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Request: Google Meet Alternative (self.degoogle)

submitted 2 months 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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I keep wanting to try Jami and opened a thread about it a while back. It seems more geeky than Jitsi. That might be good or bad depending on your perspective. I'm not sure but I think it may be purely peer to peer, instead of needing a server. I tried to self-host Jitsi once and gave up after hitting some snags, but I might try harder sometime.