Re: [Tools-discuss] Access to test audio and video

Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca> Mon, 03 August 2020 16:09 UTC

Return-Path: <mcr@sandelman.ca>
X-Original-To: tools-discuss@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: tools-discuss@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49AE53A0EFA for <tools-discuss@ietfa.amsl.com>; Mon, 3 Aug 2020 09:09:44 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: 0
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id kQx_y6knDFjN for <tools-discuss@ietfa.amsl.com>; Mon, 3 Aug 2020 09:09:43 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from tuna.sandelman.ca (tuna.sandelman.ca [209.87.249.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0937A3A0EF6 for <tools-discuss@ietf.org>; Mon, 3 Aug 2020 09:09:43 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tuna.sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E4AD38999 for <tools-discuss@ietf.org>; Mon, 3 Aug 2020 11:49:04 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from tuna.sandelman.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id Sc260x1aMUrs for <tools-discuss@ietf.org>; Mon, 3 Aug 2020 11:49:04 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from sandelman.ca (obiwan.sandelman.ca [209.87.249.21]) by tuna.sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id E330638998 for <tools-discuss@ietf.org>; Mon, 3 Aug 2020 11:49:03 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from localhost (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by sandelman.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2081F63B for <tools-discuss@ietf.org>; Mon, 3 Aug 2020 12:09:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca>
To: Tools Team Discussion <tools-discuss@ietf.org>
In-Reply-To: <1E978059-3AB5-4F42-AF25-54408731854B@gmail.com>
References: <0163A23B-DF68-4A2D-AB25-9B8E28DF9AEC@gmail.com> <DA28A675-6DDA-4C9E-9283-BE403C73EFCF@gmail.com> <8971A7B8-78B7-46B7-B207-7A6DB4012BA4@fugue.com> <1E978059-3AB5-4F42-AF25-54408731854B@gmail.com>
X-Mailer: MH-E 8.6+git; nmh 1.7+dev; GNU Emacs 26.1
X-Face: $\n1pF)h^`}$H>Hk{L"x@)JS7<%Az}5RyS@k9X%29-lHB$Ti.V>2bi.~ehC0; <'$9xN5Ub# z!G,p`nR&p7Fz@^UXIn156S8.~^@MJ*mMsD7=QFeq%AL4m<nPbLgmtKK-5dC@#:k
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2020 12:09:41 -0400
Message-ID: <7207.1596470981@localhost>
Archived-At: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tools-discuss/1xFEU8kYActYV3vWb0utg3DWNN8>
Subject: Re: [Tools-discuss] Access to test audio and video
X-BeenThere: tools-discuss@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29
Precedence: list
List-Id: IETF Tools Discussion <tools-discuss.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/options/tools-discuss>, <mailto:tools-discuss-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/tools-discuss/>
List-Post: <mailto:tools-discuss@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:tools-discuss-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/tools-discuss>, <mailto:tools-discuss-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2020 16:09:44 -0000

Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com> wrote:
    >> On Jul 31, 2020, at 10:37 AM, Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com> wrote:
    >>>> Other conferencing solutions allow selection of audio and video devices (and testing of them) before joining the active session.  Meetecho currently only allows this when the session starts.
    >>
    >> Worse, as a participant, you don’t know if your audio is working until
    >> you’ve been granted permission to speak. This is really bad, and has
    >> prevented me from speaking at the mic several times.

    > Good point, it would also be helpful if one could test their audio (and
    > video?) to the Meetecho server without having an active session going
    > on.

good ol' Skype got this right with it's test call.