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by dgrin91 1587 days ago
It looks like Dino is built on top of XMPP. How can you be both XMPP and peer to peer? Doesn't XMPP mean there is a server in the middle (even if its not centralized)?
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zaik 1587 days ago
The server is used to exchange connection information. The A/V call itsef is peer to peer (or relayed via TURN server if they cannot establish a direct connection).
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ta-webrtc 1587 days ago
In order to establish a peer to peer video call you need a signaling channel that both peers know about.
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NTARelix 1587 days ago
> Calls are end-to-end encrypted and use a direct connection between the peers whenever possible, but fallbacks are also in place.

I imagine this means the 2+ clients use XMPP to negotiate direct connections to one another that are better suited for audio/video streaming.

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