WebRTC video only works when computers share same connection - node.js

So I have set up a web RTC connection, nearly fully understand the steps and mechanisms involved and have a test out on the web with a full SSL certificate (so I can use it on chrome) but It doesn't ever seem to work with computers that are not under the same wireless connection/router.
In my test I have logged that there are ICE candidates generated and that the two browsers are communicating but I get no video feed except for when the two trying to communicate are under the same connection.
Browser Side to set up webRTC:
var socket = io.connect();
var isChannelReady;
var isInitiator = false;
var isStarted = false;
var localStream;
var pc;
var remoteStream;
var turnReady;
var pc_config = {'iceServers': [{'url': 'stun:stun.l.google.com:19302'}]};
var pc_constraints = {'optional': [{'DtlsSrtpKeyAgreement': true}]};
// Set up audio and video regardless of what devices are present.
// var sdpConstraints = {'mandatory': {
// 'OfferToReceiveAudio':true,
// 'OfferToReceiveVideo':true }};
var sdpConstraints = {
optional: [],
'mandatory': {
'OfferToReceiveAudio': true,
'OfferToReceiveVideo': true
}
};
function sendMessage(message){
console.log('Client sending message: ', message);
// if (typeof message === 'object') {
// message = JSON.stringify(message);
// }
socket.emit('message', message);
}
socket.on('message', function (message){
console.log('Client received message:', message);
if (message === 'got user media') {
maybeStart();
} else if (message.type === 'offer') {
if (!isInitiator && !isStarted) {
maybeStart();
}
pc.setRemoteDescription(new RTCSessionDescription(message), function(){doAnswer()});
} else if (message.type === 'answer' && isStarted) {
pc.setRemoteDescription(new RTCSessionDescription(message));
} else if (message.type === 'candidate' && isStarted) {
var candidate = new RTCIceCandidate({
sdpMLineIndex: message.label,
candidate: message.candidate
});
pc.addIceCandidate(candidate);
} else if (message === 'bye' && isStarted) {
handleRemoteHangup();
}
});
////////////////////////////////////////////////////
var localVideo = document.getElementById('localVideo');
var remoteVideo = document.getElementById('remoteVideo');
function handleUserMedia(stream) {
console.log('Adding local stream.');
console.log(localVideo);
localVideo.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(stream);
localStream = stream;
sendMessage('got user media');
if (isInitiator) {
maybeStart();
}
}
function handleUserMediaError(error){
console.log('getUserMedia error: ', error);
}
// window.onload = function () {
// var localVideo = document.getElementById('localVideo');
// var remoteVideo = document.getElementById('mehh');
// }
var constraints = {video: true};
navigator.getUserMedia(constraints, handleUserMedia, handleUserMediaError);
console.log('Getting user media with constraints', constraints);
if (location.hostname != "localhost") {
requestTurn('https://computeengineondemand.appspot.com/turn?username=41784574&key=4080218913');
}
function maybeStart() {
if (!isStarted && typeof localStream != 'undefined' && isChannelReady) {
createPeerConnection();
pc.addStream(localStream);
isStarted = true;
console.log('isInitiator', isInitiator);
if (isInitiator) {
doCall();
}
}
}
window.onbeforeunload = function(e){
sendMessage('bye');
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function createPeerConnection() {
try {
pc = new RTCPeerConnection(null);
pc.onicecandidate = handleIceCandidate;
pc.onaddstream = handleRemoteStreamAdded;
pc.onremovestream = handleRemoteStreamRemoved;
console.log('Created RTCPeerConnnection');
} catch (e) {
console.log('Failed to create PeerConnection, exception: ' + e.message);
alert('Cannot create RTCPeerConnection object.');
return;
}
}
function handleIceCandidate(event) {
console.log('handleIceCandidate event: ', event);
if (event.candidate) {
sendMessage({
type: 'candidate',
label: event.candidate.sdpMLineIndex,
id: event.candidate.sdpMid,
candidate: event.candidate.candidate});
} else {
console.log('End of candidates.');
}
}
function handleRemoteStreamAdded(event) {
console.log('Remote stream added.');
remoteVideo.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(event.stream);
remoteStream = event.stream;
}
function handleCreateOfferError(event){
console.log('createOffer() error: ', e);
}
function doCall() {
console.log('Sending offer to peer');
pc.createOffer(setLocalAndSendMessage, handleCreateOfferError);
}
function doAnswer() {
console.log('Sending answer to peer.');
pc.createAnswer(setLocalAndSendMessage, function(err){if(err) throw err;}, sdpConstraints);
}
function setLocalAndSendMessage(sessionDescription) {
// Set Opus as the preferred codec in SDP if Opus is present.
