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Ask HN: What do you use for high quality video calling?
What do you use for high quality video calling these days between continents/countries/cities. Whatsapp video calls are OK, often low quality. Skype gives good quality only when it feels like. There should have been a WebRTC alternative by now but I can't find a free one. https://appr.tc is probably broken and always give room full error to other person (overseas) who wants to join.
- nudpiedo 5y agoI just seek functionality like WhatsApp or whatever I have by hand.
- Kaibeezy 5y agoIt’s like that old sign in the barbershop: “Cheap - Fast - Good ... pick two” We use Dialpad (formerly UberConference) for formal calls where the quality is important, but often Zoom for impromptu / informal ones.
- z3t4 5y agoSomething that will make a huge difference is good lightning, and secondary a good camera lens. A 720p video with good camera and lightning will look better then a blurry high iso 1080p video.
- approxim8ion 5y agoI use jitsi and have minimal complaints.
- emrahcom 5y agojitsi
- rurban 5y agoJitsi
- rahimnathwani 5y agoIt sounds like you're dealing with poor connectivity at one/both ends, or poor peering along the route. I suggest you try these, in order, and stop when one of them works for you: - FaceTime - Zoom - Google Duo - Whereby - Jitsi Apple and Zoom are highly incentivized to make their video calling work great, even if it costs them money in global infrastructure. P2P media transfer (like Jitsi does for 1:1 calls) is great when it works, but sucks if the IP routes between the respective ISPs suck.
- yesenadam 5y agoNaïve question: You mention "Apple and Zoom"—I see Zoom on your list, not Apple. Is one of those things you list (made by) Apple? Or..uh..what did you mean? I'm confused.
- rahimnathwani 5y agoI suggest pasting each of the items I mentioned into a search engine like google.com or duckduckgo.com, and spending a minute reading about each one.
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- yesenadam 5y agoOr you could've told me the answer.
- rahimnathwani 5y agoThat would have been easier for me, but would have been less kind to you: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/give_a_man_a_fish_and_you_feed_him_for_a_day;_teach_a_man_to_fish_and_you_feed_him_for_a_lifetime https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/give_a_man_a_fish_and_you_f...
- yesenadam 5y agoThe reality is, I'm not interested enough to google 5 things to learn the answer. I just wanted to understand your comment. So I'm left not knowing, and your apparently feeling pleased with your unfriendly unhelpfulness. Nothing kind about it. Sorry I asked. Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? https://biblehub.com/matthew/7-9.htm https://biblehub.com/matthew/7-9.htm
- swah 5y agoFaceTime is Apple's video calling service since forever. Always takes me a second to remember what that is, being an Android user in 3rd world...