jam VS galene

Not exactly the same, but if you want a audio-only Clubhouse clone, check Jam https://gitlab.com/jam-systems/jam

The main repo is over at Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/jam-systems/jam/ which also has the issue tracker (we could do a better job keeping that up to date though tbh).

most Docker-compose.yml files I come across, e.g. https://gitlab.com/jam-systems/jam/-/blob/master/deployment/docker-compose.yml or https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/support/docker/production/docker-compose.yml propose the complete setup while some propose those and a slimmer version without a web servers or reverse proxy https://github.com/nextcloud/docker#base-version---fpm

I think the drop-in audio room is here to stay. It is a format.

hn is a text room. Similar to how Twitter is a text room. Similar yet different.

https://twitter.com/__tosh/status/1377587398973005827?s=20

I'm working on Jam which is an open source implementation of the drop-in audio room format, in many ways similar to Clubhouse or Twitter Spaces but also different (and more versatile).

Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26131123

https://gitlab.com/jam-systems/jam

I found Benedict Evens' take on Slack adding audio rooms and what it means for Clubhouse:

https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1377363658167050241...

Some things are so fundamental that it is difficult to say whether they were "invented" or "original". In some cases _discovered_ seems more fitting.

http://www.paulgraham.com/rootsoflisp.html

Why would you want yo use Clubhouse? You could use free, Open Source and privacy-respecting alterntives such as Jam (the closest to Clubhouse, can be self-hosted), Jitsi or Mumble...

For Jam (open source Clubhouse) we do a weekly “Jam Jam” which basically is an audio space that people can join (no video, no calendar slot negotiation, connecting with others who use the project).

We link to it in our readme

https://gitlab.com/jam-systems/jam

(can be improved)

I wonder if there is a better name for the concept that works for international audiences and people who don’t know the concept from academia.

For larger projects I can also imagine other formats like “show and tell” or “Q & A” where people submit questions (maybe even with donations or paid to create an income stream for the people working on the project)

Nice to see alternative clients already. Might also be cool to combine with Jam.

https://jam.systems/

https://gitlab.com/jam-systems/jam

I would like to recommend Galene: https://github.com/jech/galene

Runs in my raspberry pi, a single small executable, like in the old good times.

> Do you happen to know of others by any chance.

There's Galene, <https://galene.org>. It's easy to deploy, uses minimal server resources, and the server is pretty solid. The client interface is still a little awkward, though. (Full disclosure, I'm the main author.)

galene - basically selfhosted zoom/jitsi

What latency are you trying to do? Will the professor being communicating with the students while doing this? Will the students all have the same bandwidth, or will you want multiple renditions (low, med, high quality levels)?

If you want AV1 you will not be able to use RTMP. The protocol is orphaned/deprecated, so avoid if possible!

If I was building it this is what I would do, and my reasoning.

* For capture + encoding I would use OBS. You will want to use something that is easy for users to install configure. Professors will also have lots of custom requirements when it comes to layout etc... it will be tempting to do a ffmpeg command directly, but it will fall apart quick I believe.

* To get AV1 out of OBS I would use FFMPEG output. I would have it send RTP. RTP is used to carry video in a sub-second manner. This is the same protocol that WebRTC uses. You know have AV1 + low latency.

* Then for users to watch I would use WebRTC. That will allow them to watch in their web browser. Conceptually it will be like this https://github.com/pion/webrtc/tree/master/examples/rtp-to-w... this takes the RTP packets and puts them in the browser.

Lots of great projects exist that you could use for 'RTP -> WebRTC' like https://galene.org/ and https://livekit.io/ I would suggest checking them all out!

If you have more questions/want to talk to people in the video space always happy to chat on https://pion.ly/slack :)

galene

The most lightweight all-inclusive central solution for video conferences I know is Galene. It runs in under 200 MB RAM.

Even though the default UI is extremely simplistic, I very much like galene. It bundles all the components you need in a single binary. Even a TURN server so you don't have to fiddle with coturn. Not to mention that it's very resource efficient.