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Does Matrix have the equivalent of voice chat rooms that Discord has? I find as a user of Discord that being able to see who's just hanging out is the killer fe

by muzzio 3y ago

Does Matrix have the equivalent of voice chat rooms that Discord has? I find as a user of Discord that being able to see who's just hanging out is the killer feature there. (As are things like game streaming and bots, ofc)

dingusdew 3y ago
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Arathorn 3y ago
yes, albeit in beta in Element: https://element.io/blog/drop-in-drop-out-chats-with-video-rooms-and-a-new-search-experience/ https://element.io/blog/drop-in-drop-out-chats-with-video-ro...
- moojd 3y ago
  I saw this and got excited but no, this isn't discord voice channels. This is an integrated jitsi meet call. It looks like some sort of prototype has been merged to develop though: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/pull/21476 https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/pull/21476
  - prophesi 3y ago
    What do you mean it's not discord voice channels? Looking at the screenshot[0] their Jitsi Meet integration is identical, because discord voice channels are essentially voice conference calls. [0] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/48614497/159062202-a7f8d8b2-ff39-4576-b398-cc3b526864f9.png https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/48614497/159062202...
    - solarkraft 3y ago
      There's still a "join" page every time before you can actually enter a room. And the participants in the room aren't shown as nicely when you're not in it. Both are very important for replicating Discord's low friction. Opening a full window when it's just a voice channel anyway is also distracting and increases friction.
- barbariangrunge 3y ago
  $5/user/month = no way in hell I can get all my friends on board to use it. Impossible to get network effects going like that, as much as I wanted to try it. It looks like it's a b2b app anyway
  - lannisterstark 3y ago
    It's $0/user/infinity if you host your own Matrix server[0]. You don't have that option with Discord. Your data will remain with discord servers. Element is hardly b2b lol. --- [0]: https://matrix.org/ https://matrix.org/ A good starting point if you're tech literate is this: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy

by muzzio 3y ago

dingusdew 3y ago

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Arathorn 3y ago

yes, albeit in beta in Element: https://element.io/blog/drop-in-drop-out-chats-with-video-rooms-and-a-new-search-experience/ https://element.io/blog/drop-in-drop-out-chats-with-video-ro...

moojd 3y ago
I saw this and got excited but no, this isn't discord voice channels. This is an integrated jitsi meet call. It looks like some sort of prototype has been merged to develop though: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/pull/21476 https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/pull/21476
- prophesi 3y ago
  What do you mean it's not discord voice channels? Looking at the screenshot[0] their Jitsi Meet integration is identical, because discord voice channels are essentially voice conference calls. [0] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/48614497/159062202-a7f8d8b2-ff39-4576-b398-cc3b526864f9.png https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/48614497/159062202...
  - solarkraft 3y ago
    There's still a "join" page every time before you can actually enter a room. And the participants in the room aren't shown as nicely when you're not in it. Both are very important for replicating Discord's low friction. Opening a full window when it's just a voice channel anyway is also distracting and increases friction.
barbariangrunge 3y ago
$5/user/month = no way in hell I can get all my friends on board to use it. Impossible to get network effects going like that, as much as I wanted to try it. It looks like it's a b2b app anyway
- lannisterstark 3y ago
  It's $0/user/infinity if you host your own Matrix server[0]. You don't have that option with Discord. Your data will remain with discord servers. Element is hardly b2b lol. --- [0]: https://matrix.org/ https://matrix.org/ A good starting point if you're tech literate is this: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy