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amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webrtc-sdk-c

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awslabs / amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webrtc-sdk-c

amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webrtc-sdk-c

Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Webrtc SDK is for developers to install and customize realtime communication between devices and enable secure streaming of video, audio to Kinesis Video Streams.

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Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Webrtc SDK is for developers to install and customize realtime communication between devices and enable secure streaming of video, audio to Kinesis Video Streams.

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2020	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	3	1	2
2021	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	0	2
2022	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
2023	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
2024	2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	5	1	4
2025	2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	0	2

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Sean-Der·Oct 14, 2025

1.) Not something I did. I only worked on the software. 4.) Contracted because I wrote the Open Source libraries it uses. I created https://github.com/pion/webrtc and https://webrtcforthecurious.com the company reached out to me because https://github.com/sepfy/libpeer didn't work with Pion. Turned out to be a libpeer bug (which I fixed) > were you really hooked I have been doing hardware + WebRTC with lots of different projects since then. https://www.youtube.com/@seandubois86 unpaid, that's my proof at least :) > Hooked on the technology stack. Yes I enjoy doing WebRTC + C https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webr... (one of original authors) so I enjoy the tech a lot. > Hooked talking to Santa I enjoy the unexpected behaviors of Voice AI at this moment in time. In the video I asked Santa about pi, and it responded in

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a way I didn't expect. I find it absurd/entertaining. > Do you have kids that you built it for Yes. I have a few toys/personalities that I built for my kid. They make up funny scenarios/personalities and I change the prompt and put it in a different toy. It's fun.

In Show HN: AI toy I worked on is in stores

Sean-Der·Aug 20, 2025

I thought about your comment a lot. I worry that most people just say nice things (but think the opposite) so I appreciate you being direct. ----- I don't expect you to know anything about me. It made me feel like you have written me off/dismissed me when you mention HomeAssistant + WebRTC. HomeAssistant uses Go2RTC and the WebRTC library it uses is Pion[0]. I created that and maintain it. Getting WebRTC on tiny devices is something I have been working on for years and always doing it Open Source/making it best for users. ----- > comes off as doing things that have already been done before but presenting as if something novel was done. I don't think 'Hardware AI Assistant' is a novel idea. What I hoped was a novel idea was putting it in an easy to use package for others to build upon and use. WebRTC + Hardware is something I have been tr

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ying to make easier for a long time https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webr... [1] I wrote this code, but things still felt too difficult. When ESP32s got powerful enough to do WebRTC I wrote [2]. Reflect inherits from that. So I am proud of that. I have been on this journey to make RTC + cheap hardware possible so that others can build upon that. ----- Again I really appreciate your comment, and sorry to be so defensive. Someone I really respected (and I thought they respected me) said the same thing about my work not being novel. They said people have been building security cameras for years that use WebRTC, you are over inflating what you are doing. That has stuck with me. So part of me does fear that I am wasting my time trying to solve these problems. I don't think what I am doing is novel. I do think that I am solving it differently because I make it accessible/Open Source. Most people solving these problems/building it just keep their code at work and don't try to help others use it. If you are up for it shoot me an email sean@pion.ly and https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-dubois/ I would love to have a friend that calls me out/is honest whats good work and what is just BS :) ----- [0] https://github.com/pion/webrtc [1] https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webr... [2] https://github.com/Sean-Der/embedded-sdk

In Show HN: OpenAI/reflect – Physical AI Assistant that illuminates your life

Sean-Der·Sep 16, 2024

Check out the initial commit of https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webr... it was Pure C and simple. Early versions of https://github.com/pion/webrtc used lots of cgo its an enjoyable read I find. The glue is higher level (interesting part) but the parts you don’t need the details on (DTLS, SRTP….) are abstracted away

In Open Source security camera on Raspberry Pi

Sean-Der·Apr 19, 2024

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(Python) * GStreamer’s webrtcbin (C)

In VoRS: Vo(IP) Simple Alternative to Mumble

lxgr·Apr 19, 2024

> WebRTC-based solutions are insane bloated incredible monsters [...] They work mainly only if you use the same kind of software and codecs, for example Chromium[...] That's just not true anymore these days. I've used WebRTC between Firefox, Safari, and Chrome without any issues. > only if you use the same kind of software and codecs, for example Chromium, that requires dozens of gigabytes of disk space and much RAM, CPU time to build it. There seem to be non-browser implementations [1] [2], although I can't vouch for their quality. [1] https://liburtc.org/ [2] https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webr...

