[Cialug] Video Conferencing

[Hakan E. Duran]

I host a Jitsi server in a docker container and host a video meeting
weekly for about 5-6 attendees, 2 from US remaining from Turkey. Some
attendees join by smart phones, whereas others join by laptops (Win, Mac
or Linux). I admit that we mostly don't share screen, webcast or record
our meetings, and the whole thing is not as presentable as zoom in my
opinion. We did encounter a few glitches here and there but it is
working well for the most part. I have a gigabit connection for internet
and I have the physical computer that hosts the server at home,
operating on Arch linux, with 16 GB RAM and i7 processor. Safari has a
problem in allowing camera or audio use in my experience but Firefox did
not create a consistent problem for me. I think it won't be suitable to
be used as a full suite, including streaming, recording, etc. but I
think it is OK to use with the minimal install and attendees that
wouldn't panic in the first occasion of a mishap. Tinkering may be
needed, yes, but perhaps I have been lucky, I truly didn't spend
unreasonable amount of time to set it up and keep it alive.

Hakan

On 20/06/04 10:20AM, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jun 2020, Todd Walton wrote:
>
> > * BlueJeans* Microsoft Teams* Google Meet* ClickMeeting* BigBlueButton
> >
> Jitsi works great for small meetings (and some large if you don't have any
> Firefox users (Firefox does not play well with WebRTC). 4CPU/4GB supports
> 15-20 years, so it's pretty efficient. Clean UI to boot, and ongoing
> updates.
>
> Actually looking at BigBlueButton for our family reunion this year as it
> comes with built-in rooms and materials can easily be uploaded to the
> "Room".
>
> 	Lee
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