Keeping in Touch with Video Conferencing = Jitsi

[Canard]

Just thought I would mention Jitsi.

Jitsi is a FOSS (free open source software) video conferencing application and service.

The free application - if you have the chops, the hardware, and the bandwidth, you can download Jitsi and build your own video conferencing server.

The (free) service - you can go to

Jisti.org

and click on the "See it in action" button and get a URL and security code for a meeting space that you can share with friends and family. There is no requirement to sign up or offer any personal details. They do ask for a screen display name but filling in the box is completely optional. I have not encountered any practical time-out on meeting duration, yet. I believe there is a limit of eight concurrent participants in the free meetings. All the basics of a video conferencing service are there for your use. But sorry, no cat-mask filters.

And Jitsi's EULA is quite open and transparent - not a lot of baffle-gab fine print. Read it. You should always read these things.

The pay service - there is a company which uses Jitsi software for their video conferencing business. They host the free service and support the development of the software's open source code. I have never had reason to investigate the pay service. I would imagine the pay service offers better bandwidth and larger numbers of participants. Maybe more features, too.

 

[fronobulax]

But sorry, no cat-mask filters.

You sure? I have not tried it but I thought there was a filter that used your device's camera and produced a modified image as output. You got the filter in your meeting by telling your conferencing software to use the filter instead of the camera.

 

[Canard]

You sure? I have not tried it but I thought there was a filter that used your device's camera and produced a modified image as output. You got the filter in your meeting by telling your conferencing software to use the filter instead of the camera.

I am seldom certain about anything. I have not found any cat-mask filters in the Jitsi interface, though. Not that I have looked for them. If the filters are something that works at the camera level, presenting the filtered camera output to whatever platform is being used, I wouldn't know about it. I am primarily a Linux user. I do have Win10 computers, but I just don't turn them on all that much. Linux is a bit more bare-bones on non-essential geegaws. I have never found any cat-mask filter options. No problem for me.