I think you need a CERN account to setup a meeting, book a Vidyo room, but I don't think you need one to join.
Linda
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Traynor [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 20 February 2014 11:50
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Move from EVO/SeeVogh to Vidyo
>
> don't you need a cern account to use Vidyo?
>
> not every one has one, which was one reason for using the janet supported EVO
>
> dan
>
> * Dr Daniel Traynor, Grid cluster system manager
> * Tel +44(0)20 7882 6560, Particle Physics,QMUL
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes <TB-
> [log in to unmask]> on behalf of Alessandra Forti
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 20 February 2014 11:48
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> Subject: Re: Move from EVO/SeeVogh to Vidyo
>
> Hi Jeremy,
>
> > Another reason was not everyone got on well with Vidyo when it was first
> used.
>
> the previous client lacked a lot of features. A list of my grievances tat have been
> solved now
>
> 1) No chat
> 2) No possibility to start the client and find your meeting room without passing
> through an indico page
> 3) No possibility to switch from one meeting to another in an easy way
> 4) Had to authenticate at every meeting
> 5) No easily accessible list of participants
>
> Now the client starts and and stays always on (infact it works pretty much like
> skype) I have my list of favourite rooms there I just have to click to join without
> authenticating, I can get out one meeting and in another meeting easily without
> looking for indico, if it is not in my predefined list the search box works quite
> quickly both to find people and meetings.
>
> I haven't had the audio problems people had so far and I know the linux client is
> as usual lagging behind and I don't use VPN so we might have to wait really few
> weeks but I consider this client a vast improvement. :-)
>
> cheers
> alessandra
>
> On 20/02/2014 11:22, Jeremy Coles wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > For various reasons we have stayed with EVO/SeeVogh for some GridPP
> operations related meetings. One of the main reasons was the lack of integrated
> chat in Vidyo. Another reason was not everyone got on well with Vidyo when it
> was first used.
> >
> > Much of the community is now using Vidyo or an alternative to EVO/SeeVogh,
> and with the recent Vidyo client updates chat is now integrated so we can
> switch. On top of this it appears that Janet support for Seevogh will stop at the
> end of August 2014 - so we have to migrate soon.
> >
> > Please could you let me know if you will have a problem if we switch our
> GridPP ops meetings from EVO/SeeVogh to Vidyo in the coming weeks? Please
> also let me know if you are aware of any other meetings in HEP that still rely on
> EVO/SeeVogh.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Jeremy
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