In VoRS: Vo(IP) Simple Alternative to Mumble

seansh·Jan 7, 2024Submission

Pure C WebRTC

107 points · Open discussion

Sean-Der·Jan 5, 2024

In WebRTC for the Curious (2020)

Sean-Der·May 31, 2023

In WebRTC support being added to FFmpeg

Sean-Der·May 29, 2022

Yes! I have used it in production with these. * FaceTime @ Apple https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212619 * KVS and Chime @ AWS https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webr.... Lots of security cameras and robots use it, not public though. * Lightstream https://golightstream.com . Cloud compositing and other magic. I also have something I am working on now that isn't public yet that is using WebRTC. Really excited to see what people build with it/what it inspires next. It is kind of amazing everywhere you will find WebRTC. Stadia, Boston Dynamics, Zoom, Meet, Security Systems, Drones etc... It is probable that you use WebRTC in production everyday :)

In Show HN: WebRTC Nuts and Bolts, A holistic way of understanding how WebRTC runs

Sean-Der·Apr 8, 2021

In A simple C implementation to stream H.264 to browser using WebRTC

Sean-Der·Jan 27, 2021

This is so exciting. WebRTC is our best hope to have video interop between platforms. I love that it works outside web browsers, compeitors like WebTransport assume a 100% browser world. Or you have protocols like RTMP/SRT... that will never make it into the browser. WebRTC might be our best bet to establish P2P connectivity between all languages/platforms. Would love to get rid of the single point of falure in Pub/Sub systems. WebRTC also feels like a great path towards easy cloud-agnostic code. You can use lots of different languages, and not dependent on SDKs/Servers. * https://github.com/aiortc/aiortc (Python) * GStreamer’s webrtcbin (C) * https://github.com/shinyoshiaki/werift-webrtc (Typescript) * https://github.com/pion/webrtc (Golang) * https://github.com/webrtc-rs/webrtc (Rust) * https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-st

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reams-webr... (C/Embedded) * https://webrtc.googlesource.com/src/ (C++) * https://github.com/rawrtc/rawrtc (C++) ---- Then you have a couple that aren't Open Source. But proves it is possible for these platforms also. * Shiguredo (Erlang) * |pipe| (Java) ---- If you are new to WebRTC I have been working on making it more accessible https://webrtcforthecurious.com. I am currently pretty tied up with Pion so haven't been able to make much progress lately.

In WebRTC is now a W3C and IETF standard

Sean-Der·Aug 30, 2020

Hey HN! This is a book I am working on to help de-mystify WebRTC. It is wonderful technology, but many find it hard to understand. Especially if you don't have a telephony background. Before this I worked on https://github.com/pion/webrtc and https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webr... I wanted to share all my knowledge from working on these. ------ Come learn about the WebRTC specification and how all the protocols work in depth, not just a tour of the APIs. The book is completely Open Source and available at https://github.com/webrtc-for-the-curious/webrtc-for-the-cur... Learn the full details of ICE, SCTP, DTLS, SRTP, and how they work together to make up the WebRTC stack. Hear how WebRTC implementers debug issues with the tools of the trade. Listen to interviews with the authors of foundational WebRTC tech! Hear th

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e motivations and design details that pre-dated WebRTC by 20 years. Explore the cutting edge of what people are building with WebRTC. Learn about interesting use cases and how real-world applications get designed, tested and implemented in production. Written by developers who have written all of this from scratch. We learned it the hard way, now we want to share it with you! This book is vendor agnostic and multiple Open Source projects and companies are involved. We would love to have you involved! reply

In Show HN: Learn how WebRTC actually works. A book on the protocols, not just APIs

Sean-Der·Aug 26, 2020

Hey HN! This is a book I am working on to help de-mystify WebRTC. It is wonderful technology, but many find it hard to understand. Especially if you don't have a telephony background. Before this I worked on https://github.com/pion/webrtc and https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webr... This is a place to direct people instead of answering the same questions :) ------ Come learn about the WebRTC specification and how all the protocols work in depth, not just a tour of the APIs. The book is completely Open Source and available at https://github.com/webrtc-for-the-curious/webrtc-for-the-cur... Learn the full details of ICE, SCTP, DTLS, SRTP, and how they work together to make up the WebRTC stack. Hear how WebRTC implementers debug issues with the tools of the trade. Listen to interviews with the authors of foundational We

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bRTC tech! Hear the motivations and design details that pre-dated WebRTC by 20 years. Explore the cutting edge of what people are building with WebRTC. Learn about interesting use cases and how real-world applications get designed, tested and implemented in production. Written by developers who have written all of this from scratch. We learned it the hard way, now we want to share it with you! This book is vendor agnostic and multiple Open Source projects and companies are involved. We would love to have you involved!

In Show HN: WebRTC for the Curious – Go Beyond the APIs

Sean-Der·Jan 4, 2020Submission

Show HN: Pure C WebRTC implementation for embedded devices

251 points · Open discussion

Sean-Der·Dec 25, 2019

Do you know of anyone that is interested in bridging that gap? I only have done user-space/embedded WebRTC. After Pion WebRTC I got hired to write a pure C WebRTC implementation [0] that is at around ~700kb. It does media + DataChannels. I want to eventually explore building a very minimal SCTP implementation and maybe get the binary size sub 400Kb. IoT/Embedded is just getting warmed up to WebRTC, I am really excited to see what happens next. [0] https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webr...

In Why was SCTP selected for WebRTC’s data channel? (2014)