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That is the now legacy multi-protocol desktop client. It's not compatible with Jitsi Meet, the video conferencing product you may want.
You don't need a desktop app to use Jitsi Meet, any browser will do, but we do have a Electron client with a few extra features: https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron
Maybe the Electron based desktop application would work better for you? I haven't tried it myself, but it's an option. I'm not a huge fan of 'browser instances as applications' like Electron myself, but it's there if needed.
https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron
edit: I'm going to test this out with my instance, just to see how it works. :P
You will need a client. Browsers typically cannot type in other apps. Something that's free, open source, and runs on all platforms is Jitsi Meet. If you install the client, you'll have an option for "Remote control". I personally like that I'm in a call with the other person at the same time.
Calls have always been encrypted in-transit, but end-to-end encryption is an experimental feature and you need a recent version of Chromium or the Jitsi desktop client to get it working. To enable it, press the Shield icon in a call and flip the End to end encryption switch to "On." Keep in mind that other callers have to do this as well. Eventually this will be a lot easier when it is fully tested but for now it works really nicely.
Oh! but it did work running the Appimage:
$ ./jitsi-meet-x86_64.AppImage --enable-features=WebRTCPipeWireCapturer
Like that, not as a flatpak.
It'd be Jitsi, which is open source, just added end to end encryption functionality, can be self hosted, is accessed from the browser, now has a client out (their electron app)
quoting a post of mine from elsewhere
"""""""""""""" it takes any chromium based browser currently since they support WebRTC insertable streams(the tech that lets them do vidoeconferencing E@EE) This was rolled out a month or so ago, and right now works on anything based on chromium 83 onwards- so Chrome, theoretically Edge, the chromium browser Chromium itself
OR, you can skip all that and get their Electron Client (which I find works really well) https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron (Scroll DOWN on the page a bit to see it)
NOTE: If you do use a browser- something that was advertised , heavily early on was to go to chrome://flags/ In whichever browser(chromium based), and enable
Experimental Web Platform features If that is enabled, (and a restart is needed likely)- then it'll work smoothly- unless you're having trouble finding the option to turn it on in the menu settings on the right side?
For Firefox, they are working on it- but it's being reviewed here current;y; (the tech to implement it,) we're waiting for word from Mozilla before it gets added- https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/33 """""""""""""""
/u/24bitFLAC /u/maqp2
Jitsi meet has developed and offers full videoconferencing-capable end to end encryption (currently enabled in all chromium based browsers, Firefox is still working on implementing the WebRTC tech needed)
(but you can also download their electron app a little bit down on this paget- it also is E2EE enabled!)
/u/saghul - I know this has been mentioned before, about having JitsiMeet capture audio like Zoom can be set to just capture computer audio without sharing screens --
Is it something that can be added now that [https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron](Jitsi has t's own Electron app/software program)? I seem to recall that was the limiting factor since browsers can't really do it?
It is cross platform.
There is a desktop app you can install on all 3 of the operating systems, or run it from the browser, does not really matter, works fine with both.
There are android clients (including open source one in f-droid) and I assume there is a client for IOS too.
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Yes, there is an official ios app, you can find it in the link u/emilbergdahl sent.
Stupid question, but you're after the videobridge /server, right? Not the recently, just released Desktop client software for Jitsi Meet here?
My Mac users would benefit the most from this, but getting them to download a.dmg file from here, dismiss a warning from the OS (see that same page), install from the downloaded file, and then manage to find the application - they'd struggle. Still, it's an option. Also: can mobile Mac devices - the ones on 'iOS' I think - run the app, please?
@NathanHall -> could you test jitsi-meet-electron? https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases/tag/v1.1.1 In Linux, you just download it inside a folder; make it executable and run it.
https://itsfoss.com/use-appimage-linux/
I am not sure about windows, but it seems you just download the ".exe" and double click it...
Thx a lot