[muglo] Re: Bigmarker video conference
- From: Dave Knight <dave@xxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:33:42 -0500
Just some thoughts..
As a telecommuter I do a fair bit of teleconferencing. This almost never
involves video. Typically we dial in to a phone based conference room for the
talking and use something like Adobe Connect so that we can look at documents,
or a slide show on someones machine.
In my experience...
Good quality voice-comms is essential.
A good way to share a desktop so that the presenter can demonstrate things is
very important.
Being able to see a laggy, low resolution video of the other attendees faces is
rarely useful.
Instant Messenger stuff like iChat/AIM/Jabber is handy for person-to-person
sniping :)
Skype does voice very well. You can do voice-only conference calls with up to
25 participants for free with Skype. Skype can also do text chat alongside that.
BigMarker can share a desktop / presentation / etc, it can also do text chat.
Using these tools in combination might work well. We do the talking on a Skype
conference call, we don't do any audio, or video in BigMarker, use it only to
do the business of presenting and demonstration.
Also... as I was reminded last night, using the built in mic/speaker on a
laptop to join a conference call is not good, introducing extraneous noise or
feedback onto a call with many participants is bad. In fact it's good practice
for everyone to use a headset and to mute themselves when they're not talking.
dave
On 2011-01-26, at 10:49 AM, Wayne Dobson wrote:
> When all else fails, read the directions:
> Hi Wayne,
>
> Thank you for your feedback. To enable audio, you have to click on the head
> set icon next to the web cam icon to join the voice conference bridge. Please
> let us know if you still have issues with BigMarker. We want you to be happy.
>
> Thank you
> Team BigMarker
>>>
> To test this, I set up my second computer in a conference with my eMac. It's
> a G4, dual 1.0 GHz. The software is a virtual clone of my eMac, yet it
> wouldn't log on with Safari. Firefox worked. When I clicked the 'enable
> microphone', input and output audio was enabled. This is a bit of a misnomer.
> Duplex conversation was possible with my two computers, but a bit confusing
> as there is a half-second delay.
>
> I would like to try it again without video to see if the decreased bandwidth
> helps. I'll set up for 7:00 tonight, same site, but no invitations.
>
> If we can get the screen sharing and audio working with G4s, we can introduce
> video one at a time until we reach the threshold. The idea being that this
> may be a way for non-Intel members who can't get to meetings to still benefit.
>
> Wayne Dobson
> G4 eMac, 1.42 GHz
> 2 GHz RAM,Leopard,
> Mail, Safari
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