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Re:Peer Calls: WebRTC peer to peer calls for everyone by dboreham on Monday September 30, 2024 @10:00PM (#41704011)
Quick note that this isn't peer to peer (WebRTC never is) but is a project that allows you to host your own server to facilitate WebRTC channels between browsers you want to provide service for.
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Re:Peer Calls: WebRTC peer to peer calls for everyone by njtransit on Monday September 30, 2024 @10:32PM (#41704140)
WebRTC can absolutely be peer to peer. You just need some out-of-band method of exchanging ICE candidates. The connections in WebRTC are literally called "peer connections."
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Re:Peer Calls: WebRTC peer to peer calls for everyone by Sean-Der on Monday September 30, 2024 @11:07PM (#41704293)
Peer calls can run in P2P mode or as a SFU.

Different topologies are better for different use cases. 1:1 vs group calls in this case!

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