Hi Jared and co, Don't know if this is any use, but Steve MCGlaughlin ( aka Door-to-door geek) has various podcasts which use mumble servers and he offers use of these for other groups.
Might be worth a try at : http://www.doortodoorgeek.com/AllPodcast regards Larry North On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 12:00 +0000, [email protected] wrote: > Send ubuntu-au mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-au digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: VOIP meettings (Josh McFarlane) > 2. Re: VOIP meettings (Jared Norris) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:26:14 +1000 > From: Josh McFarlane <[email protected]> > To: Jared Norris <[email protected]> > Cc: Ubuntu-AU <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: VOIP meettings > Message-ID: > <cagnr9c45nc3wk6dcnaj0bnn8t_pupzczam_6zsgubyr4_vc...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Here are some thoughts. Perhaps it would be worth having a look at Mumble > as it is both free and open source. Mumble should also meet the > requirements for the number of people using it. Although Mumble is aimed at > the gaming community I think that it would work quite well in a meeting > environment. > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Jared Norris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 15 November 2011 09:25, Joel Pickett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Tom, > > > 1. I'm not sure what other services are available out there, but I'm sure > > > that Google Hangouts would be ideal for small social/planning event. > > Whether > > > it's audio or video, I don't really see the need for ~20 to be active at > > > once - depends what the purpose of the event is...? > > > 2. By its nature, you need some level of bandwidth to participate in > > > audio/video discussions. There's IRC, forums, mailing list - this is just > > > another method to communicate. I don't think we can make it any more > > > accessible than what the user's connection is set at. > > > 3. I'm suggesting a g+ hangout for those interested... open to > > suggestions > > > though > > > Joel P > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Tom Sparks <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> On the IRC, I asked about uisng VOIP for the meeting > > >> there were a few unanswered question: > > >> > > >> 1. A open service that can carter to group calls 20 or so people at > > once? > > >> 2. Do people has enough bandwidth to support VOIP? > > >> 3. Would VOIP be used? > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> tom_a_sparks "It's a nerdy thing I like to do" > > >> Please use ISO approved file formats excluding Office Open XML - > > >> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > >> Ubuntu wiki page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/tomsparks > > >> 3 x (x)Ubuntu 10.04, Amiga A1200 WB 3.1, UAE AF 2006 Premium Edition, AF > > >> 2012 Plus Edition, Sam440 AOS 4.1.2, Roland DXY-1300 pen plotter, Cutok > > >> DC330 cutter/pen plotter > > >> Wanted: RiscOS system, GEOS system (C64/C128), Atari ST, Apple Macintosh > > >> (6502/68k/PPC only) > > >> > > >> -- > > >> ubuntu-au mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ubuntu-au mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > > > > > > > > It depends on what we're using the VOIP service for. If we're using it > > to REPLACE the IRC meetings then it would need to cater for more than > > 9 people. If we're looking to ADD it as a meeting the maybe we can > > look into solutions that have lower thresholds. > > > > I've not been involved in many phone conferences outside of work but I > > know the ones at work can get messy quickly if you're seeking input > > from a large number of users all at once. > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris > > > > -- > > ubuntu-au mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-au/attachments/20111116/88acdf03/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:30:02 +1000 > From: Jared Norris <[email protected]> > To: Josh McFarlane <[email protected]> > Cc: Ubuntu-AU <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: VOIP meettings > Message-ID: > <caf4+eiwgx+0mep2vksx5li+hqyju1mfsyp7zj1xrtmxozr+...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On 16 November 2011 22:26, Josh McFarlane <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here are some thoughts. Perhaps it would be worth having a look at Mumble as > > it is both free and open source. Mumble should also meet the requirements > > for the number of people using it. Although Mumble is aimed at the gaming > > community I think that it would work quite well in a meeting environment. > > > > Ah mumble! I did remember looking into this a while ago but forgot > what the name of it was. The only downside for this is that I wasn't > able to locate and appropriate free servers we could set up on. Unless > someone knows of any I couldn't hunt down it would require someone to > set up and maintain a server with access to adequate bandwidth for > multiple voip users. Any takers? > > -- > Regards, > > Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris > > > > ------------------------------ > -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
