BuddyMeet vs Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements

BuddyMeet is a BuddyPress (2.5+) plugin that uses Jitsi Meet to allow the members of a community to participate into virtual conference rooms with video and audio capabilities. BuddyMeet’s features include: A room where all members of a group can meet each other On demand rooms among specific invited group members Automatic customization of the room’s subject and the name/avatar of the participants Customization of all the parameters that Jitsi Meet API supports Support for RS256-signed JWT authentication. This enables secure connections to 8×8 JaaS (8×8.vc domain) and self-hosted Jitsi servers using RSA SHA-256 verified tokens. Moreover, you can use the shortcode [buddymeet room=ROOM_HERE subject=SUBJECT_HERE] to add a conference room to any WordPress page. In that case, you have to pass any configuration by using the following shortcode parameters: domain: The domain of the Jitsi Meet installation. BuddyMeet uses by default the 8×8.vc service. room: The identifier of the room. subject: The subject of the room. If empty the room is being displayed as the subject. password: A password for the room. The first to enter the room sets that password and all other participants have to put it to enter. show_watermark: Whether to show the Jitsi.org watermark or not. show_brand_watermark: Whether to show a custom branded watermark or not. brand_watermark_link: the custom brand watermark to show. width: The width of the embedded window. height: The height of the embedded window. start_audio_only: Start the meet with the microphone only enabled and the camera off. film_strip_only: Start the meet in filmstrip only mode. disable_video_quality_label: Disable the video quality indicator. mobile_open_in_browser: Launch the meet directly within the browser in mobile devices without opening the jitsi mobile app. user: The user to display. Leave empty to automatically set the display name of the logged-in user. avatar: The url with the avatar to display. Leave empty to automatically set the avatar of the logged-in user. settings: A csv with the Jitsi Meet settings to get enabled. For the available options check here toolbar: A csv with the Jitsi Meet toolbar options to get enabled. For the available options check here. background_color: The background color of the window default_language: The default language of the Jitsi Meet interface. BuddyMeet uses by default the 8×8.vc service which is maintained by the Jitsi team at 8×8. Upon the initialization of a room, BuddyMeet sends the following information to the service: The name of the current buddypress group as the subject of the call The name, the surname and the avatar of the currently logged-in user However, if you want to use your own hosted installation of Jitsi Meet, you can just configure the corresponding domain via the “Manage” menu of a BuddyPress group. For more information about Jitsi Meet please follow the links below: What is Jitsi? FAQ Jitsi Meet API Jitsi License Jitsi Community Forum 8×8 Terms and Conditions and Policies This plugin is currently available only in english.

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