Revolutionary: Chrome and Firefox (beta) implement WebRTC calls

Alejandro (a.k.a KZKG^Gaara)

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 WebRTC is a set of standards, among which are HTML5 and Javascript, which allow you to capture the audio and video streaming from the microphone and the webcam directly through the browser. This would mean the end of Flash to perform conferences y video calls and, of course, it will quickly become a serious threat to Skype or Whatsapp and the like.

The future of video calls it is going to revolutionize ... shortly. Don't miss out on this preview.


WebRTC uses Opus (audio codec) and VP8 (video codec) respectively, as well as DTLS-SRTP for encryption and ICE for connection.

If you are a web developer, you can get started with the technology by installing Chrome 25 beta or the latest Firefox nightly build. All you have to do is use a special JavaScript library.

Programming something with RTCPeerConnection is so simple that they expect developers to start creating web applications from now on, and it is thought that in a short time services such as Google Talk, Hangouts and Skype will also be able to use this technology.

The most beautiful thing about all this is that you will not need to install any external plug-ins for it to work. Google and Mozilla again on the crest of the wave.

If you want to see how WebRTC works, don't miss the following video in which a Firefox developer contacts a Google Chrome developer using WebRTC over a secure HTTPS connection.

What do you think? Will this be the end of video calls as we know them?

More info at: WebRTC


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  1.   pichabrava said
    ago 11 years

    I think that without a doubt this is the future, see services like facebook or gmail, which already integrate this type of possibility (although still depending on external parties) it is a matter of time before these agents are relegated in pursuit of these new technologies.

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  2.   jesus perales Israel Martínez said
    ago 11 years

    "What do you think? Is this the end of video calls as we know them? "

    R = no if microsoft can avoid it, adopt extend and extinguish, remember

    Reply to jesus israel perales martinez
  3.   Andrés said
    ago 11 years

    What interesting news, hopefully if it is the end of video calls as we know them, as they ask the question here, because of the current services that I know for video calls Skype stood out until recently, this before Microsoft bought it, because really yes The detriment of this application has been noticed little by little.

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