How to send video file from one peer to other and play this video file on both user's screen in loop

Muhammad Zaid Ali

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Oct 4, 2021, 6:50:18 AM10/4/21

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Hi, I want to send a video file from one peer to other as a form of Video Track and play on other user's screen in android. Is there any kind of code you can provide me.

I have done simple video communication between two peers but I want to send a local video file from device storage using webrtc media stream.

Alexander Abagian

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Oct 4, 2021, 10:46:42 AM10/4/21

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For Windows, you could use a virtual web camera, like AlterCam or Magic Camera. They both let you play a video file in a loop.

Muhammad Zaid Ali

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Oct 4, 2021, 2:21:48 PM10/4/21

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I don't wanna use the webcam, to record the video. I just want to send the mp4 file from one peer and play it on the other peer as it was playing the webcam video live.

Eric Davies

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Oct 4, 2021, 2:45:19 PM10/4/21

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Use datachannels to send the file contents and then play.
If you google for "datachannel file transfer", you should find a few examples.

Muhammad Zaid Ali

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Oct 4, 2021, 4:02:35 PM10/4/21

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Well. We can send it via a data channel but I don't wanna use a data channel, I want to use the Video Channel as I am using it for live video calling. Is that be possible to set the Video file as a Video source then send this track?

Philipp Hancke

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Oct 4, 2021, 4:05:02 PM10/4/21

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captureStream

Eric Davies

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Oct 4, 2021, 4:45:23 PM10/4/21

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Oh, then you want a custom video capture that reads from a file instead of a camera.
take a look at https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/master:third_party/webrtc/sdk/android/api/org/webrtc/FileVideoCapturer.java

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Muhammad Zaid Ali

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Oct 5, 2021, 2:06:36 AM10/5/21

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That's right, I want a custom video capture. I will give it a try

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