Sounds good! Fixed tiles make sense. Turning the cam on at certain sound levels should be possible. I am working on a video conferencing ui for the Galene sfu(https://github.com/garage44/pyrite). Does anyone know of a good Javascript/canvas sound visualizer? Pyrite already got one, but I prefer circular visualization that can take more space in audio-only streams.
Ask HN: What features would improve video chat/meeting software
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Re: Ask HN: What features would improve video chat/meeting software
#12Analysis showing who speaks what percentage of the time - in real time.
Any particular use-case you have in mind?
Re: Ask HN: What features would improve video chat/meeting software
#13Option 2 might be interesting in conbination with push-to-talk?
Re: Ask HN: What features would improve video chat/meeting software
#14Something that I've always thought would be fun is a groupchat that makes text bubbles bigger based on how much that individual has contributed. This could be extended to meeting software, the more a person talks the bigger their avatar becomes. An easy downside is distraction but it's an interesting concept. Slightly inspired by a peer of mine during graduate school https://www.riesmurphy.com/eclipse-shortform .
Only optimizes for how much noise, not how much signal.
Re: Ask HN: What features would improve video chat/meeting software
#15push to talk on a global hotkey
In gnome, I'm using the "nothing-to-say" extension for this: https://github.com/wbolster/nothing-to-say
Re: Ask HN: What features would improve video chat/meeting software
#16passing down the microphone like in real life, only the person who holds the virtual microphone can speak others are automatically muted, if someone wants to speak , they have to ask for the microphone with a key press, the current speaker or the moderator decides to pass down the microphone, we can increase the number of mic to 2 or 3
Re: Ask HN: What features would improve video chat/meeting software
#17Analysis showing who speaks what percentage of the time - in real time.
Any particular use-case you have in mind?
Google’s research on team success points to “everyone speaking approximately the same amount of time and being heard” as one of the major factors, along with safety to speak one’s mind and make mistakes.
I’m too many meetings the highest paid person takes the most airtime.
If this balance could be a visible metric that would contribute to more productive meetings.
The metric was mentioned in the second half of this talk.
Re: Ask HN: What features would improve video chat/meeting software
#18Just Mute sound (not my mic) button would be enough, thank you
Re: Ask HN: What features would improve video chat/meeting software
#19Everyone should be on push-to-talk by default. The meeting organizer/owner of that particular video chat room should have the option of making that mandatory for all participants.
Better handling of audio from multiple simultaneous sources, so that you can mix the audio from multiple speakers, and not just have only one person who can be heard and who talks over everyone else.
The option of a “talking stick” that has to be passed around is also a good one.
Re: Ask HN: What features would improve video chat/meeting software
#20Something that I've always thought would be fun is a groupchat that makes text bubbles bigger based on how much that individual has contributed. This could be extended to meeting software, the more a person talks the bigger their avatar becomes. An easy downside is distraction but it's an interesting concept. Slightly inspired by a peer of mine during graduate school https://www.riesmurphy.com/eclipse-shortform .
Oh, god. No, please.
Or if this is an option, turn it off by default, please.
And only do it for small chat rooms. I can’t imagine what this might be like with 49+ participants.