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Add mermaid, improve code snippets
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mickel8 committed Aug 8, 2024
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* Bandwidth estimation
* Automatic encoding switching


```mermaid
flowchart LR
WB1((Web Browser1)) -->|low| Server
WB1((Web Browser1)) -->|medium| Server
WB1((Web Browser1)) -->|high| Server
Server -->|low| WB2((WebBrowser 2))
Server -->|high| WB3((WebBrowser 3))
```


## Turning simulcast on

### Elixir WebRTC
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> #### Minimal starting resolution {: .warning}
> To run 3 simulcast encodings, the minimal starting resolution
> must be 960x540. See more [here](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/video/config/simulcast.cc;l=79?q=simulcast.cc)
> must be 960x540. See more [here](https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/webrtc/video/config/simulcast.cc;l=79?q=simulcast.cc).

## Receiving simulcast packets
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encoding that a packet belongs to:

```elixir
{:ex_webrtc, pc_pid, {:rtp, track_id, rid, packet}}
{:ex_webrtc, input_pc_pid, {:rtp, input_track_id, rid, packet}}
```

## Switching between simulcast encodings
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m = Munger.new(90_000)
```

2. When a packet arrives, rewrite its sequnce number and timestamp:
2. When a packet from an encoding that we want to forward arrives, rewrite its sequnce number and timestamp:

```elixir
{packet, munger} = Munger.munge(munger, packet)
receive do
{:ex_webrtc, input_pc, {:rtp, _input_track_id, "m", packet}} ->
{packet, munger} = Munger.munge(munger, packet)
:ok = PeerConnection.send_rtp(output_pc, output_track_id, packet)
{:ex_webrtc, input_pc, {:rtp, _input_track_id, _rid, packet}} ->
# ignore other packets
end
```

3. To switch to another encoding, request a keyframe for this encoding.
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```elixir
:ok = PeerConnection.send_pli(input_pc, track_id, "h")
# assume we have the following state
state = %{
current_encoding: "m",
munger: munger,
input_pc: input_pc,
input_track_id: input_track_id,
output_pc: output_pc,
output_track_id: output_track_id
}

:ok = PeerConnection.send_pli(state.input_pc, state.input_track_id, "h")

# ...

def handle_info({:ex_webrtc, input_pc, {:rtp, _track_id, "h", packet}}, state) do
if H264.keyframe?(packet) do
munger = Munger.update(munger)
{munger, packet} = Munger.munge(munger, packet)
PeerConnection.send_rtp(state.output_pc, state.output_track_id, packet)
state = %{state | munger: munger}
{:noreply, state}
else
# Ignore packets from 'h' until we receive a keyframe.
{:noreply, state}
end
receive do
{:ex_webrtc, input_pc, {:rtp, _input_track_id, rid, packet}} ->
cond do
rid == state.current_encoding ->
{munger, packet} = Munger.munge(munger, packet)
:ok = PeerConnection.send_rtp(state.output_pc, state.output_track_id, packet)
%{state | munger: munger}
rid == "h" and H264.keyframe?(packet) ->
munger = Munger.update(munger)
{munger, packet} = Munger.munge(munger, packet)
:ok = PeerConnection.send_rtp(state.output_pc, state.output_track_id, packet)
%{state | munger: munger, current_encoding: "h"}
true ->
state
end
end
```

See our [Broadcaster](https://github.com/elixir-webrtc/apps/tree/master/broadcaster) app source code for more.
See our [Broadcaster](https://github.com/elixir-webrtc/apps/blob/master/broadcaster/lib/broadcaster/forwarder.ex) app source code for more.

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