Talk
Consumer and social
video calling
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
8 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 9 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Execution: 4 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 3 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Simple, auditable codebase under 500 lines of JS
From 3 comments
The JS code is under 500 lines so this is at least simple and auditable. I didn't see anything about encryption based on a cursory read. Does WebRTC have some built in or is this…
mpartel on HNI am surprised to see a video call and screensharing app build with less than 500 lines of JS code. Did not know that.
badalsurana on HNNice! The WebRTC samples tend to be a bit convoluted. This sample project is a great demonstration of simplicity. Going to use this for some data channel work.
nyxtom on HN
Easy to self-host, no complex Jitsi setup
From 1 comment
Setting up a Jitsi server is non-trivial; this is simple (git clone / cd talk / npm install / npm start). And, if you don't want to trust the programme, you can do this from a…
daffy on HN
Works in mobile browsers without an app
From 1 comment
Looks like you can use it with mobile without downloading an app, so there's that
barbs on HN
Objections
Hardcoded STUN/TURN credentials and third-party servers raise privacy concerns
From 3 comments
The client-side script.js [1] appears to have a hard coded list of well known STUN/TURN endpoints, some with credentials. The identity and access management is non-existent at…
sradman on HNAnd it seems to contain hardcoded usernames and password for those STUN/TURN servers too...
0x0 on HNIt's not even that. Well, it is, but it's two separate things: you need a publicly-addressable server to host this code, for all the peers to connect to in order to discover each…
kelnos on HN
No identity management or authentication
From 2 comments
The client-side script.js [1] appears to have a hard coded list of well known STUN/TURN endpoints, some with credentials. The identity and access management is non-existent at…
sradman on HNHow does the identity management work here? How do you know that you are talking to who you think you are talking to?
upofadown on HN
High CPU use on laptops, no hardware encoding on Linux
From 2 comments
Great. Can I has hw encoding/decoding on linux, please? I don't need another software, I need my laptop not to boil.
pmlnr on HNIs there a video call app with screen sharing that doesn't use WebRTC? I often host online lectures and with screen sharing, it always uses up 100% of my CPU resources.
cloogshicer on HN
Peer to peer scales poorly for group calls
From 2 comments
Jitsi not being p2p is advantage in my book. I'd imagine p2p group video calling is subpar.
zucker42 on HNUp to how many participants P2P WebRTC video calls work well in browsers?
mixedbit on HN
Requests
Hardware encoding and decoding on Linux
From 1 comment
Great. Can I has hw encoding/decoding on linux, please? I don't need another software, I need my laptop not to boil.
pmlnr on HN
Screenshots in the README
From 1 comment
Could you add some screenshots on the README?
rambojazz on HN
Multiple people sharing screens at once
From 1 comment
Is there a way for multiple people to simultaneously share their screen with each other
usaphp on HN
Bundled STUN/TURN setup
From 1 comment
It would be great with a similar solution that also packaged you own STUN/TURN setup. Maybe there is someone who did that for Jitsi meet?
pkz on HN
Questions
Is it encrypted?
From 1 comment
The JS code is under 500 lines so this is at least simple and auditable. I didn't see anything about encryption based on a cursory read. Does WebRTC have some built in or is this…
mpartel on HN
How does it differ from Jitsi Meet?
From 1 comment
Is this different from or better than Jitsi Meet? Not intending to criticize the effort, just curious if I should switch my goto choice of video conferencing software.…
CameronNemo on HN
Up to how many participants does P2P work well?
From 1 comment
Up to how many participants P2P WebRTC video calls work well in browsers?
mixedbit on HN
Alternatives named
Jitsi Meet
From 1 comment
Is this different from or better than Jitsi Meet? Not intending to criticize the effort, just curious if I should switch my goto choice of video conferencing software.…
CameronNemo on HN
Zoom
From 1 comment
There are lots of free options. We use zoom because it has the best and most consistent quality.
rdlecler1 on HN
talky.io
From 1 comment
Another fully featured group video chat: https://talky.io It's based on this open source app https://github.com/simplewebrtc/simplewebrtc-talky-sample-app They also run…
theanirudh on HN
zipcall.io
From 1 comment
Is this pretty similar to zipcall.io? I've used it a few times and was surprised with how well it worked for video calls and screen sharing. Only problem I had with it was one…
_heimdall on HN