![]() ![]() For once, I have found PulseAudio useful! I use PulseAudio Volume Control to redirect the audio output from the desired application (be it a game, music player, video player or whatever) to the microphone input. Jitsi Meet provides a ‘Share audio’ function in Windows only, but I found a work-around to to be able to share any application’s audio in Linux if I ever want to use my Linux machines to cast games by Jackbox Games or other suppliers. The Jackbox Games games are cast via Jitsi Meet from the laptop at my house, and the group of players in each household can view and hear the game on their TV and participate using their mobile phones as per the Jackbox Games paradigm. Each household connects a laptop to their TV via HDMI and joins the Jitsi Meet meeting. During the current COVID-19 lockdown we have been having fun playing Jackbox Games Party Pack 6 this way with family and friends in different locations (see ‘ (My Solution) Best method for Virtual Couch Multiplayer‘). The ‘Share audio’ feature is needed when, for example, you are casting via the Internet to remote players a multi-user game running on your machine. Google Chrome, but not Firefox, displays a ‘Share audio’ tick box when the ‘Share your screen’ icon is clicked (see ‘ Jitsi Meet features update, April 2020‘). One of my family here at home has a laptop running Windows 10. ![]() When using Google Chrome, to be able to share your screen you need to install the Google Chrome extension ‘Jitsi Meetings’ by meet.ji.si in the Google Chrome Web Store. Actually, an Ubuntu 16.04 user told me that Firefox hangs when he tries to join a Jitsi Meet meeting, but Jitsi Meet works fine in Firefox in my two Gentoo Linux installations and in my family’s Lubuntu 18.04 installation. Either Google Chrome or Firefox can be used, although I find it runs better in Google Chrome. Jitsi Meet requires no installation it runs in a browser window. In the case of Jitsi Meet in Linux, PulseAudio Volume Control can be used to share audio, as I explain further down. ** There is a work-around for this problem in Zoom for Linux see my answer to the Unix & Linux Stack Exchange question ‘Play audio output as input to Zoom’. * Neither platform currently provides end-to-end encryption for group meetings, although the developers of Jitsi Meet are apparently working on implementing end-to-end encryption for group meetings using a new feature of Google Chrome called ‘Insertable Streams’. (the company that develops the Jitsi Meetings software). if I wanted to, I could download the Jitsi software to my own server and set up a Jitsi Meet server to handle meetings instead of using the Cloud server provided by 8×8, Inc. ![]() Jitsi Meet is open-source, so anyone can inspect the source code.I find the UI of the Jitsi Meet app for Android easy to use (the app can be installed via Google Play).if I share audio in Zoom for Linux, the audio is very distorted **.I find Jitsi Meet on a desktop/laptop more intuitive and easier to use than Zoom.I find image quality better in Jitsi Meet.I find the performance of Jitsi Meet better than Zoom, which seems to be corroborated in basic benchmarking by Jitsi Meet’s developers (‘ WebRTC vs.Jitsi Meet provides end-to-end encryption for one-to-one video calls *.unlike the free version of Zoom, Jitsi Meet does not have a limit on the number of meeting attendees.unlike the free version of Zoom, Jitsi Meet does not impose a time limit on the length of the meeting.unlike Zoom, Jitsi Meet does not require the installation of an application - it runs in Google Chrome or Firefox.unlike Zoom, Jitsi Meet does not require you to sign up.no subscriptions are required to use all the features of Jitsi Meet.The reasons I prefer Jitsi Meet to Zoom include the following: WIRED Magazine’s recent article on Jitsi Meet is also worth reading: ‘ Want to Ditch Zoom? Jitsi Offers an Open-Source Alternative‘. Although many people like Zoom, my favourite video conferencing platform is Jitsi Meet.įor an excellent third-party video introduction to Jitsi Meet, watch the video: ‘ Using Jitsi: A free, no-registration video conferencing site‘. Zoom seems to be the most popular video conference platform at the moment, although several articles in the media have pointed out some of its security limitations (see, e.g., ‘ ‘Zoom is malware’: why experts worry about the video conferencing platform‘). During the current COVID-19 lockdown I have been using video conferencing platforms a lot for family virtual meet-ups, quizzes and multi-player games by Jackbox Games. ![]()
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