Making the Isolation bearable: Self-hosted Audio/Video Conferencing with Jitsi Meet and Mumble

Jonas Schäfer
Sat, 21 Mar 2020 13:00:00 +0000
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The global COVID-19 pandemic is a serious issue and governments as well as individuals are taking action to reduce the physical social interaction between humans in order to limit the spread of the disease. This has been taking a toll on shared A/V conferencing infrastructure and some may want to not rely on third-party offerings for privacy reasons. Nowadays, it is not too hard to set up your own A/V conference server—with Jitsi Meet. Aside from providing a few tips on the setup, this post also has detailed measurements of a multi-hour six participant Jitsi Meet session.