Jitsi Video Bridge Plugin Readme

Overview

The Jitsi Video Bridge Plugin is an XMPP server component that allows for multiuser video communication. Unlike the expensive dedicated hardware videobridges, Jitsi Videobridge does not mix the video channels into a composite video stream, but only relays the received video channels to all call participants. Therefore, while it does need to run on a server with good network bandwidth, CPU horsepower is not that critical for performance. It also includes some useful web conference applications.

Known Issues

The first video conference creating after restarting Openfire may fail. Work around is remove all participants from the room and try again or use a new room.

Installation

  1. Copy the jitsivideobridge.jar file to the OPENFIRE_HOME/plugins directory.
  2. Restart Openfire.
  3. Configure the admin properties page.

Configuration

Under Server settings -> Jitsi Videobridge tab you can configure various parameters.

How to use

Make sure:

OfMeet

To run the ofmeet video conference application, point your browser at https://your_server:7443/jitsi/apps/ofmeet

Candy

To run the Candy web application with multi-user video, point your browser at https://your_server:7443/jitsi/apps/candy

Spark

To download the Spark plugin, point your browser at https://your_server:7443/jitsi/apps/spark/jitsivideobridge-plugin.jar

JitMeet

To run the jitmeet video conference application, point your browser at https://your_server:7443/jitsi/apps/jitmeet

You will need Google Chrome as your default browser to use the Spark plugin