This demo is an example of how you can use the Video Room plugin to implement a simple videoconferencing application. In particular, this demo page allows you to have up to 6 active participants at the same time: more participants joining the room will be instead just passive users. No mixing is involved: all media are just relayed in a publisher/subscriber approach. This means that the plugin acts as a SFU (Selective Forwarding Unit) rather than an MCU (Multipoint Control Unit).
If you're interested in testing how simulcasting or SVC can be
used within the context of a videoconferencing application,
just pass a ?simulcast=true (for simulcast) or
?svc=<mode> (for SVC) query string to the
url of this page and reload it. Notice that simulcast will
only work when using VP8 or H.264 (or, if you're using a
recent version of Chrome, VP9 and AV1 too), while SVC will
only work if you're using VP9 or AV1 on a browser that
supports setting the scalabilityMode. Besides,
notice that simulcasting/SVC will only be sent if the browser
thinks there is enough bandwidth, so you may have to play with
the Bandwidth selector to increase it. New buttons to play
with the feature will automatically appear for viewers when
receiving any simulcast/SVC stream. Notice that no
simulcast/SVC support is needed for watching, only for
publishing.
To use the demo, just insert a username to join the default room that is configured. This will add you to the list of participants, and allow you to automatically send your audio/video frames and receive the other participants' feeds. The other participants will appear in separate panels, whose title will be the names they chose when registering at the demo.
Press the Start button above to launch the demo.