Jitsi Video Conference

pmusaraj · March 29, 2020, 8:20pm


	Summary	Jitsi Video Conference allows embedding Jitsi video conference calls into Discourse posts.
	Repository Link	https://github.com/discourse/discourse-jitsi
	New to Discourse Themes?	Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes

Install this theme component

Configuration options:

admins can use their own Jitsi server instance
adds a composer toolbar icon (can be limited to staff only in component’s settings)
displays a button with a configurable icon and label in posts

Screenshots:

And the admin settings:

sunjam · March 29, 2020, 8:48pm

Hi, thank you for this post and plugin. I’ve removed some of my posts from the other thread to limit confusion. I’ve installed and been testing the component.

I do not see a Discourse Preview when drafting a video conference into a new post.
Do you see a preview?

tobiaseigen · March 29, 2020, 8:49pm

Awesome! @downey could we try this using your jitsi server? I dont have one now but might like to set one up.

I was just struggling with a family call using gotomeeting and would be interested in trying something mew that is simply embedded in a discourse topic. All the better if its with jitsi!

Stephen · March 29, 2020, 9:27pm

Is there a concern over using the server jitsi is providing for free?

sunjam · March 29, 2020, 9:37pm

Is there a concern over using the server jitsi is providing for free?

We’ve been testing it and it works fine for ~10 people. Performance becomes unusable at 20+ so you’d want to run your own instance for larger groups calls + Slack and Etherpad integration.

Stephen · March 29, 2020, 9:49pm

That reminds me, the reason our Jitsi testing has stopped is because Jitsi prompts mobile users to install an app, at least on iOS. We’re looking at BigBlueButton again which works through the browser on mobile and desktop.

Wondering if @pmusaraj would be interested in checking out their API to see how much if any of the work done on this component could work over there too…

sunjam · March 30, 2020, 12:38am

Does it help that your users can also phone in? fwiw the iOS app is excellent, plus it is fully open source and just easy to use afaik. I’ve noticed the app is basic a replica of the Zoom app for iOS and Android, which almost everyone I know uses.

Stephen · March 30, 2020, 12:40am

I mean, if I have the choice of conferencing that works natively, versus one that requires an app, I will probably pass on installing the additional app.

downey · March 30, 2020, 5:34pm

It’s kinda (not totally) like asking everyone who wants to have any given conversation using Discourse as a platform to use meta.

Yeah this is true, and I haven’t thought through ramifications of using a mobile interface embedded in Discourse like this.

Have been hearing good things about BBB as well, especially for more “webinar style” events. An integration for it would be good too

AFAIK, it’s the other way around, Zoom copied a lot of the UI/UX for Jitsi and other web conferencing tools over the years.

downey · March 30, 2020, 5:53pm

FWIW, I’m getting an error when configuring the theme component to use my own installed Jitsi instance. The normal room URL syntax works fine, but some reason getting a 404 when attempting to use the button. Unfortunately I won’t have time this week to troubleshoot…

maiki · April 2, 2020, 8:49pm

@pmusaraj, thanks for the component!

Anyway to add a randomized word generator for room creation? Or maybe a timestamp/epoch? I hit a mental wall each time I create a room in Discourse.

riking · April 3, 2020, 2:58am

“Good artists copy, great artists steal” – at the start of the day, the current product is what the user sees, not the history.

nathank · April 3, 2020, 3:35am

How much does the performance of Jitsi improve with your own instance? I thought that it is peer-peer once the call has been made.

We need a solution that can cope with large groups, and as it is (using meet.jit.si) I’m finding it too poor for one:one calls often.

Stephen · April 3, 2020, 3:43am

Jitsi is only peer to peer in 1:1 settings. Any larger groups route through the server.

Even dedicated self hosted instances we’ve experimented with tap out fairly quickly.

riking · April 3, 2020, 4:53am

Maybe they should offer a sold hosting option for money in addition to the self-hosting option… could help them identify problems in the software at scale

Stephen · April 3, 2020, 5:07am

I think the main problem is that for deployments of any scale jitsi-videobridge really needs a dedicated host, with the jitsi-meet component installed separately. The former is the streaming server, while meet only provides the front end.

Unfortunately the install route most people go for is the semi-automated single-host deployment. Their quick install all lives within docker and is very straightforward.

The detailed manual install which lets you deploy the components separately is going to put off any newcomers quite quickly.

tobiaseigen · April 11, 2020, 5:53pm

I’m not able to get this to work, even with the default meet.jit.si server. Whatever I put in for the meeting id, I just get a grey box instead of the video meeting.

pmusaraj · April 11, 2020, 6:02pm

Anything in the console?

Benjamin_D · April 11, 2020, 7:03pm

Hi Tobias, it works here (with chrome and firefox), 2.5.0 beta2, few plugins, fresh Jitsi server from +/- 48h ago …

I’m currently trying to implement jwt, but by might be in over my head , and I was also wondering if it wouldn’t be better to import external_api.js from settings.meet_jitsi_domain rather than https://meet.jit.si ?
there : https://github.com/pmusaraj/discourse-jitsi/blob/master/javascripts/discourse/initializers/insert-jitsi.js.es6

tobiaseigen · April 11, 2020, 7:24pm

Hmm… lots of errors in the console. This happens on my personal instance and on a new hosted trial site just created. I’m using the default meet.jit.si server, have made no changes to the theme component settings.

I don’t have my own jitsi server (yet) and thought it would work out of the box…

click to see

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