This is a fork of https://github.com/WofWca/video-call-over-email.
A webxdc app for actual video calls over actual email (albeit with 15-second ping (but it may improve soon)) over the recently added real-time P2P webxdc channels.
This is just a prototype.
As was said, this is a webxdc app. It requires a webxdc-supporting messenger to run. Delta Chat is one such messenger.
However, as of 2024-06-21, sending audio/video won't work on unmodified versions of Delta Chat, but this may change in the near future.
Receiving video does work on regular Delta Chat, so you can play around with the app without having to convince your friends to modify their Delta Chat.
Below are instructions on how to modify Delta Chat. But make sure not to launch any webxdc apps that you don't trust on the modified version of Delta Chat as it is insecure. These instructions were tested on Delta Chat 1.46.1.
DeltaChat/resources/app.asar
file in the app folder.tsc-dist/main/deltachat/webxdc.js
file inside the archive.Find the line
const permission_handler = (permission) => {
and add a line
return true; // ADDED BY ME
right below it.
.xdc
file with ./create-xdc.sh
, or just download it from the "Releases" section..xdc
file to a chat.Because it's funny.
And it might actually become an actually useful video call app, when:
Nope, it's not WebRTC.
MediaRecorder
.webxdc.sendUpdate()
)realtimeChannel.send()
.When we receive data, deserialize it and display it using Media Source Extensions API.
If you just want to see how the app feels, without actually using email, go to https://wofwca.github.io/video-call-over-email/ .