 good day, I am looking at options for video conferencing suite. I was reading some stuff about the Free video conferencing boonex market app. I noticed that it would require another server RTMP Flash Media Server. Is it possible to use a PBX in a flash Astrix's server as the secondary server? http://www.boonex.com/m/video-conference Is there any easy cheap ways to go about video conferencing? I have my PBIF |
The default Flash apps should already be able to do this. Chat allows multi-user video/audio sessions, and Messenger allows one-on-one. You do need RMS, but Rayz has P2P versions in the market. BoonEx Certified Host: Zarconia.net - Fully Supported Shared and Dedicated for Dolphin |
. Is it possible to use a PBX in a flash Astrix's server as the secondary server? PBX in a flash is for setting up a private branch telephone exchange. The flash part means that you can do it quickly. Geeks, making the world a better place |
Oh that videowhisper if you use it your also looking at additional monthly cost. Just get a rms server and use the existing chat that comes with dolphin. You can do audio/video chat ,create rooms , make them public or private, etc....
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Issue with default a/v chat room - You can only enlarge one video at a time (I can, anyway) - so if there are 10 people you want to watch, 1 can be resized, and 9 are too small to see with no option to move them out of the docking area and resize them.
Looking for better options as well. |
Audio/Video from AndrewP is a good solution.. |
That's for 1 to 1. I'm trying to ask Andrew some questions about the group version, but this forum doesn't make it easy if you haven't already bought the thing.
I feel like group cam room is kind of a big deal with adequate host options like profanity filters, etc - and the thing everyone on my site wants an improvement on, but is kind of the hardest to find.
I tried cometchat - way too expensive - they wanted to charge ne 50 a month to run it on dolphin, and it didn't work on Safari - so half my users bitched about that.
I have zoom.us - but that has limited host controls, and people can share the link with non-members who can join, spam, etc -
I've done exhaustive searched on here - and FreiChat doesn't work with dolphin, apparently. Waiting to hear back from Whispervideo, but that seems to be still more flash and is questionable how well integrates with Dolphin (member levels, etc)
Oovoo has a developer SDK that is WebRTC and can do cross platform to work with mobile ios and android - but that sort of coding is way beyond me.
Anyone who comes up with a modern cam/audio conference room with good quality, low server strain, and adequate admin options is gonna make a killing. This seems to have been an issue for years. |
This seems to have been an issue for years.
Has been since 2010, that is when I started using Dolphin. The chat system has NEVER improved, they say that will be different in 7.3, who has another five years or so to wait for that. ManOfTeal.COM a Proud UNA site, six years running strong! |
Here's what I've found so far- seems useful to share info since this is actually a 2015 thread. Here's what I've found by doing searches on the forums and around the net. I'm sure it's not exhaustive.
1. CometChat - Wanted to charge me $50 a month to have something that worked with Dolphin, tho this isn't anywhere advertised on their site. Users found it difficult to use, and does not work on mobile or Safari (WebRTC). I tried for a month, and got rid of it. 2. FreiChat - Clearly advertises video chat on their site, but I got an email saying "FreiChat does not support video conferencing" - so whatever that means. Next. 3. Oovoo - They have software, but also offer SDK for something that works with WebRTC AND cross platform so also on IOS and Android. Looks promising - but says on the site - easy set up - but it's way beyond me. I emailed them looking for Freeelancers to build what I need- will see if they respond. But WebRTC + Cross Platform + Relatively modern looking = fingers crossed. 4. VideoWhisper - The pricing looks way confusing on the site. Branding all over everything could be a deal breaker, but if they can set up something useful, I'd try it out. Emailed questions - waiting to hear back. 5. Andrew's a/v/ group chat - I don't need it to work IN groups - I need it to be the conference room replacement. I've tried to ask questions to him on the forums, but it's not easy to contact people you haven't bought something from or to ask about support if you haven't bought the thing. We'll see if my questions ever get to him before I drop $90 bucks. It's WebRTC, so the quality of video looks good, but the conference room itself is not at all slick, and I have no clue if there are any admin things anyone would find useful. Sometimes the boonex forums work against people needing/wanting to share info. 6. Rayz RMS Free Chat - Great - it's not RMS - but isn't this the same guy who built the outdated regular dolphin chat? I mean, I'd give it a try, I guess, but no clue what users with slow internet will experience. And it's not RMS, so is it WebRTC? Can you resize the video images? What's the sound quality? One large image and the rest small (like the standard chat) is not adequate. 7. 123FlashChat - I mean - do we want more flash? Isn't it in its death throes? I'm skipping even researching this one, though it's been mentione don the forums elsewhere. 8. Various programs like Zoom.us, Bistri, Unseen, Talky - You can host a conference, but it doesn't really fit in with Dolphin at all, and they all have links so if you want it to be members only, someone could just send out the link to join the conference and give out the password, etc. Minimal admin options. Screensharing is fine, file sending is fine - but people aren't trading porn and mp3's like it's 1995.
