Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

2020-03-26 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 25 Mar 2020, Denis Heidtmann wrote: I was just part of a Zoom call where one of the participants used just his phone and he seemed to be able to see all of us. Denis, Thanks for the information. I'll call in to Friday's conference. Regards, Rich

Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

2020-03-25 Thread Tom
On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 14:32:57 -0700 Galen Seitz wrote: > On 3/25/20 1:04 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > I was just part of a Zoom call where one of the participants used > > just his phone and he seemed to be able to see all of us. > > Was that a Princess phone or just the standard desktop Model

Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

2020-03-25 Thread wes
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 1:47 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > It might be easiest to > use a browser - Chromium or Firefox, which play videos with sound just > fine. I have several old microphones that I can plug into the desktop, > but I'm unclear how I would make the browser pick up the

Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

2020-03-25 Thread Galen Seitz
On 3/25/20 1:04 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: I was just part of a Zoom call where one of the participants used just his phone and he seemed to be able to see all of us. Was that a Princess phone or just the standard desktop Model 2500? Yeah, I'm so old, that's what my first thought was. Of

Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

2020-03-25 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:33:32 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Wed, 25 Mar 2020, Erik Lane wrote: > >> You can fully participate in a Zoom call by telephone. You don't >> need a webcam to ask questions. If there's video, of course you >> would need a computer running for that, but dial-in works

Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

2020-03-25 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 25 Mar 2020, Denis Heidtmann wrote: I was just part of a Zoom call where one of the participants used just his phone and he seemed to be able to see all of us. Denis, That's good to know. I'm registered for a Zoom conference Friday morning. Thanks! Rich

Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

2020-03-25 Thread Denis Heidtmann
I was just part of a Zoom call where one of the participants used just his phone and he seemed to be able to see all of us. -Denis On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 12:12 PM Erik Lane wrote: > You can fully participate in a Zoom call by telephone. You don't need a > webcam to ask questions. If there's

Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

2020-03-25 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 25 Mar 2020, Erik Lane wrote: You can fully participate in a Zoom call by telephone. You don't need a webcam to ask questions. If there's video, of course you would need a computer running for that, but dial-in works for both listening and talking, just like any teleconference service.

Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

2020-03-25 Thread Erik Lane
You can fully participate in a Zoom call by telephone. You don't need a webcam to ask questions. If there's video, of course you would need a computer running for that, but dial-in works for both listening and talking, just like any teleconference service. On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 11:54 AM Rich

Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

2020-03-25 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 25 Mar 2020, John Jason Jordan wrote: But I am interested only in receiving broadcasts of the PLUG meetings, hence I assume that I would not need a camera. On my desk I have my laptop and the monitor for my desktop computer. I'd prefer to use the desktop computer for the meetings, so I

Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

2020-03-25 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:55:57 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Wed, 25 Mar 2020, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> It's an "Anivia 1080p HD Webcam W8, USB Desktop Laptop Camera, Mini >> Plug and Play Video Calling Computer Camera, Built-in Mic, Flexible >> Rotatable Clip" .

Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

2020-03-25 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 25 Mar 2020, Rich Shepard wrote: It's an "Anivia 1080p HD Webcam W8, USB Desktop Laptop Camera, Mini Plug and Play Video Calling Computer Camera, Built-in Mic, Flexible Rotatable Clip" . I forgot to mention that it has the latest beauty encoding algorithm;

Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

2020-03-25 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 25 Mar 2020, John Sechrest wrote: (and so did Fred James) Which camera did you select? John/Fred, It's an "Anivia 1080p HD Webcam W8, USB Desktop Laptop Camera, Mini Plug and Play Video Calling Computer Camera, Built-in Mic, Flexible Rotatable Clip" . If

Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

2020-03-25 Thread John Sechrest
Which camera did you select? On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 9:23 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 25 Mar 2020, Rich Shepard wrote: > > > I use my laptops only when I'm away from the office. I'm looking to buy a > > desktop video camera, and microphone; I have speakers. > > I just bought a web cam

Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

2020-03-25 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 25 Mar 2020, Rich Shepard wrote: I use my laptops only when I'm away from the office. I'm looking to buy a desktop video camera, and microphone; I have speakers. I just bought a web cam with built in microphone(s). It's USB-connected so it will work with all hosts here. As for