Meetme or ConfBridge ?

[Amphibian]

Hey Team,

Trying to get a multivideo conferencing application working within Elastix, in doing so I don't think I fully understand the layout of Elastix.

In Elastix, when doing a standard audio conferencing, does Elastix use the application "Meetme" (app_meetme.so) for its fuctions or is it using "ConfBridge" application available under the newer asterisk versions. Is the ConfBridge application what is used for the webconf?

Thanks,
amphibian

 

[danardf]

Hi Amphibian.

I guess that Confbridge is the same like Meetme but it includes the video.
However you need to use the same video codec everywhere. (no video translation yet).

 

[Amphibian]

Sir danardf,

Have you any experience with ConfBridge?

amphibian

 

[danardf]

Hi

Sorry, none
I just read some stuff on Asterisk wiki, that's all.

 

[surp]

Go into unembedded freepbx>settings>advanced settings> and set conference room app to app_confbridge. I have had to reboot sometimes to get it to start using the other conference app.

 

[Amphibian]

Sir surp,

Pretend I a real dummy, you know like some of the people that buy the "Dummy for Dummies" books, and please explain to me what occurs or what takes place when I change the conference room app to app_confbridge. What can I expect to happen after doing that?

If I read correctly from the asterisk web site app_confbridge is another method of doing like a web conference but with the moderator video being displayed to all. Is that what you are aware of to or am I misunderstanding the purpose behind it?


Thanks for you post though, just want to know what to expect before I make the change.

amphibian

 

[surp]

Sir surp,

Pretend I a real dummy, you know like some of the people that buy the "Dummy for Dummies" books, and please explain to me what occurs or what takes place when I change the conference room app to app_confbridge. What can I expect to happen after doing that?

If I read correctly from the asterisk web site app_confbridge is another method of doing like a web conference but with the moderator video being displayed to all. Is that what you are aware of to or am I misunderstanding the purpose behind it?


Thanks for you post though, just want to know what to expect before I make the change.

amphibian

Try it and find out. You are not going to break anything.