ago
What advantages does sending data over WebRTC have over sending data over websockets?
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ibc 2222 days ago
DataChannels are transmitted over the same UDP/ICE "connection" that is used to transmit audio and video packets. So if you plan to send real-time data (for example: real-time subtitles, metadata related to the current video position, etc) by sending such a data over DataChannel it will reach the remote without delay over the audio/video. If you use WebSocket to transmit the data, there may desynchronization between audio/video and data because they use a different network path.
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kabes 2222 days ago
You said it yourself: it can be done peer 2 peer. A websocket will have a server in between.
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