All this talk about Discord replacements plus my own experience attempting to host a Synapse has got me wondering why it seems so hard to implement voice chat.

Stupid idea: back in 2022 I got an Asterisk server working on a raspberry pi over AREDN without too much trouble. What’s stopping people from just using a PBX like that for voice chat?

  • early_riser@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 days ago

    Update: I got Mumble working without a lot of grief. Their mobile client isn’t great though. I might try Stoat.

    Federation just complicates things, as it’s just for a myself and a few friends.

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      4 days ago

      I remember using mumble in a time when smartphones weren’t even a thing yet. Love to see the open source tool outlive everything else!

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      3 days ago

      Look at fluxer it’s stoat developed by someone who isn’t retarded. Has done more in a fraction of the time and actually has functional features