I did not know jitsi existed

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Post by quijoteuni » Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 11:53 PM UTC

Re: I did not know jitsi existed

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Post by quijoteuni » Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 11:54 PM UTC

My brother told me today was looking for a way to move his classes online, to keep his income while coronavirus is hurting his art centre. I found jitsi.

Re: I did not know jitsi existed

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Post by kgc » Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 12:15 AM UTC

Zoom is also free for 1:1 meetings.

Re: I did not know jitsi existed

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Post by b215826 » Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 1:03 AM UTC

It's also WebRTC based, which takes the load off the Jitsi server considerably. Popular alternatives like Zoom requires rerouting traffic through their servers AFAIK.

Re: I did not know jitsi existed

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Post by anilgulecha » Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 1:44 PM UTC

b215826 wrote: post #4

It's also WebRTC based, which takes the load off the Jitsi server considerably. Popular alternatives like Zoom requires rerouting traffic through their servers AFAIK.

This is only for users that have public facing IPs. Most users are behind NAT, so WebRTC will still require relays (TURN servers). I'd assume majority of users are behind NAT.

Re: I did not know jitsi existed

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Post by rectalogic » Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 1:48 PM UTC

Hmm, they say they don't support Firefox or Safari, only chrome - although it seems to basically work in both Firefox and Safari https://web-cdn.jitsi.net/meetjitsi_3875.548/static/recommen...