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We plan to update that soon so that it will try a key with the DebConf CDN first, and failing that it will try to stream to YouTube (so either should be possible soon. We plan to update that soon so that it will try a key with the DebConf CDN first, and failing that it will try to stream to YouTube (so either should be possible soon).
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There have been some issues with WebRTC compatibility between older verisons of Jitsi and Firefox, so please use firefox 76.0 or later (Currently, end-May 2020, only in Sid). There have been some issues with WebRTC compatibility between older versions of Jitsi and Firefox, so please use firefox 76.0 or later (Currently, end-May 2020, only in Sid).

Service URL: https://jitsi.debian.social

Authentication

There is no per user authentication in Jitsi. Currently, all participants get admin in our setup. If you want to protect a room, you can add a password when you join, then other users will need a password to join. This will be reset again after the room is closed.

Streaming

Currently, jitsi is hardcoded to stream to the DebConf CDN (which will only work at times when that CDN is available).

We plan to update that soon so that it will try a key with the DebConf CDN first, and failing that it will try to stream to ?YouTube (so either should be possible soon).

Browser compatibility

There have been some issues with WebRTC compatibility between older versions of Jitsi and Firefox, so please use firefox 76.0 or later (Currently, end-May 2020, only in Sid).

Details: Jitsi prior to v4025 interacts very badly with Firefox prior to 76.0 and degrades the conference for all users. After v4025 it is only degraded for the too-old Firefox user (degraded means choppy audio, jumpy video, high CPU and bandwidth usage). The debian.social Jitsi instance is at least 4074 (May 2020) so Firefox is not a disaster, but you really should use at least version 76.0 to get a good experience. Older versions of Safari don't work well/(at all) with jitsi either.

Android App

An Android app is available on frdoid and Google Play.

Local hacks

  • We disabled the jitsi watermark on videos, so that recorded videos won't display it (might be confusing if someone watches the video and somehow things it's related to jitsi.org).
  • Everyone in a room gets 'admin rights', this is necessary to work around some deficiencies in Jitsi during online talks and events hosted in Debian. Generally you want to trust people who join meetings. We plan to work with upstream to fix some use cases for us.
  • See also the streaming section above.