MarcoPolo Replacement?
reddit / selfhosted

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fivestones · 2023-10-30 17:00

I'm wondering if there is anything that can do the same thing as
MarcoPolo.

The key features:

\- It's a video walkie-talkie (not a video chat). This means people
make videos that are sent to each other

\-The videos are live streamed to the other person as they are
recorded. This means that if I am sending you a video message, you can
be watching it in real time, and when the message is finished, you can
immediately start sending me one back, which I can watch in real time.
This gives an effect that feels magical: as soon as I am done
recording, a response from you is waiting (not what's actually
happening, since you're message isn't waiting, it's just being
recorded and live streamed, but it feels magical, and lets you send
messages back and forth very quickly since you don't have to wait for
the other person to record and send the message before you can listen
to it). This is what makes this way better than other messaging apps
that let you send videos (e.g., telegram, signal, whatsapp, etc.)

\- Any videos can also be viewed at any time after they are sent. This
means I can watch and reply to your video message at my convenience:
this is what makes this way better than typical video call.

\- You can make groups of friends you can all send video messages to
each other in a thread

\- It works on android and iOS

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I haven't found anything that is self-hosted to replace these
features, but maybe someone else knows of one?

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lilolalu · 2023-10-31 14:37

I don't know of any ready made software but I guess it would be
achievable with something like matrix chat and a bit of scripting /
programming.