It does voice via Jitsi matrix.org/…/running-your-own-secure-communicatio…
Damn, I’ve been thinking about checking it out, but if it doesn’t do voice at all (and I would also really like streaming) it’s just not worth it to me. Text chat is nice, but I spend 2-3 hours evenings hanging out in voice with friends and I don’t want to lose that. Messing with two separate apps is just not worth it atm, so I’ma keep steadfastly ignoring Discord’s bullshit until Matrix is where I need it to be to switch. Although then the problem will be getting everyone else to switch, of course.
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
derin@lemmy.beru.co 3 days ago
This is outdated and no longer preferred, it now has its own internal system called Element Call (aka an implementation of MatrixRTC).
ngdev@lemm.ee 3 days ago
i use coturn for voice on mine
derin@lemmy.beru.co 3 days ago
I meant for video. The classic coturn connection is fine for voice - though I wish it had push to talk. 🥲
ngdev@lemm.ee 3 days ago
i self host matrix and some other docker runs the voice for it, so it is there if you got a server. which i mean, not everybody does so that sucks. it was a bit of a pain but im not the best at server stuff
Libra@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Yeah, my primary concern is I’m part of a community of ~350 people who games together, and while there’s probably some folks in there who could swing a server, right now discord isn’t costing us anything and does everything we want (chat, voice, streaming, etc). If we were to consider moving we would probably need a reasonably beefy server and some software with all of those features, and right now that just doesn’t seem feasible.
ngdev@lemm.ee 3 days ago
yeah you could all pitch in and get one hosted on a server farm somewhere. hard to be free fitty tho. ive got friends who wanna stay on discord too so im still on it. as long as its free. mostly did the matrix thing to move family chats off off whatsapp. only used whatsapp bc ios sucks about sharing full quality pics and videos with non ios.
i say all of that bc i didnt host it to move from discord, but now that its up i got an easy out if discord goes all in on enshittification
derin@lemmy.beru.co 3 days ago
Technically speaking, Element does have “voice and video rooms” available as an experimental feature, but until it’s out of prime time it totally makes sense to wait.
Gotta remember that Element/New Vector (the company spearheading Matrix’s development) is getting funded mostly by orgs who are looking for a replacement for internal comms like Slack or WhatsApp.