I’m looking for an alternative option to video chat and stream Jackbox games with my family.

Currently when we play, I set up a video chat on meet that family members join via laptops and then I connect a separate computer that shares its screen and audio from the running game.

Features I’m interested in:

  • Cheap/No cost
  • Easily to access (web based ideally)
  • Shares computer screen and audio
  • Unlimited/long meeting time (sometimes we play for up to 3 hours)

Does something like this exist?

Edit: We had a successful game last weekend using Jitsi Meet. Everyone was able to connect and we played for 3 1/2 hours. Jackbox audio and video went through nicely.

    • Sparkega@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      25 days ago

      I think this is the answer. Thanks for your recommendation. I’ll test this out soon. It seems to check all the boxes and I found this website providing good reasons to use it.

      The reasons I prefer Jitsi Meet to Zoom include the following:

      1. no subscriptions are required to use all the features of Jitsi Meet;
      2. unlike Zoom, Jitsi Meet does not require you to sign up;
      3. unlike Zoom, Jitsi Meet does not require the installation of an application — it runs in Google Chrome or Firefox;
      4. unlike the free version of Zoom, Jitsi Meet does not impose a time limit on the length of the meeting;
      5. unlike the free version of Zoom, Jitsi Meet does not have a limit on the number of meeting attendees;
      6. Jitsi Meet provides end-to-end encryption for one-to-one video calls*;
      7. I find the performance of Jitsi Meet better than Zoom, which seems to be corroborated in basic benchmarking by Jitsi Meet’s developers (‘WebRTC vs. Zoom – A Simple Congestion Test‘);
      8. I find image quality better in Jitsi Meet;
      9. I find Jitsi Meet on a desktop/laptop more intuitive and easier to use than Zoom;
      10. if I share audio in Zoom for Linux, the audio is very distorted**;
      11. I find the UI of the Jitsi Meet app for Android easy to use (the app can be installed via Google Play);
      12. Jitsi Meet is open-source, so anyone can inspect the source code;
      13. if I wanted to, I could download the Jitsi software to my own server and set up a Jitsi Meet server to handle meetings instead of using the Cloud server provided by 8×8, Inc. (the company that develops the Jitsi Meetings software).
    • Sonalder@lemmy.ml
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      25 days ago

      I second this, there is several associations or comapnies that are running Jitsi Meet instances so you could have more proximity with the servers or more trust if it’s a non-profit association you’re part of for exemple.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    25 days ago

    Have you checked out revolt?

    It’s essentially a discord clone, but open source.

    Thing is, other than a few days back when it came out, I haven’t used it. So I can’t really be certain it’ll meet your needs, only that it does have web based interface as an option, it’s free and didn’t have time limits when I tried it. No idea how voice and video are with it.

  • bloubz@lemmygrad.ml
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    25 days ago

    In addition to Jitsi, there’s also Element Call (from Element company, huge contributor of the Matrix ecosystem). I’m not sure there is screen sharing yet though, you’ll have to try it out I’ve not used it for a long time