Re: [Babel-users] OT: experimental videoconferencing server
On 11.04.2020 12:30, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: Hi, In case anyone is looking for more secure alternatives to the commecial videoconferencing offerings... I've been doing my lectures over BigBlueButton. I'm very happy with it -- it's rock solid, scales to 70 people with no problem, and the user interface is well designed for lectures. Our system engineers say that it requires non-trivial server resources, though. One of the interns I'm working with recommends Jitsi. I have no personal experience with it. There is also sylk/sip2sip.info which is a frontend to janus and thus quite resource efficient and not reinventing the wheel. Also the code is hosted with darcs ... :-) HTH, Harald ___ Babel-users mailing list Babel-users@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/babel-users
Re: [Babel-users] OT: experimental videoconferencing server
On Saturday, April 11, 2020, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: > Hi, > > In case anyone is looking for more secure alternatives to the commecial > videoconferencing offerings... > > I've been doing my lectures over BigBlueButton. I'm very happy with it -- > it's rock solid, scales to 70 people with no problem, and the user > interface is well designed for lectures. Our system engineers say that it > requires non-trivial server resources, though. > > One of the interns I'm working with recommends Jitsi. I have no personal > experience with it. > > For my own needs (chatting with my parents and drinking beer with my > friends), I've written a very simple WebRTC-based videoconferencing server > that requires virtually no server resources and is very easy to install. > It builds a complete mesh between the participants in a group (which is > why it requires little server resources), so don't expect it to scale > beyond a handful of participants, but it works fine for small groups (the > maximum we've done was six, including the cat, who of course had his own > webcam). > > https://www.irif.fr/~jch/software/chat/ > > (I know, I know, I should get my act together and release babeld 1.9.2 > rather than hacking WebRTC.) Does not work with Firefox on iPad. I wanted to pétition Apple for this. There are nasty restrictions for Apple apps and WebRTC. > > -- Juliusz > > ___ > Babel-users mailing list > Babel-users@alioth-lists.debian.net > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/babel-users -- Benjamin Henrion (zoobab) Email: zoobab at gmail.com Mobile: +32-484-566109 Web: http://www.zoobab.com FFII.org Brussels "In July 2005, after several failed attempts to legalise software patents in Europe, the patent establishment changed its strategy. Instead of explicitly seeking to sanction the patentability of software, they are now seeking to create a central European patent court, which would establish and enforce patentability rules in their favor, without any possibility of correction by competing courts or democratically elected legislators." ___ Babel-users mailing list Babel-users@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/babel-users
[Babel-users] OT: experimental videoconferencing server
Hi, In case anyone is looking for more secure alternatives to the commecial videoconferencing offerings... I've been doing my lectures over BigBlueButton. I'm very happy with it -- it's rock solid, scales to 70 people with no problem, and the user interface is well designed for lectures. Our system engineers say that it requires non-trivial server resources, though. One of the interns I'm working with recommends Jitsi. I have no personal experience with it. For my own needs (chatting with my parents and drinking beer with my friends), I've written a very simple WebRTC-based videoconferencing server that requires virtually no server resources and is very easy to install. It builds a complete mesh between the participants in a group (which is why it requires little server resources), so don't expect it to scale beyond a handful of participants, but it works fine for small groups (the maximum we've done was six, including the cat, who of course had his own webcam). https://www.irif.fr/~jch/software/chat/ (I know, I know, I should get my act together and release babeld 1.9.2 rather than hacking WebRTC.) -- Juliusz ___ Babel-users mailing list Babel-users@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/babel-users
