Public Web Meeting Options
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What Video Conference tools are available that can accommodate Public Web Meeting without a large expense?
For example, Nextcloud Talk can handle Public Web Meetings if you buy the High Performance Backend at a price of $4,500
Requirements are:
° Ensure two-way communication for members and the public to hear and address each other.
° Permit participants to record or broadcast the public meeting.
° Allow participants to address the public body during a public comment period. -
Zoom is probably one of the best tools out there and it isn't too expensive.
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@coliver said in Public Web Meeting Options:
Zoom is probably one of the best tools out there and it isn't too expensive.
Zoom is basically always the answer.
It works on everything and is so simple, even a doctor can use it once the IT pro sets up the account and puts it on his devices.
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If you're looking to host something yourself.
https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton
Is actually really decent.
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@JaredBusch said in Public Web Meeting Options:
@coliver said in Public Web Meeting Options:
Zoom is probably one of the best tools out there and it isn't too expensive.
Zoom is basically always the answer.
It works on everything and is so simple, even a doctor can use it once the IT pro sets up the account and puts it on his devices.
Yeah, Zoom is the default option for this, really no need to look elsewhere if you want something idiot-proof.
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I have people hunting for solutions that allow large meetings currently. North of the commonly available 150-300 attendees range that I see on most products.
Anyone have suggestions for that?
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@NDC said in Public Web Meeting Options:
I have people hunting for solutions that allow large meetings currently. North of the commonly available 150-300 attendees range that I see on most products.
Anyone have suggestions for that?
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@NDC said in Public Web Meeting Options:
I have people hunting for solutions that allow large meetings currently. North of the commonly available 150-300 attendees range that I see on most products.
Anyone have suggestions for that?
You'd have to license for it but Zoom can do 1000 people meetings as well.
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Thanks! We'll go with Zoom.
@NDC said in Public Web Meeting Options:
Anyone have suggestions for that?
Zoom says they can handle 1000 or more, but you need to contact them for pricing.
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@coliver said in Public Web Meeting Options:
If you're looking to host something yourself.
https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton
Is actually really decent.
I had that one integrated with Moodle (Online Classrom) one time.
Jitsi Meet is also a decent one if you're looking to host yourself - or if you want them to host it.
Otherwise, I'd go with Zoom. I just got off a 4 hour Webex call, that may be the reason for my bias, lol.
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Another option I found after reading a blog on Xen-Orchestra Blog its called Whereby.
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I'm thinking about setting up Jitsi on one of our colo servers. I know @JaredBusch posted an installation guide on it.
I like that it uses pure WebRTC and doesn't require an app or anything to be downloaded.
May not work for the OP's application though.
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@Pete-S said in Public Web Meeting Options:
I'm thinking about setting up Jitsi on one of our colo servers. I know @JaredBusch posted an installation guide on it.
I like that it uses pure WebRTC and doesn't require an app or anything to be downloaded.
May not work for the OP's application though.
Jitsi works great on a public IP.
I never got it to work correctly behind Nginx
I use it for my D&D campaign for audio/video.Spun it up on Vultr.
Run the game.
Shutdown the instance.
Make Vultr Snapshot
Delete instance (for no billing).
Spin up instance from snapshot afternoon of next game.
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@Pete-S said in Public Web Meeting Options:
I'm thinking about setting up Jitsi on one of our colo servers.
It works great. We have one, too.
