How to use OpenVidu with .NET Core

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Hi, I am building an application that have chat/audio/video support. I want to use OpenVidu as a server for this. The application is a Blazor application written in C# .NET Core 7.

I want to know if there is a library I can use or an example code I can use to connect to OpenVidu server and to be abble to do conferencing with other participants?

Thanks

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Hi,

Please, first carefully read this introduction to OpenVidu and how it fits in your application: Developing your video app - OpenVidu Docs. Your .NET code would be Your server application in the description of a typical OpenVidu application architecture.

Then, you can check out the .NET tutorial: Application server - OpenVidu Docs

This basic tutorial is just an easy template to use as a backend for your OpenVidu application. You can adapt it to your needs.

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Thanks for fast response.
I am trying to build a client application in .NET. concretely it is a MAUI Blazor application. The application will be running on a mobile device (android, ios). Do I need to use openvidu-browser.js or is there a .Net client available?

Thanks

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Oh, I thought you were only refering to your application’s server-side.

If you want to use MAUI to build a mobile app that has real time media, you must first check that MAUI supports WebRTC… Which I don’t think it does: WebRTC + MAUI · Issue #3394 · dotnet/maui · GitHub

Here you have a list of the official client technologies supported by OpenVidu: Intro - OpenVidu Docs

Anyone can integrate OpenVidu in other existing client platforms if that platform supports a modern version of WebRTC and they properly implement OpenVidu RPC protocol. An example of this would be this unofficial Flutter application.