vacb276766 Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 I see that video chat is coming. I can't even get voice chat to work on a MacBook Pro. I've tried different browsers. No matter what I do my screen freezes. Has anyone been able to get the voice chat to work on a MacBook? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 I see that video chat is coming. I can't even get voice chat to work on a MacBook Pro. I've tried different browsers. No matter what I do my screen freezes. Has anyone been able to get the voice chat to work on a MacBook? Video will use a different service than existing voice. We know there have been problems with voice and we will address them. But the video will use a different technology, which we trust will be more scalable, better quality and easier to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 It would be a boon for players that want to look at each other.Is there a pay-per-view option? My first question is:after Patrick led the D of hearts, and Aurora played the 5 from dummy, should she try and win it with the R or the V?C'est la vie say the old folks? (http://bit.ly/CestLaVieBerry). I guess we'll just have to wait and see if we can tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 It would be a boon for players that want to look at each other.Is there a pay-per-view option?The initial version will just let the players and TD see each other. Kibitzers won't see the video. We're expecting that most of the tourneys that enable this will not allow kibitzers anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacb276766 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 Video will use a different service than existing voice. We know there have been problems with voice and we will address them. But the video will use a different technology, which we trust will be more scalable, better quality and easier to use. Wonderful. Looking forward to seeing if it works in my games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 Will it be available for robot tournaments?I want to see the North robot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 carbon Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 None of the free tourneys I run - all 45 - can turn on video chat.Please fix,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 None of the free tourneys I run - all 45 - can turn on video chat.Please fix,.This is intentional. There's a charge for using video chat, which will be taken out of the host's share of the entry fees. Hard to do this if there's no entry fee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biometrics Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 This is intentional. There's a charge for using video chat, which will be taken out of the host's share of the entry fees. Hard to do this if there's no entry fee. Do you know how much the charge is? we do offer very cheap tournaments (for our club members only), but it seems there is no option to use video chat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted March 30, 2021 Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 Do you know how much the charge is? we do offer very cheap tournaments (for our club members only), but it seems there is no option to use video chat. At the moment video chat is only available if your tournament uses a BB$ entry fee. If it has entry fee set to zero it's not available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 carbon Posted March 30, 2021 Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 This is intentional. There's a charge for using video chat, which will be taken out of the host's share of the entry fees. Hard to do this if there's no entry fee. That's no problem - take 100%! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 carbon Posted March 30, 2021 Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 It might make more sense to charge the players - then those not using it can save some money. 5 cents/round?You should also have an audio-only tier.You could also charge in free tourneys then! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 carbon Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 Is the video/voice available afterwards for review by BBO for abuse?I suppose players could save via various tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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