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Re: Query about Chromecast extension for P2PSP.

 

Hi Annanay,

Remember that P2PSP protocol is agnostic of the content media type. Thus,
if the stream is, for instance, WebM or MP4, the encoding process is not
necessary. I think that you can stream it to Chromecast directly.

Regards.

El sáb., 21 de marzo de 2015 a las 15:39, Annanay Agarwal (<
cs14btech11001@xxxxxxxxxx>) escribió:

> In the GSoC ideas page for P2PSP, the 13th idea states Chromecast support
> for P2PSP. There are two ways of providing chromecast support to a project.
> One is through a Google Cast API (which is used by Google play music,
> netflix etc ) but google has strict guidelines and restrictions on these
> users. However, the other method is through a Google Cast Extension which
> is easier because Chromecast offers WebRTC support. The only problem,
> however, with this is since Chromecast will create a lightweight HTML5 page
> every time data is sent through the <video> tag of HTML5, the data will be
> encoded and transmitted. This requires better computers which may not be
> available to our users at all times. Since the position of a peer in a
> network on P2PSP is extremely important considering the DBS set of rules, I
> don't think this will be a viable option.
> I request you to kindly assist me with this.
> Regards
> Annanay Agarwal
> cs14btech11001@xxxxxxxxxx
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