vchat
v0.9.12
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An experimental video chat server/client hybrid
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Video Chat
A program by: Michael Conaway
A standalone peer to peer video chat application written with Ember.js and NW.js.
This application does not require an external signaling server, it IS the signaling server as well as the video client.
(For now, it will auto-negotiate data-streams using public STUN servers. A future improvement is to implement STUN within the app as well.)
To Host: Simply click the "Host Conversation" button, and tell the app which port to listen on. Please note, that as a host you must setup port forwarding on your router to allow outside connections to make contact and setup a P2P stream share.
To Join: Simply click the "Join Conversation" button and dial-in to the host's external IP and listening port.
Prerequisites
You will need the following things properly installed on your computer to develop or build this application:
Development Setup
git clone <repository-url>
this repository- change into the vchat directory
npm install
bower install
Running / Development
ember nw
- This will build and launch the app in node-webkit (NW.js).
Code Generators
Make use of the many generators for code, try ember help generate
for more details
Running Tests
ember nw:test
- This will build and test the app exclusively in node-webkit (NW.js).
ember nw:test --server
- This will build and test the app in node-webkit (NW.js) as well as in ember's server mode.
Building
ember nw:package
(defaults to production)ember nw:package --environment development
(dev releases)
Deploying
Running 'ember nw:package' will produce a standalone application within the build folder.
Currently, builds are added to the folder using path <version>/<os type>/<app>
.
Special Thanks
- Ember.js Team [http://emberjs.com]
- Node.js Team [https://nodejs.org]
- Gridster.js Team [http://gridster.net/]
- Uri.js Team [http://medialize.github.io/URI.js/]
- Bootstrap Team [http://getbootstrap.com/]
- Load Awesome CSS Team [http://github.danielcardoso.net/load-awesome/]
- brzpegasus [https://github.com/brzpegasus/ember-cli-node-webkit]
Further Reading / Useful Links
Development Browser Extensions
STUN server to allow the app to run it's own NAT breakthrough
- https://github.com/enobufs/stun
For using the app without a private STUN server
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20068944/webrtc-stun-stun-l-google-com19302
STUN list
- http://olegh.ftp.sh/public-stun.txt
WebRTC info
- http://blog.mgechev.com/2014/12/26/multi-user-video-conference-webrtc-angularjs-yeoman/