Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:53:15 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: Vincent DEFERT <20.100@defert.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reccomendations of conference / party audio video software ? Message-ID: <202003251153.02PBrFOh007199@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:15:37 %2B0100." <01c8868c-3a5b-c8f1-1438-b6045d52e1d7@defert.com>
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Vincent DEFERT wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry to arrive late, I just see this post now. > > If your install videoconferencing software on your machine, you have no > guarantee your contacts will be able to use the same, or that they'll > know how to install it, or even that they'll be allowed to install > anything on their PC. Initial post of thread made clear : _Servers_ > Message-id: <202003211607.02LG6uRK015846@fire.js.berklix.net> > Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:06:56 +0100 > Any reccomendations of conference / social group party chat server software ? ............................................................. ^^^^^^ > That needs servers. .............^^^^^^^ > What about bandwidth per user, dont want to impact server hosts .....................................................^^^^^^ > A much easier solution is to use a server based software. > > You can use a Jitsi-derived solution - a public server is available at > https://meet.jit.si/. > No account creation needed, no administration, just share a URL and > you're done. > > You can also deploy this solution on one of your servers, it's open source. Thanks Yes, Jitsi already mentioned on thread. > Another similar solution is BigBlueButton. Thanks, I found: https://bigbluebutton.org/ https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BigBlueButton > I'm using it to give trainings, it is simple and efficient. > I use it in conjunction with a VM served through Apache Guacamole for > the labs. > > The thing is: your contacts don't need to install anything on their > machines (= you don't have to do troubleshooting over the phone), all > they need is an HTML5 capable browser. > > And unlike Skype, the quality of sound and video is good and you don't > have to register at Microsoft. > > Be it meet.jit.si or BigBlueButton, no ports are available yet, but the I wrote earlier: The jitsi port make install & packages run OK, Ive not tried runnning it. > need for such solutions hasn't been so pressing before. ;) A friend who uses video conferencing for work says some commercial servers are overloading. Good if more of us with servers can support conferencing. I'm making notes here: http://berklix.org/~jhs/txt/meetings_sw.html Cheers -- Julian Stacey, Consultant Systems Engineer, BSD Linux http://berklix.com/jhs/ UK stole 750,000 votes from EU Brits: http://stolenvotes.uk http://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300059 http://berklix.uk/brexit/#russia Limit Corona: http://berklix.eu/jhs/std/no_bugs.txt
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