I'm fine with using hangouts. I actually didn't realize that it had been updated so that you could join a video conference without a Google account, and it looks like that was done about a year ago.
It meets all of the requirements that Paul listed. Are there any objections to using hangouts? Here's a link to a video hangout, for anyone who wants to test it. https://hangouts.google.com/call/su2vuj5unbhj7b6i6vizg7cowye Martin On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Julius Werner <[email protected]> wrote: > At the risk of sounding like a corporate shill: what's wrong with > Google Hangouts? It's got a web interface and native clients for > Android and iOS. (I'm not sure if you still need a binary plug-in for > Firefox, but at least Chromium can run it natively via WebRTC.) > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Martin Roth <[email protected]> wrote: > > We were thinking of switching to the mumble server that Chris Ching has > set > > up, but it doesn't seem to have any web client or way to work around > that. > > > > After looking at a number of solutions, I think the solution we'd like to > > try at this point is Blue Jeans - bluejeans.com. It's actually a paid > > service at $120 per year. I think the biggest advantage here is that it > > supports a phone bridge, which makes many of the other features > unnecessary. > > > > Upsides: > > - Telephone call-in with numbers in many countries: > > https://bluejeans.com/numbers > > - Native clients for Windows, Linux (RPM), OSX, IOS, and Android. > > - Web interface (chrome only - other browsers are being deprecated) > > - Maximum of 50 attendees per meeting - I think so far our highest > > attendance has been 12 people or so. > > > > Downsides: > > - Not a free service - it costs $120 per year per host. The cost may > > increase in the future. They don't offer a discount for open-source > projects > > or non-profits at this scale. > > - Web client only works with chrome/chromium > > - Not an open source solution. > > > > Annoyances: > > - The native Linux client is only available as an rpm > > - Only a single person (email address) can host a meeting. I'm not sure > of > > how much an issue this really is - If we schedule the meetings in > advance, > > and it starts automatically, it may not be a problem. If the host has to > > join before anyone else can talk, that's not so good. > > > > Let me know what you think. > > Martin > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 6:35 AM, Paul Menzel via coreboot > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Dear coreboot folks, > >> > >> > >> At the last coreboot community meeting (CCC) [1][2], some participants > >> couldn’t here what other participants were saying with the current > >> conference call solution Discord [3]. > >> > >> As this greatly reduces the productivity, the conclusion was to find a > >> different solution, as this problem has been present since the > >> beginning and Discord doesn’t seem to be able to fix this. > >> > >> So either somebody gets in contact with Discord, and they promise to > >> work on a solution for the next meeting, or we need to find a different > >> solution. > >> > >> The requirements are. > >> > >> 1. Working conference call (audio) functionality > >> 2. No registration necessary > >> 3. Clients for all operating systems (packages at best in distribution > >> archive), or at least a Web client that runs with Mozilla Firefox (ESR > >> and last version), and Google Chromium (last version). > >> > >> Chris(?) offered to set up a Mumble [4] server. Clients for all > >> operating systems are supposed to be available. > >> > >> Also Tox was mentioned [5], which doesn’t feature a Web client, as far > >> as I can see. > >> > >> So if you know of a solution, please tell us, so that technical > >> problems won’t spoil the fun of the CCCs. > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Paul > >> > >> > >> [1] https://www.coreboot.org/Coreboot_community_meeting > >> [2] https://coreboot-meeting.pads.ccc.de/CommunityMeetingTopics? > >> [3] https://discordapp.com/ > >> [4] https://wiki.mumble.info/wiki/Main_Page > >> "Mumble is an open source, low-latency, high quality voice chat > >> software primarily intended for use while gaming." > >> [5] https://tox.chat/ > >> -- > >> coreboot mailing list: [email protected] > >> https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot > > > > > > > > -- > > coreboot mailing list: [email protected] > > https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot >
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