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Updates from webrtcHacks.com - a blog for WebRTC developers - and discussions on other RTC-related topics.
The #MoQ vs. #WebRTC debate has been missing use case details. See our new post for an analysis of:
* 1:1 calls
* #VoiceAI
* Meetings
* Streaming
* Live streaming
* Webinars / Townhalls
WebRTC vs. MoQ by Use Case - webrtcHacks
WebRTC vs. MoQ by use case—1:1 calls, Voice AI, meetings, and live 1→many. See where MoQ, WebRTC, and HLS each win with details.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New post: Is everyone switching to #MoQ? Fippo responds to some FUD about #WebRTC in a recent MoQ launch post with some historical perspective & Chrome Status data
Is everyone switching to MoQ from WebRTC? - webrtcHacks
Media over QUIC (MoQ) hype check: WebTransport usage data with a rebuttal to Cloudflare’s post—why no one has switched to MoQ from WebRTC.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
New webrtcHacks post: how OpenAI does #WebRTC in the new gpt-realtime. A look at the new calls endpoint, ICE negotiation improvements, and sending 🎥video to the LLM with a easy to follow single html file demo

The post with demo and links to the repo: webrtchacks.com/how-openai-d...
How OpenAI does WebRTC in the new gpt-realtime - webrtcHacks
A review of OpenAI's WebRTC implementation in the new gpt-realtime including session setup, ICE updates, and video input
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September 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🎧 New post: Meta’s Fengdeng Lyu unpacks libWebRTC’s #NetEQ audio jitter buffer — #WebRTC’s secret weapon for smooth audio. Fengdeng starts with some jitter concepts and then walks through the code’s many algorithms:
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How WebRTC’s NetEQ Jitter Buffer Provides Smooth Audio - webrtcHacks
Explore WebRTC’s NetEQ jitter buffer with Meta’s Fengdeng Lyu. This post starts with concepts such as jitter, loss, playout, and concealment. It then reviews the Chromium libWebRTC implementation and ...
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June 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
New post: OpenAI & WebRTC Q&A with Sean DuBois - details on OpenAI’s implementation direct from the developer working on it. Lightly edited video, transcript, and additional notes, links, and commentary from the Sean @pion.ly interview: webrtchacks.com/openai-webrt...
OpenAI & WebRTC Q&A with Sean DuBois - webrtcHacks
OpenAI is utilizing WebRTC for its Realtime API! Even better, webrtcHacks friend and Pion founder Sean DuBois helped to develop it and agreed to a Q&A about the implementation. It is not often a massi...
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April 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Reminder: Livestream with OpenAI developer Sean DuBois (@pion.ly ) on their #WebRTC implementation this Thursday at 17:00 CEST / 11:00 AM EDT / 8:00 AM PDT.

Register here: events.ringcentral.com/events/opena...
OpenAI Realtime WebRTC Q&A with Sean DuBois - Apr 10 | RingCentral Events
Get tickets to OpenAI Realtime WebRTC Q&A with Sean DuBois, taking place 04/10/2025. RingCentral Events is your source for engaging events and experiences.
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April 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Upcoming live stream Thurs, April 10 -11:00 AM EDT / 17:00 CEST: OpenAI’s #WebRTC implementation w/ lead dev Sean DuBois.
Topics:
- @pion.ly role
- their different WebRTC deployments
- architectural decisions
- what's next + audience Q&A

Register here:
OpenAI Realtime WebRTC Q&A with Sean DuBois - Apr 10 | RingCentral Events
Get tickets to OpenAI Realtime WebRTC Q&A with Sean DuBois, taking place 04/10/2025. RingCentral Events is your source for engaging events and experiences.
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April 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
New post: Measuring the response latency of OpenAIs WebRTC-based Realtime API by @hcornflower.bsky.social

Fippo shows how to measure OpenAI's response latency using #WebRTC and VoIP tools with an analysis of the results.
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Measuring the response latency of OpenAIs WebRTC-based Realtime API - webrtcHacks
How to measure OpenAI's response latency using WebRTC and VoIP tools with an analysis of the results
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April 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
New post: The Unofficial Guide to OpenAI Realtime WebRTC API - full code walkthrough with architecture, #WebRTC tips, data channel messages, and functions by Chad Hart

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March 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
New post: 2024 WebRTC in Open Source Review: A Quantitative Analysis by Chad Hart - data analysis of millions of GitHub events to uncover #WebRTC developer and technology trends.

Edited and annotated transcript of Dec's live stream on this topic.

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2024 WebRTC in Open Source Review: A Quantitative Analysis - webrtcHacks
Data analysis of millions of GitHub events to track developer activity and tech trends driving the evolution of open-source WebRTC
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January 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
How in 2025 does MS Word still manage to lose hours of edits? Is auto-save no longer a thing?
Oh, it is because I didn't setup OneDrive and save it there ☹️

The next webrtcHacks post may be delayed...
January 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
We are switching to a new hosting provider. If you see any problems with webrtchacks.com, please let me know!
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January 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
New post from @HCornflower: 2025 update and step-by-step guide on how to use the video_replay #WebRTC tool to playback captured audio and video for debugging and analysis.
Use this to up your WebRTC bug report game!

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Capture & Replay WebRTC video streams for debugging – video_replay 2025 update - webrtcHacks
Learn how to capture and replay video streams for effective debugging in this step-by-step guide on WebRTC's video_replay tool.
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January 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Interesting comparing the new #OpenAI realtime API with #WebRTC vs. what is running now on chatGPT. 1 PeerConnection vs 2.. No RED
December 18, 2024 at 12:41 PM
I am looking into #WebRTC + AR/VR/MR, WebRTC + [ML|MoQ|WHIP|WHEP], trending repos in 2024, and more on "2024 WebRTC in Open-Source Review: A Quantitative Analysis".
We start in just about 3 hours (11 ET).

Sign up here to join: events.ringcentral.com/events/webrt...
December 10, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Upcoming live stream on Tuesday, December 10: #WebRTC Open Source Trends and Analysis by Chad Hart, moderated by Tsahi Levent-Levi

We'll look at #MoQ, #WHIP, #WebCodecs, AI, compare languages, top Qs, trending repos, and more!

Sign up for the invite here: events.ringcentral.com/events/webrt...
December 2, 2024 at 10:31 PM
New post: Power-up getStats for Client Monitoring
by Balázs Kreith. Useful insights with code for using #WebRTC's getStats data for common issues – network congestion, CPU overuse, stuck tracks, and frozen video webrtchacks.com/power-up-get...
September 3, 2024 at 10:27 AM