[Announce] OpenBMC Discord Community

[Bills, Jason M]

On 11/19/2020 2:10 PM, Patrick Williams wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 12:51:05PM -0800, Bills, Jason M wrote:
>> On 11/12/2020 6:57 AM, Patrick Williams wrote:
>> However, I hit a situation today that was unexpected.  At its prompting,
>> I installed the desktop app and got connected there instead of through
>> the browser.  From there, I noticed that the app allows voice chatting
>> that appears to be always enabled, but my microphone was muted, so I
>> didn't think anything of it.
>>
>> I booted my system today and Discord started up and connected on its own
>> which I expected.  However, I was halfway through an internal meeting
>> when I realized that the microphone had defaulted to unmuted.  I don't
>> know if it was broadcasting.
>>
>> Looking through the settings, I don't see a way to disable audio by
>> default or an easy way to switch it on and off.  While looking for the
>> audio settings, I also found settings for screen capturing but no clear
>> way to disable it.
>>
>> Does anyone have recommendations on how to configure Discord to allow
>> the communication features we want but disable any background sharing or
>> broadcasting?  Maybe using only the browser would disable some of the
>> sharing features I see in the app?
> 
> Hi Jason,
> 
> I don't recall seeing you in any of the voice channels so I don't think
> anything was broadcast.  A few suggestions:
> 
>     - Make sure you are not joined to one of the Voice Channels, unless
>       you are explicitly wanting to.  The Voice Channels are the only
>       place where voice/video are shared.
Thanks for confirming!
> 
>     - Configure Voice Input Mode to 'Push to Talk' instead of 'Voice
>       Activity'.
>          - Settings -> Voice and Video -> Input Mode (Push to Talk).
>          - This will ensure you are not able to broadcast unless pressing
>            your push-to-talk key binding.  I have mine set to Right-Alt.
Thanks! I'll make this change.
>