[kwlug-disc] BBB impressions

[CrankyOldBugger]

The first time that I tried to go to screen share, I got the permissions
prompt, then when I hit Accept the whole system froze up.  I could hear
people talking but my desktop was frozen.  I finally had to go to another
computer and ssh back into my first one and kill FF and "Web Content".
The next several times I tried to screen share I got past the permissions
prompt, then I saw the infinity mirror, but audio got choppy and eventually
it kicked me out of the screen share and back to the normal browser page.


On Mon, 6 Apr 2020 at 22:29, Doug Moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:

> I was able to connect with audio and video, but only in listen only mode.
> When I initially tried to connect using my laptop microphone, I was
> informed of some permissions problem.
> But no problem, there is also text chat.
> I was using firefox on macos.
>
> Everything was fine for the first presentation, then partway into the
> second, my home internet connection went down for a minute. When I came
> back up, I could still see the presentation running, but I couldn't hear
> anything, and I couldn't use the chat feature. My name disappeared from the
> list of attendees. I wasn't able to reconnect.
>
> I could probably have overcome these problems if I understood the
> procedures for troubleshooting and overcoming connection problems. BBB is
> probably fine once you understand it.
>
> If you use Zoom for free, it cuts you off after 40 minutes, and I think
> there is probably also a limit on # of participants. So to use Zoom for
> KWLUG would require purchasing a licence, in addition to the privacy
> concerns. My church is using zoom and our non-techie participants are
> having their own problems with audio and video. It's not like Zoom is
> bulletproof, although I must admit it works for me without any problem.
> There is a group of technies who tutor church members in how to use zoom
> successfully.
>
> One thing about Zoom: I'm using the native client, which probably violates
> my privacy worse than a web browser, but it seems to be reliable. Does BBB
> have a native client?
>
> Doug.
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2020, at 1:59 AM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> > My impressions:
> >
> > - Some people definitely had issues connecting to audio (and I wish
> >   some of them would be willing to run another test with me later)
> > - 20Mb upload bandwidth is not enough for screen sharing
> > - Phone access was surprisingly useful for people who could not
> >   connect to audio
> > - Some people seemed to disconnect and reconnect to the server a lot,
> >   and I do not know why
> > - For voice and presentation the original server was okay
> > - I guess we are happier with the other server overall (but it still
> >   needs a bunch of fixups)
> > - It would be really nice to be able to livestream as we go, but I
> >   think BBB does not have that ability directly. (With enough effort I
> >   bet we could make it work somehow.)
> >
> > Your impressions? Do we stick with BBB for future online meetings?
> > What if we are limited to the first server?
> >
> > - Paul
> >
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