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AgendaBriefIntroductiontoWebRTC

HowWebRTC Works

AdaptingtoNativePlatforms

ToolsandResources

LookatSomeCode

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ResourcesFinishedsource:https://github.com/SuavePirate/Xamarin.WebRTC

WebRTC docs:https://webrtc.org

IceLink docs:http://docs.frozenmountain.com/icelink2/

Nativelibraries:https://webrtc.org/native-code/native-apis/

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Whatis

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TheBasicsofWebRTCWebReal-Time-Communication

New(ish)open-sourcedstandardfortransmittingdatafromonepeertoanother

Asetofframeworksandtoolsforcreatingconnectionsandsendingdata

Datatransmittedoverpeer-to-peerconnections

Agnostictotypesofdatasent◦ Audiobuffers◦ Videoframes◦ Rawdata◦ Files

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ImportantComponentsandTermsPeerConnections– theactualconnectionbetweentwoclients

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STUN- SessionTraversalofUserDatagramProtocol[UDP]ThroughNetworkAddressTranslators[NATs]

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TURN– TraversalUsingRelaysaroundNAT

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ICE- InteractiveConnectivityEstablishment

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VanillaIce





Signaling– ameansofcommunicatingconnectioninfobetweenclients

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Signaling– ameansofcommunicatingconnectioninfobetweenclients

Codecs◦ Video

◦ VP8

◦ Audio◦ Opus

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MakingPeerConnections

CreatingaP2PConnectionviaSTUN

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CreatingaP2PConnectionviaSTUNCoversmostscenarios

Failswhenpeershave2incompatibleNATtypesorpeersrunthroughheavyfirewalls

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CreatingaP2PConnectionviaSTUN+TURN

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CreatingaP2PConnectionviaSTUN+TURNTURNserverrelaysdatabetweentwopeers

Meansnodirectpeerconnectionismade

Canhaveperformanceimplications

Canbeexpensive

Covers99.999%ofcases

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Multi-connectionMeshModelEachclientcreatesaconnectiontoeveryotherclient

Cancreateunreliableconnections

Individualconnectionscanbedroppedwithoutdroppingthemall

Requiresextendedsignalingandaccountability

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Multi-connectionMixerModelEachclientconnectstoasingleserver

Theservermixesaudioandvideostreamsperpeer

Theserverrelaysthemixedstreamstoeachpeer

Heavyliftingputonserverratherthandistributed

Expensive

Hardtoscale

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UsingaConnection

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SendingAudioandVideoDataGetUserMedia◦ Getsaccesstodevicehardware(micandcamera)

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Encodethemedia◦ Pickacodec◦ Encodethedatawiththatcodec

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Sendencodedmediaoverconnection

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Sendencodedmediaoverconnection

Switchmediasources(switchcamera,switchmic)

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AdvancedFunctionalityScreenstreaming

Multi-sourcestreaming◦ Streamingmultiplevideostreamsfromoneclient◦ Streamingmultipleaudiostreamsfromoneclient

AudioMixing

Non-TURNrelaying

Recordingstreams

Distributedstreaming

Streamsignatures

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GoingCross-Platform

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PlatformsSupportedWeb*Windows◦ WPF◦ WindowsForms◦ Win8◦ UWP*

WindowsPhone◦ 8.0Silverlight+◦ 8.1RT*

AndroidiOSMac

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WebSupport

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WebWorkaroundsNpapi plugins

Chrome+Firefoxextensions

ActiveXplugins

JavaAppletplugins

Stilldoesn’tcatchall◦ EdgedoesnotsupportWebRTC (theyarepushingORTC)◦ EdgedoesnotsupportActiveXplugins,JavaApplets,ornpapi

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NativePlatformSupportandIssuesWebRTC isbuiltonanopensourcedC++platform-agnosticframework◦ Youtheoreticallycanrunitanywhere!

Noteveryplatformsupportsgivencodecs

VP8isnotnativetoanyWindowsSDK!

WeneedtogetacustombuildofthenativeVP8(C++)codec

CompiletheVP8codecagainstVisualC++perplatform

SamewithOpus

UnlikewebbrowsersthatshipwithVP8andOpuscodecsaspartoftheapplication,weneedtoincludethelibrariesseparately

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BuildingWindows◦ BuildVP8codec◦ BuildOpuscodec◦ WrapcallstoC++library

Android◦ IncludereferencetonativecodecsbuiltintoOS

iOS+Mac◦ Addofficiallibrariesfornativecodecs

Xamarin◦ Addbindingstonativelibrariesforcodecsandwrapcalls

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IceLinkAlibraryandframeworkwrappingalotofnativeWebRTC

Languagesandplatformssupported◦ Android◦ iOS◦ Windows(WinForms,WPF,Win8,UWP)◦ WindowsPhone(8,8.1)◦ Web

◦ ActiveXcontrol◦ JavaApplet◦ Npapi intheworks

◦ Mac◦ Xamarin (Android,iOS,Mac)◦ Java

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Demo

Documents

WebRTC XamU [Autosaved] · The Basics of WebRTC Web Real-Time-Communication New(ish) open-sourced standard for transmitting data from one peer to another A set of frameworks and tools