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This is nice, I've tried to build a simple streaming server myself, so couple of questions if you don't mind:

1. What technology are you using for communication of chat text and video ? WebRTC/Web Sockets/ RMTP or something else.

2. Whats the latency like for videos?

3. Does the project has any controls/customization for video player?

1. Websockets

2. Depends on the size of chunks and amount of files in the HLS playlist. Both are configurable values. Anywhere between 3 and 20 seconds

3. Not yet, but it's planned

Interesting that you're using web sockets for video, any particular reason why?

Sorry, that was a misunderstanding. Only the chat is using web sockets, the video stream is served as HLS.