Broadcast Box
Infrastructure
live streaming server
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How HN took it
5 positive, 28 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 37 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Performance: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Low latency enables interactive co-streaming and games played together
From 2 comments
If this does what it says it does I'll be a very happy user. Playing RPGs 'together' with somebody over the internet isn't that much fun if they are a second or more behind in…
mckirk on HNI see the following statement in the README: “You could also use P2P to pull other broadcasters into your stream. No special configuration or servers required anymore to get…
monocularvision on HN
Simulcast and AV1/H265 support reduce server cost and enable lower-bandwidth broadcasting
From 1 comment
I created Broadcast Box originally as a reference server to test OBS against. It was way easier for people to test my WebRTC/WHIP PRs against. Seeing people use it I am seeing…
Sean-Der on HN
Objections
WebRTC behind symmetric NAT needs TURN servers, which are hard to get free
From 1 comment
IMO This has the same problems inherent to WebRTC itself, which is that a large percentage of users in the world are behind symmetric or CG NAT and so TURN relay servers are…
ranger_danger on HN
Latency claims are misleading versus RTMP and HLS
From 2 comments
> Sub-second Latency > Broadcast Box uses WebRTC for broadcast and playback. By using WebRTC instead of RTMP and HLS you get the fastest experience possible. Nothing in RTMP…
eqvinox on HNhttps://www.obe.tv/how-to-lie-about-latency/
chgs on HN
Requests
Open-source scalable WebRTC distribution to many viewers
From 1 comment
What's the state of the art in distributing WebRTC to 100k+ clients? When I was more into the low latency streaming space a few years ago, it felt like WebRTC was there when it…
filleokus on HN
Chat and multi-stream overlays for co-streaming
From 2 comments
So can I use this to record multiple streamers, add commentary and tracker overlays, to stream it back to twitch? I've been wanting to make something like this for a while...
nubinetwork on HNyou know, almost every time i try to talk with my family on jitsi, there's some kind of glitch. they can't see my screen, or i can't see theirs, or they can see it but only in…
kragen on HN
Questions
How does distribution scale to 100k+ clients?
From 1 comment
What's the state of the art in distributing WebRTC to 100k+ clients? When I was more into the low latency streaming space a few years ago, it felt like WebRTC was there when it…
filleokus on HN
What is the bandwidth cost on a VPS?
From 1 comment
Assuming I run this on a vps, what would be the bandwidth cost?
thih9 on HN
Alternatives named
Cloudflare Stream WebRTC
From 1 comment
People interested in this project might also be interested in Cloudflare's webrtc streaming service¹ as a cloud hosted solution to this same problem. "Sub-second latency live…
iod on HN
mediamtx
From 1 comment
Is there a reason why I'd want to use Broadcast Box instead of mediamtx, which features RTMP, RTSP, WebRTC/WHIP, and (LL)HLS in a single small binary?
oarsinsync on HN
OvenMediaEngine
From 1 comment
I've been using OvenMediaEngine for years which seems to be the same thing as this, but this looks pretty promising I'll give it a shot
Laesx on HN
Galene
From 1 comment
Lots of options! More and more WebRTC SFUs are adding WHIP support. Check out https://galene.org/ it lets you do OBS in and has things like chat. Might be better if you are…
Sean-Der on HN
vdo.ninja
From 1 comment
vdo.ninja is a fantastic project, can’t recommend it enough. It made the dream of ‘co-streaming’ available to home users and not just those with hardware/pro setups.
Sean-Der on HN