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> Does WebRTC strike anyone as too many things in one package?

It does too many things. I want to use WebRTC data channels for a multiplayer game, but the current implementation libraries tie-in all the media components. It would be nice if there was a WebRTC implementation that provided data channels without having the media functionality.

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While we don't provide a build target for compiling the data channel without the audio and video parts, it's not that hard to remove from the build. It's just some build file hacking (basically remove webrtcvideoengine.cc and webrtcvoiceengine.cc).

Would you mind filing an issue at https://code.google.com/p/webrtc/issues/list to ask us to make a nicer build target? It won't be top priority, but we get around to it. Or better yet, if you get it working, send a patch. We'd probably include such a build target.

I've filed the issue here: https://code.google.com/p/webrtc/issues/detail?id=3892

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