[kwlug-disc] Videoconference testing -- please help

[Hubert Chathi]

One thing that you could try is to do some sort of livestreaming plus
chat (maybe put the #kwlug channel on IRC to use, or a Matrix room).
One thing we do at my work sometimes is we have some people join a
Jitsi, and then use https://obsproject.com/ to livestream the conference
to YouTube.  If you do this, then people can follow the livestream, and
ask questions in the chat.

On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:49:48 -0400, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> said:

> It's not peer to peer or decentralized, but I think I have a
> BigBlueButton instance for us to test out for our meeting. I will
> schedule a demo in another email thread.

> Chris: I did not know about the difference between Chromium and
> Firefox with respect to Zoom.

> - Paul

> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 06:28:27AM -0400, Doug Moen wrote:
>> Yes, there is a 40 minute limit unless the person initiating the
>> conference pays. Also, you need the native zoom client to initiate a
>> zoom conference. People joining in can use a web browser.
>> 
>> Now where is that open source peer to peer solution that is reliable
>> and easy to use for non techies??
>> 
>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, at 4:14 AM, Sandeep Johri wrote:
>> > I did install the Zoom .deb package on my Debian (stable) >
>> desktop. Everything seemed to be working fine - however as I was
>> setting up > my profile I got the following message
>> > 
>> > [Uplevel Your Meetings with Zoom Pro > Your Zoom Basic plan has a
>> *40-minute time limit *on meetings with 3 or > more
>> participants. Upgrade now to enjoy unlimited group meeting minutes.]
>> > 
>> > I'm guessing others have figured out how not to be restricted with
>> this > time limit (someone may have a pro account) - however thought
>> I'd share.
>> > 
>> > Thanks
>> > 
>> > From: Sandeep Johri
>> > On 2020-03-26 10:26 p.m., Doug Moen wrote:
>> >>> It is a shame that Zoom is becoming the standard
>> >>> 
>> >> I know; we should all be using open source, decentralized,
>> peer-to-peer >> video conferencing software instead.
>> 
>> Doug.
>> 
>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, at 1:59 AM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
>> >> 
>> >>> On Linux, I have only been able to get it working with the client
>> software. Somebody sends me a Zoom link and then it prompts me to
>> open that link with the plugin.
>> 
>> It is a shame that Zoom is becoming the standard, but if we didn't
>> want that we should have been born into a different timeline.
>> 
>> - Paul
>> 
>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 01:34:00AM +0000, Doug Moen wrote:
>> >>> 
>> >>>> Thanks, Paul. Zoom seems to be catching on with my crowd, so
>> we've been >>>> using Zoom for social get-togethers. So far it only
>> works for me on my >>>> mac laptop in the Chrome browser. It doesn't
>> work for me in Firefox, but >>>> I have so many security- and
>> privacy-protecting browser extensions >>>> loaded that it's not
>> surprising, and I haven't actually tried to get it >>>> working on
>> Linux.
>> 
>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, at 12:20 AM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
>> >>>> 
>> >>>>> Okay, I verified that the Zoom plugin for Linux does work on
>> Ubuntu 18.04. I tested Zoom with Charles today, and we were both on
>> Linux computers.
>> 
>> (That does not mean I am announcing that we are holding the KWLUG
>> meeting on Zoom. I just wanted to answer Doug's question.)
>> 
>> - Paul
>> >>>>> 
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