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Show HN: Transfer files between computers using WebRTC

81 pointsby erbbysamabout 12 years ago

11 comments

aviswanathanabout 12 years ago
One of the coolest implementations of WebRTC is a project my friend launched called PeerCDN (<a href="https://peercdn.com/" rel="nofollow">https://peercdn.com/</a>) - basically allows you to reduce bandwidth costs by leveraging the resources of active users on your app.
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jodrellblankabout 12 years ago
Welcome to 1991, Web browsers.<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Client-to-Client" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Client-to-Client</a>
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ianlevesqueabout 12 years ago
This is neat. I've been meaning to do something like it myself for fun. I'd be far more interested in one that just let's you drop a file and gives you a URL for your friend to visit with no other steps. Having one of these services that does the transfer directly peer to peer without accounts or setup steps would be great.
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plaesabout 12 years ago
How about testing the WebRTC availability straight on the frontpage?
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pbhjpbhjabout 12 years ago
Opera Unite was trying to do peer-to-peer centrally indexed file sharing as part of their offering I think (<a href="http://unite.opera.com/application/132/" rel="nofollow">http://unite.opera.com/application/132/</a>).<p>I blogged about it back in 2009 anyhow (under the self-effacing title of "Opera is about to change the world?!"!).
leeoniyaabout 12 years ago
any specific reason why it's chrome-only?<p><a href="http://www.webrtc.org/firefox" rel="nofollow">http://www.webrtc.org/firefox</a>
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duanebabout 12 years ago
Is this an encrypted/secure connection? I don't see how without certs.
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thomasbkabout 12 years ago
My Chrome tab crashed when I tried sending a 440mb file!
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shacharzabout 12 years ago
<a href="http://sharefest.me" rel="nofollow">http://sharefest.me</a> is another file sharing platform, works both on chrome and firefox (but not inter-operable yet).
ianlevesqueabout 12 years ago
I suspect the same reasons outlined here: <a href="http://peerjs.com/status" rel="nofollow">http://peerjs.com/status</a>
scotty79about 12 years ago
Could you make it work on Chromium on Linux?
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