Thanks Daniel, Ramón and Maxim Sorry I took long in answering, but it was sleep time, apart from a virus that has me a bit inactive. A biological VIRUS not a digital one.
I'll look into your suggestions. The calculator is fantastic. Thanks. Richard -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 8/7/17, Daniel Baker <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: OpenMeetings Broadcaster vs OpenMeetings Receiver To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, 8 July, 2017, 21:04 You can use the bandwidth calculator on the OpenMeetings website : http://openmeetings.apache.org/NetworkCalculator.html On 7/9/2017 7:54 AM, Richard Pérez wrote: > Thanks Andrea for your quick reply, and specially for correcting my mistaken idea. > > Bandwidth: what a coincidence, I was just reading a jitsi.org thread http://lists.jitsi.org/pipermail/users/2017-June/013240.html > that brought that into my radar. The truth is I hadn't thought of that, considering commercial webinar services offer hundreds of attendees, without jerking a muscle. I suppose they have their own servers, something I don't have, except for my own computer. > I suppose my computer, the bandwidth I receive from the phone company would be my server, right? > > I haven't looked into the calculations given in that Jitsi thread, but is there an easy way of calculating the bandwidth use if only presenter has Audio/video tuned on? I don't really expect to get so many attendees: I'll be lucky if there are 10, 25 would make me very happy, and I don't dare say in a public venue what might happen to me with 50 or more... I'd probably divide those registrants into two different groups with different dates. > > Thanks again Andrea for your help. If the attendees would have to go through all the rough work, I'd had to give up. > Now I can move forward with more confidence. > > > > Richard > > > > > > -------------------------------------------- > On Sat, 8/7/17, Andrea Croci <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: OpenMeetings Broadcaster vs OpenMeetings Receiver > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, 8 July, 2017, 17:46 > > No Richard, by no means will the > "receivers" have to install anything at > all in their computers. You will install and > configure Openmeetings on > your server and > they will watch your webinars with a browser, following > a link you will provide. It's very easy > indeed. Having said that, beware > of how > many prospect people you will have watching you webinar, > because > you may have bandwidth issues. > > Saludos, Andrea. > > On 08.07.2017 22:59, Richard Pérez wrote: > > Dear all advocates: > > > > I am not an app > developer, I scarcely get around as an advanced user of > software. > > For some time I have been > looking for a Webinar service so I can offer my > colleagues, > > and anyone interested in > professional translation, a webinar where I can deliver > my > > experience and, maybe, increase my > income a bit. However I have crashed with the > > inability of all webinar companies (the > Goto, the Jam, Any, and a long etcetera) to provide > > payment options for everyone. They are > all centered on Credit Cards or PayPal (which is > > the same as credit cards). Some of them > even offer false or misleading advertising on their > > websites saying they accept wire transfer, > but when you ask them to provide the details they > > disappear (Goto), or they answer with > links to pay with a credit card (Zoom) and when they > > finally answer to the question, they say > they only accept bank transfer if you pay a whole > year's > > subscription (many hundreds > or thousands of dollars), despite they were well aware I > could only > > pay by month. I am not > rich, and I don't have access to a credit card, and > these companies are > > not capable of > offering other payment systems (like Skrill, Xoom, and > others). Why they don't? > > The easy > answer is they are idiots because they might be losing > business opportunities, focusing > > only > on the "big money", but maybe there is another > reason. > > Well, I won't rant > anymore. > > > > I am here > because I thought I might be able to adopt OpenMeetings, > maybe the only alternative > > to a market > which really is only for an elite. I have worked with open > source software before > > (like Joomla - > even tweaking its inner organs to create my own > functionalities), but of course, > > with > much help from the experts or finding common solutions to > problems on the Internet, so I am > > very > aware and grateful of the fantastic work you do. If I can > do this with OpenMeetings, even if it > > > takes time, it would be very worthwhile. However, although I > am confident, the problems I have > > found > installing, configuring and creating a webinar with > OpenMeetings, can be solved eventually, > > > there is one issue that might not have an easy solution at > this moment. I must say this mail is not > > purposed to criticize but to understand > OpenMeetings real functionalities at all levels, at this > point > > of time. > > > > This issue would be the following: > > Me, as OpenMeetings-Webinar manager, host > and presenter or “broadcaster”, I should go into all > the > > tasks required to have it up and > running effectively and efficiently (ideal but not > impossible) to deliver a > > given webinar > or provide a meeting place. This requires lots of > downloading, installing many different > > > apps, changing settings in my computer, solving quite a few > install and usability issues, and creating > > an appropriate guide with access > procedures for my “receivers”, those who will watch my > webinar(s) > > to register and enter the > meeting as easily as possible. > > > > However, if my “receivers” have to go > through that same process, downloading, installing, etc., > most > > probably I won’t have any > “receiver”, even if my webinar was worth a Grammy. > > > > Most commercial > webinar services just require one download and a simple > activation. > > > > Please > correct me if I’m wrong, but, with OpenMeetings, must > those users who will be “receiving” > > > my “broadcast” go through the same procedures with > imagemagick, FFMpeg, Ghostscript, SWFtools, > > SOX, Environment variables, install and > configure OpenMeetings, screensharing download, and > > whatever else I haven’t discovered > yet? Or is there a way for “receivers” to enter a room > with a simple > > download and a pair of > clicks? > > > > Please > excuse for such a lengthy post, including the rant, and I > hope anyone can give me a bit of light on > > this, the “receivers” side. > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > Richard > > > >
