I have a server I run on a Linode and would be happy to give you a room if you need. Let me know if interested. Cory
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 24, 2014, at 5:32 PM, "Chip Orange" <lists3...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hi Rick, > > I can’t say about what else is available. TeamTalk was very easy to setup > and of course was free. It’s very friendly to allowing any number of people > to just “drop-in” and participate (either with or without a password). > > Skype was suggested to me, but it’s group call functionality evidently > requires someone to make an outgoing call to each person who may participate > (no uninvited “drop-ins”). I don’t know about its file sharing etc, and I > don’t know how things are today. > > The short-coming for TeamTalk is that it requires a server. When I was using > it, the author of TeamTalk had made a server freely available to everyone; if > he had not done that, you would be required to run the TeamTalk server > software on a pc with a decent upstream bit rate (it doesn’t have to be > running Windows server software or anything special like that, it’s just that > you’ll have to have the bitrate, and you may have to make router adjustments, > and run the server package yourself). I don’t think TeamTalk allows for > taking over another pc, or one pc showing its screen to others. You might be > able to use TeamTalk for your conferencing, and then use the remote desktop > and remote help features of Windows, case-by-case, to handle this need. > > Otherwise, perhaps something like “go to meeting” is more like what you need? > I don’t think it’s accessible though. > > FYI, There is a version of TeamTalk which allows for video conferencing I > believe; it may not be free, but may include screen sharing/viewing features. > > One last tip for TeamTalk: if you decide to use it, you can create a file > with all your info about which server and “channel” for everyone to use, > including the password, and you can send this .tt file to the people you wish > to possibly attend. Once they’ve installed TeamTalk, they can just click on > this file in Windows and it will take them to the conference, specifying all > the info needed for TeamTalk. It’s very convenient, and keeps you from > having to publicisize the password). > > TeamTalk does allow for voice activated or push-to-talk operation of the > mike; I’d really recommend you instruct everyone to use the push-to-talk > option to keep down the unintended background noise which can otherwise make > the conference very hard to hear at times. I’d also recommend setting the > sound parameters for your channel to mono and as low as you can tolerate. > Some of the really nice options only work well if everyone has a very high > band width (there’s one for instance which randomly positions each person’s > voice in a kind of “audible landscape”, using stereo effects to give you a > feel for a room full of people speaking all around you). > > Hth, > > Chip > > > > > From: RicksPlace [mailto:ofbgm...@mi.rr.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 3:30 AM > To: gw-scripting@gwmicro.com > Subject: Chips Classes and the TeamTalk Software Question > > Hi Chip et al: > I am putting together a programming team and need some way for remote > programmers to hold meetings something like Chip did for his classes. > I am wondering about how hard it was to set up TeamTalk initially, > formatting, settings ect...for the classes and > if there is other software out there anyone has used to hold Team Meetings > with more features. > Things I can think of that would make meetings productive: > Interactive audio via microphones; > Ability to either upload and download code snippets and, or, files; > Ability to perhaps take over each others machines or have shared folders and > files - some way to help each other; > Whatever else you may have used at Team Meetings to make meetings more > productive. > Thanks: > Rick USA >