sessionDescription.sdp = preferOpus(sessionDescription.sdp);
pc.setLocalDescription(sessionDescription);
console.log('setLocalAndSendMessage sending message' , sessionDescription);
sendMessage(sessionDescription);
}
function requestTurn(turn_url) {
var turnExists = false;
for (var i in pc_config.iceServers) {
if (pc_config.iceServers[i].url.substr(0, 5) === 'turn:') {
turnExists = true;
turnReady = true;
break;
}
}
if (!turnExists) {
console.log('Getting TURN server from ', turn_url);
// No TURN server. Get one from computeengineondemand.appspot.com:
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onreadystatechange = function(){
if (xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === 200) {
var turnServer = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
console.log('Got TURN server: ', turnServer);
pc_config.iceServers.push({
'url': 'turn:' + turnServer.username + '#' + turnServer.turn,
'credential': turnServer.password
});
turnReady = true;
}
};
xhr.open('GET', turn_url, true);
xhr.send();
}
}
function handleRemoteStreamAdded(event) {
console.log('Remote stream added.');
remoteVideo.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(event.stream);
remoteStream = event.stream;
}
function handleRemoteStreamRemoved(event) {
console.log('Remote stream removed. Event: ', event);
}
function hangup() {
console.log('Hanging up.');
stop();
sendMessage('bye');
}
function handleRemoteHangup() {
// console.log('Session terminated.');
// stop();
// isInitiator = false;
}
function stop() {
isStarted = false;
// isAudioMuted = false;
// isVideoMuted = false;
pc.close();
pc = null;
}
///////////////////////////////////////////
// Set Opus as the default audio codec if it's present.
function preferOpus(sdp) {
var sdpLines = sdp.split('\r\n');
var mLineIndex;
// Search for m line.
for (var i = 0; i < sdpLines.length; i++) {
if (sdpLines[i].search('m=audio') !== -1) {
mLineIndex = i;
break;
}
}
if (mLineIndex === null || mLineIndex === undefined) {
return sdp;
}
// If Opus is available, set it as the default in m line.
for (i = 0; i < sdpLines.length; i++) {
if (sdpLines[i].search('opus/48000') !== -1) {
var opusPayload = extractSdp(sdpLines[i], /:(\d+) opus\/48000/i);
if (opusPayload) {
sdpLines[mLineIndex] = setDefaultCodec(sdpLines[mLineIndex], opusPayload);
}
break;
}
}
// Remove CN in m line and sdp.
sdpLines = removeCN(sdpLines, mLineIndex);
sdp = sdpLines.join('\r\n');
return sdp;
}
function extractSdp(sdpLine, pattern) {
var result = sdpLine.match(pattern);
return result && result.length === 2 ? result[1] : null;
}
// Set the selected codec to the first in m line.
function setDefaultCodec(mLine, payload) {
var elements = mLine.split(' ');
var newLine = [];
var index = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
if (index === 3) { // Format of media starts from the fourth.
newLine[index++] = payload; // Put target payload to the first.
