[Videoconferencing] vibe, ubuntu18 Re: vibe working Re: Changes to TRIUMF eZuceSRN/SeeVoghRN service
John Behr
behr at triumf.ca
Mon Nov 12 22:12:44 PST 2018
I have Vibe working in Ubuntu18.04.
I note that the 'keyring' privileges must be set up differently in
Ubuntu18 and/or Vibe...
i.e. if the 'keyring' isn't 'enabled' Vibe just exits before even
prompting for a password in Ubuntu 18.04,
but Vibe works anyway in Ubuntu 16.04,
while eZuce works anyway for now in Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04.
I know there are ways to enable this 'keyring' thing on reboot, but for
now I just start something that knows how to prompt for it if it isn't
there... that includes my mobile internet USB stick, and if memory serves includes
Skype.
I would say this qualifies as "non-usual trouble."
On Tue, 30 Oct 2018, John Behr wrote:
> I downloaded the Vibe .sh for Linux 64 bit and installed it on two Linux
> 16.04 laptops... everything is working without unusual trouble.
>
> (I will admit joining a test meeting would hang Vibe inscrutably, though
> rebooting the machine got rid of that issue. This I consider 'usual' trouble,
> rather than unusual.)
>
> p.s. as a current eZuce user I did not have to re-register or anything like
> that. The nicely detailed instructions appear to be for new users.
>
> On Tue, 30 Oct 2018, Arthur Olin wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Isabel. It is true that Vidyo is useable and the problems I mentioned
>> had
>> been fixed - the desktop one after CERN had informed me that no fix would
>> happen. My point was that in the last year my ezuce experience had less
>> debugging to do. next year might be different.
>>
>> On 2018-10-29 5:49 p.m., Arthur Olin wrote:
>>
>> My experience seems the opposite of everyone else. I've been
>> using Ezuce for two sets of meetings, and in the past year I
>> can't remembe a serious problem. Audio and video testing are
>> simple and the share works easily. I use it on linux. Might the
>> reported problems be specific to Mac users?
>>
>> I use vidyo for the cern meetings and there have a number of
>> issues this year. The desktop stopped working or being supported
>> on linux. The web interface that replaced it was OK but stopped
>> working with Firefox for some months. Chrome was OK but it
>> requires an extension for screen shares. The vidyo cafe for
>> audio testing is available irregularly. And I've occasionally
>> lost sending audio till I reconnected. The vidyo room scheme is
>> useful c/w simple meetings, but the addressing scheme with keys/
>> extensions/room names is confusing. Apparently EZuce vibe has a
>> similar scheme. Vidyo's integration with indico is a strength
>>
>> Unforunately both CERN and KEK are on Vidyo now so I'll be using
>> it regardless of its problems, and am not motivated to learn
>> another system.
>>
>> My experience with Bluejeans is several years old, and I found
>> it not very intuitive.
>>
>> On 2018-10-29 2:00 p.m., Fabrice Retiere wrote:
>>
>> I also vote for zoom because it is now widely used in our community.
>> Stanford also has a license.
>>
>> I have used uberconference and freeconference. They are not bad but
>> uberconference only work well on Chrome and muting is sometimes unreliable.
>>
>> Fabrice
>>
>>
>> On 2018-10-29 10:27 AM, Kel Raywood wrote:
>>
>> I've not used eZuce but agree with Thomas about zoom and bluejeans.
>>
>> I've had recent experience with Webex and gotomeeting and both were
>> problematic under Linux. Joining a gotomeeting through the
>> web-interface worked, with audio (didn't try the video) but I found it
>> clumsy and there was no option to share a desktop from Linux. Webex
>> was very dissappointing. I've used their java client on Linux in the
>> past (5y ago I think) and it worked then. But they haven't updated it
>> recently and it just doesn't work now. I had to remote-desktop to our
>> windows-server to use it. Fortunately phone-dialin was an option for audio.
>>
>> I mentioned in a message to Davis a little while back that if TRIUMF is
>> purchasing a commercial subscription to something for the lab, then I
>> think bluejeans is the no-brainer choice because of its integration with
>> Office-365 and good platform-independent and cross-platform support.
>>
>> Also, FWIW, bluejeans list BCNet on the featured-customers section.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2018-10-29 10:09 a.m., Thomas Lindner wrote:
>>
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> My two cents: I have used zoom, bluejeans and eZuce for the last couple
>> years. My opinion is that zoom and bluejeans are far superior
>> products. They have better features and more reliable connections. We
>> also found that eZuce often put out software updates which didn't work
>> on all operating systems. I always recommend people to use Zoom or
>> Bluejeans and I actively discourage using eZuce.
>>
>> I'm sure we would need to pay for Zoom and bluejeans. I know that
>> SuperCDMS people use a zoom instance at Fermilab; don't know how much it
>> costs.
>>
>> We might pay a little more for these other services. But ezuce is
>> cheaper because it is a worse service.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Thomas
>>
>>
>> On 2018-10-26 5:25 PM, Andrew Daviel wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 25 Oct 2018, Akira Konaka wrote:
>>
>> Dear Andrew.
>>
>> Recently, some collaborations are moving away from eZuceSRN which
>> sometimes
>> have connection problems. ZOOM and Bluejeans seem to have stable
>> connections,
>> and I found both are very reliable. KEK has recently adopted
>> Vidyo.developed
>> at CERN as well. Is Vibe considered providing more stable
>> connections? Would it be
>> worth considering some of these other tools?
>>
>> Vibe has some changes, described as
>>
>> New Features!
>>
>> H.264 SVC Codec: Better video over poor connections
>> Enhanced Chat Experience: Persistent chat for rooms and
>> private chat
>> SIP Softphone: Connect to your organizations phone system
>> Applications Tabs: Web apps open while in meetings
>> Easy access to community meetings: Connect with colleagues easier
>> And many more!
>>
>> They have also updated the Panda servers (the concentrators that do
>> transcoding and replication, such as the one we host here).
>>
>> So there may be some noticable improvements.
>>
>> Vidyo as I recall was an existing commercial product which CERN
>> decided to adopt, not a CERN software. (irrelevant, I know)
>> As I recall, CERN host a Vidyo server, which is used for e.g. ATLAS
>> meetings. That costs something like $30,000. There is one at BC.net
>> which we might be able to use. I don't doubt there are some ongoing
>> service costs as well.
>>
>> I don't know the costing model for Bluejeans or Zoom.
>>
>> For Vibe/eZuce, we pay an annual fee, prorated since we host a Panda
>> server, giving us unmetered usage for any TRIUMF user. There are still
>> a fair number of meetings being booked.
>>
>> The issues in room 223 are separate
>>
>> Andrew
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>> Art Olin
>> Research Scientist Emeritus
>> TRIUMF Canada's particle accelerator centre
>> Adjunct Professor
>> University of Victoria Department of Physics and Astronomy
>> t 604.222.7349 h 604.222.0650
>> olin at triumf.ca
>> 4004 Wesbrook Mall
>> Vancouver BC V6T 2A3 Canada
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