Jitsi - which protocol to use from the app?

SOLUSfiddler

Hi!

Is there anyone who could tell/show me which network protocol to pick when I want to use the Jitsi app for video conferencing?
In the app you are forced to pick a protocol when you click on SETTINGS > ACCOUNT > ADD.
I have no clue what to do here if I want to use the app to start a video conference with a group of students I have to teach online.
Thanks for helping!

brent

SOLUSfiddler This is another app my employer is making me use. Without instructions. I 'm confused as snot, too, but will report back if successful.
Will read the MAN page as last resort🙂.

brent

SOLUSfiddler I picked XMPP. But cant get online. In advanced settings it shows packages I don't have in red.

But the weird thing is I followed an invite link from work and I did not need ANY account. Just don't know how to start a meeting. Yet. Joining one is easy.

Saijin_Naib

Jitsi Meet is not the same thing as Jitsi desktop.

There is a Jitsi Meet Electron flatpak/appimage you can use as a client to easily integrate with Jitsi Meet.

For the more traditional Jitsi desktop, you're not going to get anywhere without extensive documentation of the system you're supposed to be connecting to.

brent

First, thank you.
Second I did install the repo package. It does not appear to be Jitsi Desktop, it appears to be a standalone app like Zoom. Unless I'm incorrect? Still requires network configuration I think.

If I can use thru my browser, I'm happy. But I still need to.
My browser experience with Jitsi is that it was cool: the missing link between Meets and Zoom.

Third and last: I liked it nice and lite. May look into the flatpak. I'm not down with the network configurations it appeared to be needing (as far as the repo package). Thanks again.

Saijin_Naib

Repo package is Jitsi Desktop.

Flatpak/appimage are Jitsi Meet Electron.

brent

thanks for info, Saijin_Naib
I did the switcheroo. Will play with later.

brent

@SOLUSfiddler
Fiddler if you are still interested: get the flatpak. No network configuration. You can create and join any meeting. Bizarrely, this thing requires no membership...(?!?!)(just tried it with ms. brent) and is stable. It has end-to-end which is cool, but for work I don't care. This is 10X better/classier than Google Meets with as many features as zoom. Am a fan.

Saijin_Naib again, thanks for the clarity about this.

Saijin_Naib

brent
No problem.

It doesn't require an account because 8x8 Networks (who operate Jitsi) use Jitsi Meet as a sort of testing ground for their enterprise software/service updates/upgrades, as well as an attractive "appetizer" to entice corps/orgs to purchase 8x8 services.

I as well am a huge fan of Jitsi. The only thing lacking for my usage is real-time transcriptions since my spouse is hard of hearing. Skype provides that for us with reasonable privacy (and pretty exceptional accuracy), so no Jitsi at home, unfortunately.

brent

Saijin_Naib 8X8 dangling this product makes sense if they want the (corporate/commercial/educational-institutional) market share the others get. I think that's smart.
I salute Microsoft today for offering that feature for your spouse in Skype. Was unaware they supported this very necessary feature.

Saijin_Naib

8x8 is a pretty big telecom firm who has been around for a while. Good products/services. I hope they keep good stewardship of Meet going forward, and continue to expand it and keep things open. No pulling a MapBox 😐

Yeah, the live transcription has been a huge help, especially when combined with video and the SILK audio codec. All of that combines to make for as good an environment as possible for her word recognition. And if she misses something, she's got the transcript 🙂

It would be great if it handled mixed-language conversations better. It can get confused when we switch between languages.

However, if you are on a call with other people who speak different languages, you can set up the live transcription to be appropriate for the from/to, so that both parties get the transcription from the other's spoken language to their own written language. This has been really cool for international collaboration.

Anyway, enjoy Jitsi! It's my favorite video conferencing platform in general, my specific accessibility use-cases aside.

brent

Saijin_Naib It would be great if it handled mixed-language conversations better. It can get confused when we switch between languages.

Does any closed or open source captioned technology do this mixed-language thing well (that we have access to)? If so, that would be completely amazing to me--that would break down so many language barriers. (I like to think I "keep up with tech literature" but not as much as I should.)