[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] 5 year plan & Inovation

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 08:31:42PM +0200, Timo Rothenpieler wrote:
> On 17.04.2024 20:22, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 05:55:04PM +0200, Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 17 Apr 2024, at 17:22, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > > > > > * ffchat
> > > > > >   (expand into realtime chat / zoom) this would
> > > > > >   bring in more users and developers, and we basically have almost
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Better leave that for others.
> > > > > There's an infinite amount of discord clones already.
> > > > 
> > > > iam not following that genre that much ...
> > > > so let me ask
> > > > are there any that
> > > > * preserve privacy (discord is not secure/private)
> > > > * allow audio / video / text chat
> > > > * scalable
> > > > * need no central server
> > > 
> > > Matrix? Elements? Mattermost? Rocket.chat? Jitsi?
> > 
> > These seem quite complex systems
> > 
> > Matrix says "(optional) end-to-end encryption" which for me is a fail
> > 
> > https://jitsi.org/security/
> > nicely explains their security. And i agree that anything running
> > primarely in a browser controlled by google cannot provide security/privacy
> > 
> > what i had in mind with ffchat initially was a much simpler system
> > simply something where 2+ people could connect and communicate with
> > video and audio (text being easy to add).
> > 
> > The complexity of ffchat would be more between /doc/examples and
> > ffplay.
> > My basic idea was that people would be identified by their public key
> > hash + DNS name. And then just setup a connection in a ffplay like
> > interface.
> 
> That sounds a bit like re-inventing Tox.

indeed, i didnt know tox. So this would leave this just being a code
example or a much more massive project both seem not that usefull or
realistic ATM. the only problem is


> Which sadly seems a bit dead.

yes, tox seems dead

thx

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