From b77b5c6d46934303593e0cdbce068e49be2a7007 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonas Smedegaard Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 11:03:25 +0100 Subject: add section Recommendations; improve slightly section Features --- README.md | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7736e33..8391e0c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,29 @@ -Multi-party: mesh, routing, or mixing. +# Hosted realtime audio/video conferencing + +## Recommendations + +These hosted services are all built with Free software +relatively simple and cheap to later fully self-host if needed. + + * + for casual "let's meet at a cafe" style meeting + * + for small groups of up to 6 persons + * + for larger meetings with dedicated speaker(s) + ## Features +Functionality to consider when considering tool/platform. + + * topology + + mesh (P2P) + all processing at end-points, participants limited by bandwidth + + routing (SFU) + light server processing, participants limited by bandwidth + + mixing (MCU) + heavy server processing * stream source efficiency + Support [simulcast](https://webrtcglossary.com/simulcast/) i.e. encode multiple streams that an SFU can "hop" between -- cgit v1.2.3