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Let your viewers become your unlimitedly scalable CDN.

CDNBye hlsjs-p2p-engine implements WebRTC datachannel to scale live/vod video streaming by peer-to-peer network using bittorrent-like protocol. The forming peer network can be layed over other CDNs or on top of the origin server. Powered by hls.js, it can play HLS on any platform with many popular HTML5 players such as video.js, JWPlayer and Flowplayer.

Features

• WebRTC data channels for lightweight peer-to-peer communication with no plugins
• Support live and VOD streams over HLS protocol(m3u8)
• Support encrypted HLS stream
• Very easy to integrate with an existing hls.js project
• Seamlessly fallback to normal server usage if a browser doesn't support WebRTC
• Compatible with all CDNs, agnostic to DRM and video codecs. No service side changes required.
• Support most popular HTML5 players such as video.js、Clappr、Flowplayer
• Efficient scheduling policies to enhance the performance of P2P streaming
• Use IP database to group up peers by ISP and regions

Playground

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Browser Support

WebRTC has already been incorporated into the HTML5 standard and it is broadly deployed in modern browsers. The compatibility of CDNBye depends on the browser support of WebRTC and Hls.js. Please note that iOS Safari "Mobile" does not support the MediaSource API.

Compatibility	Chrome	Firefox	macOS Safari	Android Wechat/QQ	Opera	Edge	IE	iOS Safari
WebRTC Datachannel	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌	✔
Hls.js	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌
CDNBye	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	❌	❌

Usage

See documentation

Player Integration

Support almost all web players, click here for more information.

API and Configuration

See API.md

Console

Register your domain in dashboard, where you can view p2p-related information.

Related Projects

• hls-sw-p2p-engine - Live/VOD P2P Engine for all browsers including iOS Safari, with the help of ServiceWorker.
• android-p2p-engine - Live/VOD P2P Engine for Android and Android TV.
• ios-p2p-engine - iOS Video P2P Engine for Any Player.
• flutter-p2p-engine - Live/VOD P2P Engine for Flutter, contributed by mjl0602.
• shaka-p2p-engine - P2P engine for Shaka Player.
• dashjs-p2p-engine - Web Video Delivery Technology with No Plugins for MPEG-dash.
• mp4-sw-p2p-engine - Web Video Delivery Technology for MP4.

FAQ

We have collected some frequently asked questions. Before reporting an issue, please search if the FAQ has the answer to your problem.

Contact Us

Email: [email protected]
Skype: live:86755838
Telegram: @cdnbye