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Not having used zoom, what does it do that the open source, self hostable jitsi meet does not? I feel that jitsi for some unbeknownst reason is ignored in favo
by cmroanirgo 6y ago
Not having used zoom, what does it do that the open source, self hostable jitsi meet does not?
I feel that jitsi for some unbeknownst reason is ignored in favour of zoom, but don't understand why.
- barbs 6y agoI'm a big fan of jitsi, but I think it's a bit less efficient on resources, particularly with meetings with a lot of participants, although I haven't tried this personally. Also, Zoom's network effect. A lot of people simply aren't aware of jitsi.
- scottlamb 6y agoShort answer: bandwidth. Longer answer, a set of questions: * Do most teachers and/or students have sufficient upload capacity to send n-1 copies of their video stream in an n-person chat? (A 20-person chat might be typical for a K12 classroom.) * Is it possible to do multicast across the Internet? I assert the answer to both questions is "no", so all the video streams need to go through a server/reflector. You're suggesting that self-hosting; a follow-up question: * Does your average school district have the bandwidth for simultaneous duplex video streams for every student and teacher? * Would they be able to acquire this bandwidth quickly? Also no. I've never used jitsi and don't know if there are other problems, but this one's a dealbreaker anyway.