WebRTC in WebKitGTK+ and WPE (Web Engines Hackfest 2018)
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The document discusses the evolution of WebRTC in WebKitGTK and WPE, tracing its history from the OpenWebRTC project to its current use of libWebRTC and GStreamer for media processing. It outlines the advantages of utilizing libWebRTC for its stability and maturity, along with GStreamer's hardware integration and multimedia processing capabilities. Future plans include further stabilization, optimization for embedded devices, and implementation of missing APIs and features.
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WebRTC in WebKitGTK+ and WPE (Web Engines Hackfest 2018)
- 1. WEBRTC IN WEBKITGTK AND WPEWEBRTC IN WEBKITGTK AND WPE Thibault Saunier
- 2. SHORT HISTORYSHORT HISTORY OpenWebRTC based backend around 2015 and 2016 In 2016 Apple developed a LibWebRTC based backend In 2017 the OpenWebRTC project was abandoned OpenWebRTC was removed a year ago
- 3. NEW IMPLEMENTATIONNEW IMPLEMENTATION LibWebRTC for the network GStreamer for the media processing
- 5. WHY LIBWEBRTC?WHY LIBWEBRTC? Mature and stable Feature complete Very active Big parts were implemented for Apple ports
- 6. WHY GSTREAMER?WHY GSTREAMER? Leverage GStreamer hardware integration Same code paths for all the multimedia processing Use webrtcbin GStreamer element in the future ?
- 7. WEBRTC RELATED APISWEBRTC RELATED APIS MediaDevices.EnumerateDevices() MediaDevices.GetUserMedia() MediaDevices.MediaStream RTCPeerConnection
- 10. THE FUTURETHE FUTURE More stabilization Optimise for embedded device use cases (WPE targets) Implement missing APIs and features Enable WebRTC on release builds