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Can someone explain how mediasoup differs from the RTCPeerConnection object (and related events) discussed in this Mozilla webrtc tutorial [0]? Given that it uses c++ I figure that mediasoup is more than just a wrapper around this? Any usability or reliability benefits of either?

[0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebRTC_API/...

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mediasoup (server side, so the Node + C++ component you mean) does not implement "RTCPeerConnection". That's just needed for browsers. In mediasoup we don't use SDP but specific RTP parameters as defined here:

https://mediasoup.org/documentation/v3/mediasoup/rtp-paramet...

If you want to know why we don't use SDP (as communication means between client and server) here a good reading: https://webrtchacks.com/webrtc-sdp-inaki-baz-castillo/

Ah, okay, whenever I think webrtc I assume p2p with no server but I am now actually reading into what SFU is, etc. Makes sense. Thanks for pointer to these resources.

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