Hello, I need to send a volumetric video as binary via webRTC datachannel. I try it with another webRTC library but I would like to try with mediasoup. Datachannel text message is a feature, I have read in the documentation but binary exchange is a feature as well? Thanks in advance and sorry for …

I have found this information in the documentation, sorry. Just use router.createDirectTransport() to create a DirectTransport and then create use directTransport.consumeData() on it to create a DataConsumer that will receive the data messages sent by WebRTC endpoints. The new dataConsumer.on('mes…

What’s the difference between DataProducer.send() and DataConsumer.send()? Why latest is more optimal?

In a DataConsumer created on a WebRtcTransport you can directly call send() which means no need to send the data through a DataProducer first.

Will need to read source code to understand it better, but thank you anyway :slight_smile:

Data binaries exchange via webRTC datachannels is a feature??

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ibc (Iñaki Baz Castillo) September 8, 2022, 10:41pm 3

There is also daraConsumer.send() for WebRTC based DataConsumers which is more optimal. It’s documented in the API section.

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Data binaries exchange via webRTC datachannels is a feature??

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