User FAQ
This is a frequently asked questions document intended for new Meet users. Developers can visit our Github repos for code and details on specific projects. Everyone should go to our Community Forum for questions that are not covered here.
General questions (hide)
- What is Meet?
- How can I use Meet for Video conferencing?
- What are major Meet projects?
- What are features of Meet?
- Can I record a Meet conference?
- Can I call into a Meet conference with a telephone?
- How do I contact the project developers?
- If Meet doesn't make any money, how can it continue to support the project?
- How do I setup my own Meet installation?
- Can I embed a Meet call into my website?
- Can I embed Meet into my mobile app?
- Where can I get commercial support for Meet?
- What is Meet Desktop?
- My question was not here. Where can I go for other questions and answers?
General questions
§ What is Meet?
Meet is a set of open-source projects that allows you to easily build and deploy secure video conferencing solutions. We are best known for our Meet video conferencing platform, meet.saza.vn where we host a Meet instance that the community can use for totally free video conferences (check the Download page).
§ How can I use Meet for Video conferencing?
The easiest way is to go to meet.saza.vn or download one of the mobile apps (Android or iOS).
If you prefer, you can also setup your own Meet instance or embed a meet.saza.vn room into your own website. See the FAQs below for more information on those options.
§ Is Meet free?
Yes. Meet is 100% open source and freely available to use and develop with. We also host and run meet.saza.vn as a free service.
§ What are major Meet projects?
We have a bunch, but the most popular ones are:
- Meet Secure, Simple and Scalable Video Conferences that you use as a standalone app or embed in your web application
- Videobridge the media server engine (aka Selective Forwarding Unit (SFU)) that powers all of Meet's multi-party video conferences
- Jigasi a gateway service that connects SIP telephony to a Videobridge conference
- Jibri a broadcaster and recorder used for saving video call recordings and streaming to YouTube Live
- Jidesha a Chrome and Firefox extension for screensharing
Meet's main project from JITSI
§ What are features of Meet?
Meet includes many features and we are constantly adding more. Some of the main ones are:
- Auto-view the active speaker or click on any attendee to see their video
- Android and iOS apps
- Text chatting (web only)
- Lock a room with a password
- Screen sharing (only required in Chrome)
- Streaming a conference to YouTube live (limited sessions)
- Shared text document based on Etherpad
- Raise/Lower your hand for attention
- Participant talk-time statistics
- Push-to-talk mode
- Play a YouTube video to all attendees call
- Audio-only option
- Telephone dial-in to a conference (limited international call)
- Dial-out to a telephone participant
- Integration in other apps / websites
Meet also includes statistics and integrations features and a Google Analytics integration to help developers. Make sure to use meet.saza.vn to see the latest features.
§ Can I record a Meet conference?
Yes. The easiest way to record is to live stream your conference to YouTube and access the recording there. You can try this now on meet.saza.vn
§ Can I call into a Meet conference with a telephone?
Yes, Meet offers a telephony interface that allows users to dial into a conference or for placing dial-out reminder calls. You can try this on meet.saza.vn. Self-installed Meet deployments will need to setup and configure SAZA Support with a SIP provider to connect to the phone network.
§ How do I contact the project developers?
You can ask questions concerning usage of the Meet on the Home page contact list. For all urgent queries you could also use live at channel #saza.
§ If Meet does't make any money, how can it continue to support the project?
We are fortunate that our friends at SAZA fully fund the project. SAZA uses Meet technology in products like Virtual Office. The open source community and meet.saza.vn service help to make Meet better, which makes SAZA products better, which helps to further fund Meet. This virtuous cycle has worked well in the past and should continue to for many years to come.
§ How do I setup my own Meet installation?
Setting up Meet is a simple experience for those that are familiar with Unix installations. For Debian-based systems, we recommend following the quick-install document, which uses the package system. You can also see a demonstration of the process in this tutorial video.
For other systems, or if you wish to install all components manually, see the detailed manual installation instructions.
§ Can I embed a Meet call into my website?
Yes, Meet has an External API that can be used to embed an existing Meet instance into any webpage with just a few lines of code. Many of Meet's options can be changed via configuration file. Web developers can even actively control the conference with a variety of commands and events. You can do this with your own self-installed instance or run it from meet.saza.vn no server installation required. See here for more on the Meet External API.
§ Can I embed Meet into my mobile app?
Yes, Meet can be compiled as an SDK and embedded into Android and iOS apps. You can find instructions on how to do that here:
§ Where can I get commercial support for Meet?
Neither the immediate Meet team or SAZA provide commercial support for Meet. Meet does enjoy a large developer community with many development shops and individuals that provide support and commercial development services. If you need paid help, we recommend you do a search or connect SAZA Support
§ What is Meet Desktop?
Meet Desktop, formerly known as the Meet Electron and briefly known as just "Meet", is a Video conference application.
Meet's video conferencing capabilities evolved out of this original project. Meet Desktop is actively maintained by the Meet team under SAZA, you can download to install on Windows, MacOS on download page.
§ My question was not here. Where can I go for other questions and answers?
The Community Forum is best place to go for all kinds of discussion on Meet projects.