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Video Chat coming? Can't even get voice to work!

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Posted 2021-March-19, 10:05

I see that video chat is coming. I can't even get voice chat to work on a MacBook Pro. I've tried different browsers. No matter what I do my screen freezes. Has anyone been able to get the voice chat to work on a MacBook?
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Posted 2021-March-19, 12:36

View Postvacb276766, on 2021-March-19, 10:05, said:

I see that video chat is coming. I can't even get voice chat to work on a MacBook Pro. I've tried different browsers. No matter what I do my screen freezes. Has anyone been able to get the voice chat to work on a MacBook?


Video will use a different service than existing voice. We know there have been problems with voice and we will address them. But the video will use a different technology, which we trust will be more scalable, better quality and easier to use.

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Posted 2021-March-19, 19:05

It would be a boon for players that want to look at each other.
Is there a pay-per-view option?


My first question is:
after Patrick led the D of hearts, and Aurora played the 5 from dummy, should she try and win it with the R or the V?
C'est la vie say the old folks? (http://bit.ly/CestLaVieBerry).

I guess we'll just have to wait and see if we can tell.Posted Image
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Posted 2021-March-19, 23:15

View Postpilowsky, on 2021-March-19, 19:05, said:

It would be a boon for players that want to look at each other.
Is there a pay-per-view option?

The initial version will just let the players and TD see each other. Kibitzers won't see the video.

We're expecting that most of the tourneys that enable this will not allow kibitzers anyway.

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Posted 2021-March-20, 07:58

View Postdiana_eva, on 2021-March-19, 12:36, said:

Video will use a different service than existing voice. We know there have been problems with voice and we will address them. But the video will use a different technology, which we trust will be more scalable, better quality and easier to use.


Wonderful. Looking forward to seeing if it works in my games!
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Posted 2021-March-21, 00:40

Will it be available for robot tournaments?
I want to see the North robot Posted Image
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Posted 2021-March-27, 15:23

None of the free tourneys I run - all 45 - can turn on video chat.
Please fix,.
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Posted 2021-March-28, 21:43

View Post0 carbon, on 2021-March-27, 15:23, said:

None of the free tourneys I run - all 45 - can turn on video chat.
Please fix,.

This is intentional.

There's a charge for using video chat, which will be taken out of the host's share of the entry fees. Hard to do this if there's no entry fee.

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Posted 2021-March-29, 05:55

View Postbarmar, on 2021-March-28, 21:43, said:

This is intentional.

There's a charge for using video chat, which will be taken out of the host's share of the entry fees. Hard to do this if there's no entry fee.


Do you know how much the charge is? we do offer very cheap tournaments (for our club members only), but it seems there is no option to use video chat.
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Posted 2021-March-29, 23:52

View Postbiometrics, on 2021-March-29, 05:55, said:

Do you know how much the charge is? we do offer very cheap tournaments (for our club members only), but it seems there is no option to use video chat.


At the moment video chat is only available if your tournament uses a BB$ entry fee. If it has entry fee set to zero it's not available.

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Posted 2021-March-30, 15:48

View Postbarmar, on 2021-March-28, 21:43, said:

This is intentional.

There's a charge for using video chat, which will be taken out of the host's share of the entry fees. Hard to do this if there's no entry fee.


That's no problem - take 100%!
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Posted 2021-March-30, 15:51

It might make more sense to charge the players - then those not using it can save some money. 5 cents/round?
You should also have an audio-only tier.
You could also charge in free tourneys then!
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Posted 2021-April-29, 16:26

Is the video/voice available afterwards for review by BBO for abuse?
I suppose players could save via various tools.
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