video conferencing last night

[der.hans]

moin moin,

it did not go well

We were chatting in jitsi prior to starting, but once I started the
meeting I could no longer hear others.

We moved to bluejeans and a couple of us were not able to connect.

Afterwards I tested zoom with Mac. Had some issues there as well. Sound
kept getting reset. Perhaps that's what was happening with jitsi. As I
wasn't presenting in zoom, we took time to get my client reset.

I haven't had that type of problem with either jitsi or zoom in the past.
Perhaps it was something I was doing last night.

In testing zoom, I discovered that attendees have to present a name and
email address. Neither have to be accurate and the domain doesn't need to
exist.

We were able to test making me a host, giving attendees the mic and taking
it away. We're up for more testing tonight if anyone wants to get familiar
with the host tools. Not too complicated, but it some unexpected places.

zoom requires an app or browser plugin. You can't just use a browser as we
can with jitsi and BigBlueButton.

We can configure zoom to not allowing anyone into the conference until the
host shows up to avoid a Slap Shot style pre-game. (diable Join by host)

We can also put attendees in their own waiting rooms until a host places
them in the conference. (enable Waiting room)

Mac also pointed out that zoom can live stream to YouTube. We can also do
that with jitsi. We could then setup the video conferencing for only
speakers and moderators and everyone else views via YouTube. We then take
questions via IRC or other mechanism. I believe we can do a hidden YouTube
broadcast that goes away after the meeting. We could use Brian's account
for that or setup a new account.

Let me know if you'd like to help with testing tonight.

ciao,

der.hans
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