We need a modern, slick, video conferencing and 1 to 1 cam/audio that works on all browsers and mobile that a site admin has some control over- profanity filters, users can change size and drag image around where they need to, not a huge server strain, decent video quality- etc.
If I find anything useful, I'll share it here, but jeeze. Who knew?! |
Just don't expect any video chat system to ever run in a browser on an Apple device. Apple is never, ever going to allow that capability. Apple always has some public reason for not supporting something, but the real reason is, they don't want anything running on their devices that they didn't put there, and that includes anything that runs in the browser. Apple will probably take the stand that they support webrtc already and that supporting it in the browser would be irrelevant... or something like that. I'd bet any amount of money that Apples mobile devices will never have the capability of running webrtc in the browser..... only in native apps. To Apple, it would be too much like allowing flash to run on ios, for which they gave a bunch of bullshit reasons for not supporting... the real one being that it was someone else's system that they couldn't make a buck off of in their itunes store.
It's all about money and control with Apple. Apple has their little 'Face time' thing, and They are not about to allow some video chat platform run on their devices... what a blow to their egos that would be, To them, it would be giving up control in a big way.. It's for the same reasons, you'll never find a usb port on an ipad. Apple will tell you that it's because of a power issue, but I know the real reason is because it opens the door for for doing things with an ipad that are beyond Apple's control, and they don't like that. My opinions expressed on this site, in no way represent those of Boonex or Boonex employees. |
This isn't about Apple, this is about Boonex Dolphin having a modern video conference room. Apple users can use Chrome if they want something else.
This Chat from 1996 is for the birds. |
Oovoo's SDK offers cross platform capability - so it's possible.
Yes it does! ManOfTeal.COM a Proud UNA site, six years running strong! |
Apple users can use Chrome if they want something else. It's not quite that simple. Chrome on an Apple device isn't going to have more rendering capabilities than Safari.
| And again - Oovoo's SDK offers cross platform capability - so it's possible.
Sure it is.... just not the by the same method. Webrtc will run in browsers except any browser on an Apple device. Webrtc on an Apple device will have to use a native app.... that make it entirely about Apple, because anything you develop, you have to develop all over again to run on ios as a native app.
My opinions expressed on this site, in no way represent those of Boonex or Boonex employees. |
Info from VideoWhisper - I'm doing dedicated server from Zarconia - won't I be able to skip some of this? And they're saying the P2P version won't work for most users because they're trying to sell Hosting, yes?
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More from VideoWhisper: These solutions are production ready and use Flash applications not WebRTC which is not a fully functional technology http://www.videochat-scripts.com/webrtc-videochat-and-conferencing-suppor t/ . So for 25 bucks a month, and my dedicated hosting thru Zarconia (thanks a BUNCH to those guys - wow!) - This may be okay for now. |
Slow slow tech support and install, and the install they installed wasn't working entirely, so the awesome dudes at Zarconia had to uninstall. Will let you all know how it progresses. |
Gave up on VideoWhisper when they just stopped answering open tickets for sales and tech support.
And so far so good. |
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