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Self hosted video chat (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If I self host some kind of private video chat service, is the video data transferred direct from connected peer to peer? Does it go through the self hosted service instance? Or does that depend on which video server is used?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

@YurkshireLad Depends on the video chat service and on the infrastructure of the participants.

Most browser based video chat services use WebRTC which usually uses peer to peer if NAT hole punching works - but that depends on the ISP routers.

This article explains it pretty well: https://blog.nirbheek.in/2023/07/webrtc-signalling.html?m=1

Services that may be easier to selfhost than Jitsi:

https://github.com/miroslavpejic85/mirotalk
https://galene.org/