Re: alternatives to skype
On 2/10/13, Russell L. Harris <rlharris@broadcaster.org> wrote:
> * Philip Ashmore <contact@philipashmore.com> [130209 09:45]:
>> WebRTC is fast becoming the standard for this.
>> Even Skype is thinking about adopting this for phone to tablet to pc
>> video chats without plug-ins - see
>> http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/webrtc/basics/
>
> Because you appear to have a current and good perspective on video
> conferencing, may I ask your recommendation for an approach to utilize
> in the immediate future -- tomorrow, next week, next month.
>
> I was about to install ekiga, but I found postings which warned that
> the latest revision of ekiga created a number of problems.
>
> Then I ran across jitsi: https://jitsi.org/Main/HomePage ,
> which appears to be superior to ekiga.
I failed to get Jitsi running about 2 months ago, Debian testing.
Extremely high latency. I tried 3 times, 3 separate days, and didn't
have the time to go into more depth (and reach a point of worthiness
to post to this list). A very minor experience data point, but I'd
like to get it working yet... Jitsi does look good.
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