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?

  • SparkegaOPEnglish
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    2 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).