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Soundjack

SoundJack is a browser-based low-latency communications system that provides quality and latency relevant control to the user. SoundJack is surprisingly easy to use and has an overwhelming amount of documentation which continues to grow.

Basic information

Developer: Alexander Carôt with the Fast Research Project, among others.

Website: https://soundjack.eu/index.php

Protocol: Audio

OS Supported: Windows and macOS

Pricing: Free

Requires sign-up?: Yes

Detailed information

Features: Low-latency, lossless audio streaming, P2P

Self-hosted?: P2P

Recommended net-speed:

Required net-speed: None

Max quality: Unknown

Latency (estimate): 60 - 250ms (depending on audio and network buffer)

Last update: April, 20th 2020

Open source?: No


Ease of use

SoundJack is very easy to use. You can use the browser as an interface by downloading a small client program or use it as a standalone application. The website features multiple instructional videos, guides, and relevant faq, as well as a realtime chat which is great for troubleshooting.


info

Please see the FAQ on the official site for more information.

caution

Throughout our experimentation, we experienced numerous crashes and highly unstable audio quality despite utilizing various audio and video settings.

Last updated on by Jackson Goode