Re: [libreoffice-website] Mumble and OpenMeetings servers

On 06/25/2011 07:25 AM, Marc Paré wrote:
> Le 2011-06-25 06:49, Christian Lohmaier a écrit :
> > Hi Marc, *,
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Marc Paré<marc@marcpare.com>  wrote:
> > > Le 2011-06-24 06:16, Christian Lohmaier a écrit :
> > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Christian Lohmaier
> > > > <lohmaier+ooofuture@googlemail.com>    wrote:
> > > > > [mumble certification acceptance quirk]
> > > HI Christian, could you pass tis around on the DE lists, if you have 
> > > not
> > > done so already?
> > Done. Mumble wasn't mentioned yet in the german lists.
> > See my post here
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss@de.libreoffice.org/msg06761.html
> >
> > ciao
> > Christian
> BTW ... while we are at this type of topic, in trying out OpenMeetings 
> Craig O. and I found that the microphone setting is set so that you 
> practically have to place the microphone next to your lips for any 
> adequate use. I couldn't find a setting where the sensitivity of the 
> microphone could be adjusted. It may be that OpenMeetings way of 
> dealing with this is to have the user work at the computer-hardware 
> level rather than through its own settings.
OK;

Been poking around OpenMeetings.  Our issue is managed by the Flash 
microphone settings component.  Modified from Adobe's help:

To display the Microphone panel:
>    1. Right-click (Windows or Linux) or Control-click (Macintosh)
>       anywhere in OpenMeetings window.
>    2. From the context menu, select Settings, and then click the
>       Microphone tab
To test your microphone:
>  Speak in a normal tone of voice and watch the indicator on the left. 
> When the indicator shows yellow, your microphone is sensitive enough 
> for Flash Player to pick up sound. To increase or decrease your 
> microphone's sensitivity, move the slider to the right or the left, 
> respectively.

More here:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help03.html#117408

Adjusting the microphone setting this way, especially in comparison with 
Mumble's approach, is hit-or-miss.  [Five minutes later] Nope, according 
to the instructions above, Adobe's mic routine cannot dependably use my 
system's microphone hardware.

If TDF/LibO meeting organizers determine that OpenMeetings is required, 
they should be aware that the teleconferencing component will not be 
available to [some/many] participants. I can see, though, how the 
whiteboard and file-sharing functions might still indicate OpenMeetings' 
use from time to time.

Mumble, in our experience so far, is a much more reliable, "just works," 
teleconference package.  Although its set-up may require several steps 
initially, none of the steps could be considered complicated.

hope this helps,
-Craig

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