Apache OpenMeetings 6.0 releases, Video conferencing system
Apache OpenMeetings is a multi-language customizable video conferencing and collaboration system. It supports audio, video, and allows you to view each participant’s desktop. OpenMeetings also includes a whiteboard that allows you to import images and graffiti in various formats via a whiteboard. The update includes:

Chat:
- Send on Enter/Ctrl+Enter
- Invited guest’s name displayed as expected
- Turned OFF global chat is not displayed
- Link works as expected
- Smiles works as expected
- Hover removed from chat
Room:
- Download as PDF
- Download/screen-sharing application in IE
- No duplicated users
- Activities&Actions improved
- Number of users is displayed in the room
- Mathematical formulas on WB
Apache OpenMeetings 6.0 released.
Changelog
- Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-27576 – Apache OpenMeetings: bandwidth can be overloaded with public web service
- Bug
- [OPENMEETINGS-2533] – Create New Group From Moderator
- [OPENMEETINGS-2534] – RSS widget can break menu
- [OPENMEETINGS-2535] – New chat notifications are too annoying
- [OPENMEETINGS-2539] – Voice Indicator disappears
- [OPENMEETINGS-2542] – Notifications are not working in FF
- [OPENMEETINGS-2543] – Error when adding google calendar
- [OPENMEETINGS-2544] – Joining via URL room does not have ‘exit’ link
- [OPENMEETINGS-2547] – Time is incorrect in invitations
- [OPENMEETINGS-2556] – Updated by not shown
- [OPENMEETINGS-2559] – Openmeetings instalaltion failing with oracle as DB set up
- [OPENMEETINGS-2564] – Video does not play on WB
- [OPENMEETINGS-2565] – Typo in RoomDTO getExternal – doesn’t return correct room
- [OPENMEETINGS-2570] – Wrong German translation on “Reset password” popup
- [OPENMEETINGS-2573] – FlowState.NOT_FLOWING Type Audio should not stop broadcast as can start flowing again
- [OPENMEETINGS-2575] – Log file fills up with ping messages
- [OPENMEETINGS-2581] – saving whiteboard content and puttting it back onto it _ error
- [OPENMEETINGS-2584] – Whiteboard display error (build 259)
- [OPENMEETINGS-2586] – Screen-sharing is not allowed in Safari
- New Feature
- [OPENMEETINGS-2561] – Captcha should be configurable
- [OPENMEETINGS-2562] – It should be possible to globally disable recording functionality
- [OPENMEETINGS-2577] – Add performance and monitoring metrics – in disabled state
- [OPENMEETINGS-2580] – iceCandidates can be incoming before WebRtcEndpoint is ready and requires queueing
- [OPENMEETINGS-2583] – Safari has JavaScript errors and doesn’t load conference room
- Improvement
- [OPENMEETINGS-1381] – Sip dialer should be moved to HTML5
- [OPENMEETINGS-2000] – High resolution webcam videos should not fill the entire screen by default. Just because you set a higher resolution doesn’t mean the slides should be overlaid
- [OPENMEETINGS-2081] – (6.0.0) Code clean-up
- [OPENMEETINGS-2538] – User type should be set automatically if not provided
- [OPENMEETINGS-2545] – Right justification for RTL languages
- [OPENMEETINGS-2551] – There should be way to limit NetTest client count
- [OPENMEETINGS-2558] – General configs page can be improved
- [OPENMEETINGS-2563] – Empty tabs should be hidden from private rooms panel
- [OPENMEETINGS-2576] – Sign up screen slightly confusing
- [OPENMEETINGS-2578] – TLSv1.2 should be used as SSLContext protocol
- Test
- [OPENMEETINGS-2507] – Need push “allow cam-mic button” twice
- [OPENMEETINGS-2571] – Tests for getExternal should be added
- Wish
- [OPENMEETINGS-2239] – (Re-) Implementation SIP (audio only)
- Task
- [OPENMEETINGS-2518] – (6.0.0) Label contributions from https://poeditor.com should be merged back
- [OPENMEETINGS-2519] – (6.0.0) Library versions need to be updated
- [OPENMEETINGS-2520] – (6.0.0) Sonar issues need to be addressed
- [OPENMEETINGS-2560] – Improve WebService response for UserWebService