Specs for a video chat with 5-10 people, all mostly in Europe

[scooke]

It’s been awhile since I last tried this app.

Would having a Cloudron based Kopan’s Meet install in a vps with 4gb ram work (it’s a RackNerd VPS, fwiw)?

I’m trying to convince some friends to get off Zoom, so I’m tasked with providing an alternative. I’ll give Kopana Meet another try.

[robi]

@scooke Nextcloud Talk works really well and it's built in.

[fbartels]

@scooke said in Specs for a video chat with 5-10 people, all mostly in Europe:

install in a vps with 4gb ram

Ram does not matter that much here. More important is latency & bandwidth for turn and signalling. Plus a not terribly overloaded cpu to ensure realtime processing. (But the same would amount to nextcloud talk, but that one also has a php overhead).

[robi]

All of this improves quite a bit with the HPBE, which enables processing on the server instead of on the clients.

Consider contributing to the HPBE getting packaged by @doodlemania2

[oj]

@scooke said in Specs for a video chat with 5-10 people, all mostly in Europe:

I’m tasked with providing an alternative

The proven self-hosted Zoom alternative is a non-Cloudron, self-hosted Jitsi. It just works. Here is a "one-click" install!

The Cloudron Nextcloud Talk can (standalone) enable audio chat for 10 people in a group...but - without the external Spreed HPB - video chat is effectively only for up to 3-4 people in a group.

Ditto for Kopano Meet without their external Kopano Boost SFU.