Making WebRTC available for FreeBSD

[Niklas Enbom]

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/codesearch#search/&q=enable_webrtc&sq=package:chromium&type=cs


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Joe Nosay <superbisquit at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Niklas Enbom <niklas.enbom at webrtc.org>wrote:
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>> Hey guys, not sure what this refers to. The G+ post talks about porting
>> the gtalk plugin to freeBSD. WebRTC is an effort in the opposite direction
>> (no plugins needed). Afaik there is a Chromium build for freeBSD that
>> should support WebRTC (unless it's disabled at build).
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>> Niklas
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>> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Joe Nosay <superbisquit at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> https://plus.google.com/110946378055202199166/posts/8iTsSCatk4x
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>>> The process has been started :
>>> http://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=44691
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>>> Dependencies needed- referenced in "howto" and webrtc dependencies:
>>> libbrlapi from brltty.
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>>> Benefits: Native client and sever side of WebRTC applications for
>>> FreeBSD and possibly other BSDs.
>>> Eliminated dependency for Linuixlator based applications thus cutting
>>> down on hardware resource use.
>>> Eliminated need for other simulated and emulated programs to run Skype
>>> or other voice-and-video binaries. I.e. Wine, VirtualBox, qemu, et cetera,
>>> et al.
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>>> Since it is known that Sony's PS4 uses FreeBSD as the basis for its OS,
>>> WebRTC could be implemented as a native application on the platform/console
>>> thus allowing users to communicater in real time while gaming.
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>>> Why am I proposing this?
>>> 1. Adrian Chadd asked on Google+ and nowhere else. I decided to bring
>>> his proposal to the public and attempt an initial starting phase.
>>> 2. Users would not be limited to having only a few selected operating
>>> systems at their disposal. Developers could easily communicate with each
>>> other.
>>> 3. Real time sharing/viewing of conventions. This would give the
>>> community another window into the development of FreeBSD.
>>> 4. Companies such as IxSystems and Sony would be able to contact
>>> develoers while simultaneously working on a FreeBSD/FreeBSD_based system.
>>> 5. FreeBSD developers would be able to give feedback on the development
>>> of WebRTC sources.
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>>> Being that I am limited on resources, is it possible that others could
>>> take over what was started?
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> How is it implemented at build time?
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