hypercast-browser

louiscenter/hypercast refactored as a standalone browser-only module (no Electron!).

Both broadcasting and viewing requires Beaker Browser.

Install

With Browserify:

npm install --save hypercast-browser

var Hypercast = require('hypercast-browser')

Or without it:

<script src="dist/hypercast.js"></script>

API

Hypercast.broadcast(mediaStream, opts)

Broadcasts a new MediaStream over the Dat protocol. Returns a Dat URL of the stream archive.

mediaStream - A WebRTC MediaStream.

opts - Options object. Defaults are:

{
    interval: 10
    mimeType: 'video/webm; codecs="opus,vp8"'
}

Hypercast.view(url, opts)

Views a Hypercast stream via the Dat protocol. Returns a video element that will play the stream.

url - Dat URL of stream archive. (Get this from broadcast!)

opts - Options object. Defaults are:

{
    videoElement: null // Specify this to provide your own video element
    mimeType: 'video/webm; codecs="opus,vp8"'
}