}
if (elements[i] !== payload) {
newLine[index++] = elements[i];
}
}
return newLine.join(' ');
}
// Strip CN from sdp before CN constraints is ready.
function removeCN(sdpLines, mLineIndex) {
console.log(sdpLines[mLineIndex])
var mLineElements = sdpLines[mLineIndex].split(' ');
// Scan from end for the convenience of removing an item.
for (var i = sdpLines.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
var payload = extractSdp(sdpLines[i], /a=rtpmap:(\d+) CN\/\d+/i);
if (payload) {
var cnPos = mLineElements.indexOf(payload);
if (cnPos !== -1) {
// Remove CN payload from m line.
mLineElements.splice(cnPos, 1);
}
// Remove CN line in sdp
sdpLines.splice(i, 1);
}
}
sdpLines[mLineIndex] = mLineElements.join(' ');
return sdpLines;
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////
room = prompt("Enter room name:");
var socket = io.connect();
if (room !== '') {
console.log('Create or join room', room);
socket.emit('create or join', room);
}
socket.on('created', function (room){
console.log('Created room ' + room);
isInitiator = true;
});
socket.on('full', function (room){
console.log('Room ' + room + ' is full');
});
socket.on('join', function (room){
console.log('Another peer made a request to join room ' + room);
console.log('This peer is the initiator of room ' + room + '!');
isChannelReady = true;
});
socket.on('joined', function (room){
console.log('This peer has joined room ' + room);
isChannelReady = true;
});
socket.on('log', function (array){
console.log.apply(console, array);
});
////////////////////////////////////////////////
And here is everything on the server side pertaining to webRTC (using socket io):
server.listen(port);
server.on('error', onError);
server.on('listening', onListening);
var io = require('socket.io').listen(server);
io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket){
console.log('connected');
// convenience function to log server messages on the client
function log(){
var array = [">>> Message from server: "];
for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
array.push(arguments[i]);
}
socket.emit('log', array);
}
socket.on('message', function (message) {
log('Got message:', message);
// for a real app, would be room only (not broadcast)
socket.broadcast.emit('message', message);
});
socket.on('create or join', function (room) {
//io.sockets.clients(room)
//io.of('/').in(room).clients
//io.sockets.adapter.rooms[room]
var numClients;
var ish = io.sockets.adapter.rooms[room];
(ish === undefined) ? numClients = 0 : numClients = ish.length
log('Room ' + room + ' has ' + numClients + ' client(s)');
log('Request to create or join room ' + room);
if (numClients === 0){
socket.join(room);
socket.emit('created', room);
} else if (numClients === 1) {
io.sockets.in(room).emit('join', room);
socket.join(room);
socket.emit('joined', room);
} else { // max two clients
socket.emit('full', room);
}
socket.emit('emit(): client ' + socket.id + ' joined room ' + room);
socket.broadcast.emit('broadcast(): client ' + socket.id + ' joined room ' + room);
});
});
I simply can't find any errors that prevent the streams from being sent...
More than willing to do a private chat so I can get moving on my project.

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transfer_object.fileName = fileName;
transfer_object.size = stats.size;
transfer_object.stream = fs.createReadStream(fileName, { bufferSize: 64 * 1024 });
transfer_object.progression = 0;
client.write("upload_demand");
});
}else{
console.log("fileNotFound");
}
});
});
client.on('data', function(data) {
if(data=="upload_demand_ok"){
console.log(''+data);
client.write("fileName"+transfer_object.fileName);
}
else if(data == "fileName_ok"){
console.log(''+data);
client.write("size"+transfer_object.size)
}else if(data == "fileName_ko"){
console.log('ficher deja existant');
}else if(data == "size_ok"){
console.log(''+data);
transfer_object.stream.pipe(client,{ end: true });
}else if(data.toString().indexOf("uploading")>-1){
data = parseInt(data.toString().replace("uploading",""));
progressbar(data);
//if(data>=100) client.write('upload_success');
}
});
/**
client receive end event from server
*/
client.on('end', function() {
console.log('client disconnected');
});
function progressbar(int){
if(int>=0 && int<=20 && transfer_object.progression == 0){
transfer_object.progression = 1;
process.stdout.write("progression : [=");
}
else if(int>20 && int<=40 && transfer_object.progression == 1){
transfer_object.progression = 2;
process.stdout.write("==");
}else if(int>40 && int<=60 && transfer_object.progression == 2){
transfer_object.progression = 3;
process.stdout.write("==");
}else if(int>60 && int<=80 && transfer_object.progression == 3){
transfer_object.progression = 4;
process.stdout.write("==");
}else if(int>80 && int<=100 && transfer_object.progression == 4){
transfer_object.progression = 5;
process.stdout.write("=]");
}
}
The txt file has utf8 encoding, and the mp3 - binary encoding.
