HaitiBrother
New Member
I might whip up something like this, sounds pretty simple, but for the video, I'd probably leverage the Google Hangouts API for video.
Basically:
Write the basic chat system, have a Broadcast button that links into Google Hangouts API.
Basically:
Write the basic chat system, have a Broadcast button that links into Google Hangouts API.
BrianHarrison
Member
Have you ever used HipChat before? We use it for our internal company chat -- works great. Works on PC, Mac and mobile (have not tried *nix). I believe you can also self-host as well.
We also use hipchat, and this is a totally different thing to Tinychat.
Tinychat focuses on more the old AIM-style chat, and is commonly used for video and voice chatting purposes. Hipchat lacks this feature and is also not self-hosted (they require a purchased plan, but free up to 5 people).
k0nsl
Bad Goy
I never used HipChat before but will have a look at it, too bad it is not self-hosted. Let's see now, okay, it does not have to be self-hosted but it would be a great plus if it was. Basically anything similar (or considerably better) to Tinychat is of interest to me. So far I have not found many good alternatives at all...although I have admittedly not looked very much, either. That's why I'm asking here he he 
But ya, I will look at HipChat. I just need a system with basic chat + webcam support for a group of people to be able to meet up and talk, plan and just chat. I always try to look at self-hosted stuff because it feels more "at home" for me.
But ya, I will look at HipChat. I just need a system with basic chat + webcam support for a group of people to be able to meet up and talk, plan and just chat. I always try to look at self-hosted stuff because it feels more "at home" for me.
I think Camfrog has these features? Although be wary that many providers don't allow Camfrog on their network (check their ToS).I never used HipChat before but will have a look at it, too bad it is not self-hosted. Let's see now, okay, it does not have to be self-hosted but it would be a great plus if it was. Basically anything similar (or considerably better) to Tinychat is of interest to me. So far I have not found many good alternatives at all...although I have admittedly not looked very much, either. That's why I'm asking here he he
But ya, I will look at HipChat. I just need a system with basic chat + webcam support for a group of people to be able to meet up and talk, plan and just chat. I always try to look at self-hosted stuff because it feels more "at home" for me.
HipChat doesn't have webcam support.
5n1p
New Member
Have you tried this http://www.bearware.dk/ I have installed last year only to test and it has stuff you need.
Oh also look into XMPP server with a client that supports video chat.
E.g. https://jitsi.org/
Don't know if it'll actually fully support it, but I think it's worth investigating.
E.g. https://jitsi.org/
Don't know if it'll actually fully support it, but I think it's worth investigating.
I'm not too sure what Jitsi uses for video conferencing (I haven't really looked into the video conferencing needs really), but I know it uses XMPP.Doubt Jitsi uses XMPP for video conferencing - IIRC XEP-0272 hasn't gone anywhere yet
Maybe it uses magic
peterw
New Member
We use Openmeetings from Apache: http://openmeetings.apache.org/
https://appear.in/ looks interesting. Not quite self-hosted, but P2P.
BrianHarrison
Member
HipChat is running a self-hosted server beta -- https://www.hipchat.com/server
They come out with updates fairly regularly. Someone above posted that HipChat does not have video chat -- well now they do: https://www.hipchat.com/press
They also integrate sceen-sharing, but I haven't tried out that feature yet.
They come out with updates fairly regularly. Someone above posted that HipChat does not have video chat -- well now they do: https://www.hipchat.com/press
They also integrate sceen-sharing, but I haven't tried out that feature yet.
Tom_WebhostingUK LTD
New Member
Yes, we too use Hipchat for internal conversation. It is self runned.