[sf-lug] Tip: Better to use Chromium/Chrome but up-to-date FF fine too ... for Jitsi

[aaronco36]

Quoting Michael Paoli <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu> :
> Hmmm, interestingly, I've had (generally) much better success with
> using Jitsi with Firefox, than Chromium. Maybe a slightly broader 
> "tip"/suggestion?  But, uhm, no, not whatever browsers someone
> still has on their Microsoft Windows 95 installation ... hell no.

My vote similar to Michael's here; an updated Firefox seems to function 
just as well as or even a bit perceptively "better" than Chromium/Chrome 
for Jitsi Meet.

Just my own two cents on that :-)


Allex K <alexkleider at protonmail.com> wrote:
> My vote would be to stick to Jitsi.
> The only serious problem was that echo which disappeared
> when Arron muted himself so it seems (to me at least)
> that the problem was not with Jitsi but something to do
> with his sound system.

And further quoting Michael Paoli <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu> :
> ... oh, also issues with audio feedback and/or (excessive)
> background noise and such.  In addition to doing muting
> selectively, to isolate, Jitsi also gives pretty good indications
> of audio volume levels coming in, and in at least some modes,
> will auto select and highlight whichever participant is making
> the most sound/noise (in theory the one doing the talking).
> Anyway, those "hints" can also be used - often to more quickly
> isolate the source of the audio feedback or background noise
> ... but selective muting is certainly best for positive
> confirmation ... though the other indicators may often more
> quickly narrow the field of (prime) suspect(s).

Although this admittedly applied to _me_ and that noisy, disruptive 
microphone today (guilty as charged ;-O), still, Allex and especially 
Michael give cogent reasons to stick with Jitsi Meet vs. downgrading back 
to Zoom, I think.  Another +1 vote for Jitsi Meet here.
At some point soon after someone pointed out that my mic was one of the 
disruptive sound culprits, I became more careful to mute myself when not 
talking.

-A

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