You can set the encoding usable for stream as described here http://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_writable_write_chunk_encoding_callback
According to http://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html#buffer_buffer
The utf8 is for txt, and binary for mp3 data (but manual do not recommend using it)

how to go from net module to ws module

here is my current code
'use strict';
var _ = require('underscore'),
util = require('util'),
events = require('events'),
net = require('net'),
colors = require('colors');
// Chatango Socket connection handler, for both Rooms and PM
// Available events: onconnect, data, error, timeout, close, write ( Note: exceptions must be handled! )
function Socket(host, port)
{
this._host = host;
this._port = port || 443;
this._socket = new net.Socket();
this._pingTask = false;
this._connected = false;
this._firstCommand = true;
this._writeLock = false;
this._writeBuffer = [];
this._buffer = '';
this.connect();
}
util.inherits(Socket, events.EventEmitter);
Socket.prototype.connect = function()
{
if(this._socket._connecting) return;
var self = this;
if(this._socket.destroyed){
var reconnecting = true;
console.log('[SOCKET] reconnecting to '+this._host+':'+this._port);
}else{
var reconnecting = false;
console.log('[SOCKET] connecting to '+this._host+':'+this._port);
}
this._writeLock = true;
if(this._socket._events.connect){
this._socket.connect(this._port, this._host);
}else{
this._socket.connect(this._port, this._host, function() {
self._connected = true;
self._writeLock = false;
self._pingTask = setInterval(function() {
if(self._connected) {
self.write(['']);
}
}, 30000);
self.emit('onconnect');
});
}
if(reconnecting) return;
this._socket.on('data', function(data) {
var buffer = data.toString('utf8');
if(buffer.substr(-1) !== '\x00')
{
self._buffer += buffer;
}
else
{
if(self._buffer != '')
{
buffer = self._buffer + buffer;
self._buffer = '';
}
var messages = buffer.split('\x00');
_.each(messages, function(message){
message = message.replace(/(\r|\n)/g, '');
if(message !== '')
self.emit('data', message);
});
}
});
this._socket.on('error', function(exception) {
self.emit('error', exception);
});
this._socket.on('timeout', function(exception) {
self.emit('timeout', exception);
});
this._socket.on('close', function() {
self._connected = false;
self._writeBuffer = [];
self._writeLock = false;
self._buffer = '';
self._firstCommand = true;
clearInterval(self._pingTask);
self.emit('close');
});
}
Socket.prototype.disconnect = function(){
this._socket.destroy();
}
Socket.prototype.setWriteLock = function(bool) {
this._writeLock = _.isBoolean(bool) && bool;
}
Socket.prototype.write = function(data) {
if(this._connected)
{
if(this._firstCommand)
{
var terminator = '\x00';
this._firstCommand = false;
}
else
var terminator = '\r\n\x00';
if(this._writeLock)
this._writeBuffer.push(data);
else
{
_.each(this._writeBuffer, function(value){
this.write(value);
}.bind(this));
if(data)
this.emit('write', data.join(':'));
this._socket.write(data.join(':') + terminator);
}
}
}
exports.Instance = Socket;
as you can see i am using the net module
i want to change to the ws module and do this using websockets https://github.com/einaros/ws
i've read all kinds of examples but none of them give me what i want
the lib im using is
https://github.com/MakuraYami/derplib

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