ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 69, Issue 15

[Lawrence North]

Hi Jared and co,

Don't know if this is any use, but Steve MCGlaughlin ( aka Door-to-door
geek) has various podcasts which use mumble servers and he offers use of
these for other groups.

Might be worth a try at :

http://www.doortodoorgeek.com/AllPodcast

regards

Larry North

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> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:26:14 +1000
> From: Josh McFarlane <joshmcf at gmail.com>
> To: Jared Norris <jrnorris at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: VOIP meettings
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> Here are some thoughts. Perhaps it would be worth having a look at Mumble
> as it is both free and open source. Mumble should also meet the
> requirements for the number of people using it. Although Mumble is aimed at
> the gaming community I think that it would work quite well in a meeting
> environment.
> 
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Jared Norris <jrnorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 15 November 2011 09:25, Joel Pickett <jlkpcktt at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi Tom,
> > > 1. I'm not sure what other services are available out there, but I'm sure
> > > that Google Hangouts would be ideal for small social/planning event.
> > Whether
> > > it's audio or video, I don't really see the need for ~20 to be active at
> > > once - depends what the purpose of the event is...?
> > > 2. By its nature, you need some level of bandwidth to participate in
> > > audio/video discussions. There's IRC, forums, mailing list - this is just
> > > another method to communicate. I don't think we can make it any more
> > > accessible than what the user's connection is set at.
> > > 3. I'm suggesting a g+ hangout for those interested... open to
> > suggestions
> > > though
> > > Joel P
> > >
> > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au>
> > > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On the IRC, I asked about uisng VOIP for the meeting
> > >> there were a few unanswered question:
> > >>
> > >> 1. A open service that can carter to group calls 20 or so people at
> > once?
> > >> 2. Do people has enough bandwidth to support VOIP?
> > >> 3. Would VOIP be used?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
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> > >> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
> > >> Ubuntu wiki page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/tomsparks
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> > It depends on what we're using the VOIP service for. If we're using it
> > to REPLACE the IRC meetings then it would need to cater for more than
> > 9 people. If we're looking to ADD it as a meeting the maybe we can
> > look into solutions that have lower thresholds.
> >
> > I've not been involved in many phone conferences outside of work but I
> > know the ones at work can get messy quickly if you're seeking input
> > from a large number of users all at once.
> >
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> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:30:02 +1000
> From: Jared Norris <jrnorris at gmail.com>
> To: Josh McFarlane <joshmcf at gmail.com>
> Cc: Ubuntu-AU <ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: VOIP meettings
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> On 16 November 2011 22:26, Josh McFarlane <joshmcf at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Here are some thoughts. Perhaps it would be worth having a look at Mumble as
> > it is both free and open source. Mumble should also meet the requirements
> > for the number of people using it. Although Mumble is aimed at the gaming
> > community I think that it would work quite well in a meeting environment.
> >
> 
> Ah mumble! I did remember looking into this a while ago but forgot
> what the name of it was. The only downside for this is that I wasn't
> able to locate and appropriate free servers we could set up on. Unless
> someone knows of any I couldn't hunt down it would require someone to
> set up and maintain a server with access to adequate bandwidth for
> multiple voip users. Any takers?
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych)
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris
> 
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