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Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta

Reputation: 3797

WebRTC Local Video

When we use getUserMedia to get local video and attach to a video element the video element looks like this :

<video src="blob:https%3A//<domainName>%3A8443/5b1c2e58-b2a2-445a-82d6-9819572bcf30" autoplay=""></video>

In the src attribute, we can see that video element is getting the stream using https. Does that mean this video element is getting stream through the internet(like a remote stream is received) or video tag is smart enough to know whether this stream is coming from local camera and doesnot go to the internet.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 501

Answers (1)

Antonin M.
Antonin M.

Reputation: 1784

This is a blob URI. The video tag retrieves a blob object stored in the memory of your browser (Chrome). It does not retrieve it directly from Internet.

However, before being in memory of your browser, it could be retrieved from a distant peer (e.g. PeerConnection in WebRTC), from a server (XHR, Ajax, etc.) through the network, or from your browser itself (getUserMedia, file object).

Upvotes: 1

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