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Request: Google Meet Alternative (self.degoogle)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Sparkega to c/[email protected]

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I'm looking for an alternative option to video chat and stream Jackbox games with my family.

Currently when we play, I set up a video chat on meet that family members join via laptops and then I connect a separate computer that shares its screen and audio from the running game.

Features I'm interested in:

Cheap/No cost
Easily to access (web based ideally)
Shares computer screen and audio
Unlimited/long meeting time (sometimes we play for up to 3 hours)

Does something like this exist?

Edit: We had a successful game last weekend using Jitsi Meet. Everyone was able to connect and we played for 3 1/2 hours. Jackbox audio and video went through nicely.

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[–] southsamurai 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Have you checked out revolt?

It's essentially a discord clone, but open source.

Thing is, other than a few days back when it came out, I haven't used it. So I can't really be certain it'll meet your needs, only that it does have web based interface as an option, it's free and didn't have time limits when I tried it. No idea how voice and video are with it.

[–] Sparkega 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks. I looked into it. Doesn't appear that video or screen sharing are available yet, though is a work in progress. I'll check back on this later when these features are added.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@Sparkega @southsamurai It's not free but look into https://www.meet.coop/ - been using for 2+ year as a Meet/Zoom alternative. works great and even has some features that Zoom/Meet lacks, such as the ability to upload presentation and files, shared notes, etc.