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Voice chat in WebGL?

Discussion in 'Web' started by Edvard-D, May 28, 2020.

  1. Edvard-D

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    I've been searching around forbfor a voice chat option for projects that aren't using Photon but haven't had much luck. Is that really all that's available?
     
    Edvard-D, May 28, 2020
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  2. TymNetwork

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    I took the PHOTON Voice 2 Chat from the assetstore and got errors when I changed the build settings to WEBGL.
    Then I also looked for other voicechat using WEBGL and found NONE...
    Still not going to give up, but its a hard task.
     
    TymNetwork, Feb 1, 2021
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  3. jukka_j

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    Unfortunately it does not look like the main page at least at https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/audio/photon-voice-2-130518 would advertise WebGL support.

    The general issue with voice chat in web browsers is that browsers do not have access to UDP networking, which is what voice chat generally uses. This means that existing native plugins cannot be directly recompiled to work in a web browser.

    Web instead has a specification called WebRTC, which governs voice and video communication. For a voice chat application to work well, it should be based on this specification. With a quick search, I find https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/network/webrtc-video-chat-68030, although that is for full video chat. Maybe it could be configured to only do audio (the WebRTC spec treats them similarly). Unfortunately I do not have experience with that asset plugin, and it is commercially priced, so definitely do research around it before deciding on a purchase.
     
    jukka_j, Feb 2, 2021
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  4. TymNetwork

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    I used WebRTC for 2 years. For $10 I could talk 1-to-1 for 30 hours a month.
    Each person connected to WEBRTC takes minutes off my allocated 30 hours a month.
    Example ( 4 people take 4 minutes per minute of time all at once) Not worth the cost to extend the time per month.
    FREE WEBRTC would would work for the world...but over $2000 a month is bull$hit....
     
    TymNetwork, Feb 11, 2021
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  5. Ikaro88

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    I have the exatly same problem, how did you solve?
     
    Ikaro88, Mar 21, 2021
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  6. Ikaro88

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    About this i found this:

    https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/com.unity.webrtc

    It can help me?
    Where i can learn more of how to implement it?
     
    Ikaro88, Mar 28, 2021
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  7. Bedov

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    Hi people!

    I know that this is old post, but I'm curios, had someone find the solution to this? Is it possible maybe to have a voice chat parallely working outside the webgl on the same page?
     
    Bedov, Jan 31, 2022
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  8. manuelgoellnitz

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    Photon Voice does not work in WebGL, because it uses Threads, i think.
     
    manuelgoellnitz, Feb 1, 2022
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  9. Saaskun

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    Saaskun, Mar 14, 2022
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  10. WilliamLeu

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    :/ I might be able to help whoever to get that PixelEuphoria content to work, but honestly, it's quite jank - and only solves a portion of the entire problem: (efficient) internet streaming and streaming audio playback weren't touched.

    If I REALLY wanted WebGL support and it didn't have to mirror the API of other Unity platforms, an option I would consider would be what Bedov suggested - find a browser solution (a pure Javascript voice chat library - GitHub probably has plenty of free options) and control that JavaScript library from a Unity WebGL plugin, all in the same page.
     
    WilliamLeu, Apr 18, 2022
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  11. kimvasquez17

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    post it here if you have a workaround using PixelEuphoria content. I'm still finding a solution for the microphone in webgl
     
    kimvasquez17, Nov 2, 2022
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