# If I setup a rocket chat server in China, Can I use video conference? Due to Jitsi meet is banned in China App store

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**Created:** [March 11, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/if-i-setup-a-rocket-chat-server-in-china-can-i-use-video-conference-due-to-jitsi-meet-is-banned-in-china-app-store/3359 "2019-03-11T02:48:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![SamZhang1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/samzhang1/32/912_2.png) [@SamZhang1](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/SamZhang1)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/if-i-setup-a-rocket-chat-server-in-china-can-i-use-video-conference-due-to-jitsi-meet-is-banned-in-china-app-store/3359/1 "2019-03-11T02:48:49Z")

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If I setup a rocket chat server in China, Can I use video conference? Due to Jitsi meet is banned in China App store.

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**Author:** ![rafael.kellermann](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/rafael.kellermann/32/783_2.png) [@rafael.kellermann](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/rafael.kellermann)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/if-i-setup-a-rocket-chat-server-in-china-can-i-use-video-conference-due-to-jitsi-meet-is-banned-in-china-app-store/3359/2 "2019-03-11T14:12:44Z")

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Hi Sam,

No, you can’t. Jitsi won’t work in China.

Thank you,

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**Author:** ![SamZhang1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/samzhang1/32/912_2.png) [@SamZhang1](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/SamZhang1)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/if-i-setup-a-rocket-chat-server-in-china-can-i-use-video-conference-due-to-jitsi-meet-is-banned-in-china-app-store/3359/3 "2019-03-12T01:01:49Z")

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Thanks Rafael.

What I really need is voice conference. Is there any alternative way to solve this problem?

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**Author:** ![SamZhang1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/samzhang1/32/912_2.png) [@SamZhang1](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/SamZhang1)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/if-i-setup-a-rocket-chat-server-in-china-can-i-use-video-conference-due-to-jitsi-meet-is-banned-in-china-app-store/3359/4 "2019-03-12T07:41:19Z")

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Maybe WebRTC. I’ll try to configure it.

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**Author:** ![rafael.kellermann](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/rafael.kellermann/32/783_2.png) [@rafael.kellermann](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/rafael.kellermann)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/if-i-setup-a-rocket-chat-server-in-china-can-i-use-video-conference-due-to-jitsi-meet-is-banned-in-china-app-store/3359/5 "2019-03-12T08:35:25Z")

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You can probably use if you use a device with different region/language and a VPN.

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**Author:** ![SamZhang1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/samzhang1/32/912_2.png) [@SamZhang1](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/SamZhang1)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/if-i-setup-a-rocket-chat-server-in-china-can-i-use-video-conference-due-to-jitsi-meet-is-banned-in-china-app-store/3359/6 "2019-03-12T08:46:23Z")

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WebRTC needs stun server. We can not access google server in China. I am going to setup a stun server.

but I don’t really understand those thing: stun:stun.l.google.com:19302, stun:23.21.150.121, team%40rocket.chat:demo@turn:numb.viagenie.ca:3478

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**Author:** ![SamZhang1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/samzhang1/32/912_2.png) [@SamZhang1](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/SamZhang1)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/if-i-setup-a-rocket-chat-server-in-china-can-i-use-video-conference-due-to-jitsi-meet-is-banned-in-china-app-store/3359/7 "2019-03-12T08:50:18Z")

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> **[STUN+TURN servers](https://support.ladesk.com/536840-STUNTURN-servers)**
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> How to setup STUN+TURN server for VoiceCall and VideoCall feature of LIveAgent: Centos 7: \[root@turn ~\]# yum -y install make gcc gcc-c++ openssl-devel libevent libevent-devel wget \[root@turn ~\]#

I am green hand for Linux. not sure this page will work or not.

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**Author:** ![SamZhang1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/samzhang1/32/912_2.png) [@SamZhang1](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/SamZhang1)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/if-i-setup-a-rocket-chat-server-in-china-can-i-use-video-conference-due-to-jitsi-meet-is-banned-in-china-app-store/3359/8 "2019-03-12T09:24:49Z")

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But, there are two options to turn on video chat in channel, one is BBB video chat, other is video chat.  
I didn’t see any options about WebRTC video chat. I enabled WebRTC already.

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**Author:** ![jololocat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/94ad74/32.png) [@jololocat](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/jololocat)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/if-i-setup-a-rocket-chat-server-in-china-can-i-use-video-conference-due-to-jitsi-meet-is-banned-in-china-app-store/3359/9 "2019-03-12T13:05:33Z")

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If Google Hangouts is not blocked you can use their service. Or try another one.  
 ![hangouts](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/uploads/rocketchat/original/1X/6f3d57400ce5e412fbd59c31743bbbf634ac6148.png)

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**Author:** ![SamZhang1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/samzhang1/32/912_2.png) [@SamZhang1](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/SamZhang1)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/if-i-setup-a-rocket-chat-server-in-china-can-i-use-video-conference-due-to-jitsi-meet-is-banned-in-china-app-store/3359/10 "2019-03-13T01:39:57Z")

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Thanks. Jololocat.

Sadly, Google is blocked for many years in China.

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**Author:** ![SamZhang1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/samzhang1/32/912_2.png) [@SamZhang1](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/SamZhang1)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/if-i-setup-a-rocket-chat-server-in-china-can-i-use-video-conference-due-to-jitsi-meet-is-banned-in-china-app-store/3359/11 "2019-04-14T07:43:15Z")

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I was thinking of your suggestion.  
Google Hangouts can’t be used in China.  
But we can use Zoom. Can I use Zoom for video conference?  
I can give every chat room a Zoom meeting id.

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**Author:** ![jololocat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/94ad74/32.png) [@jololocat](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/jololocat)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/if-i-setup-a-rocket-chat-server-in-china-can-i-use-video-conference-due-to-jitsi-meet-is-banned-in-china-app-store/3359/12 "2019-04-15T10:05:50Z")

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Hi Sam,

you need to test it. My Zoom account doesn’t accept a Random String.  
A new Video Call with the Jitsi settings will create a Video Link with this Settings:  
Domain: [hangouts.google.com/hangouts/\_](http://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_)  
URL Room Prefix: [mydomain.com/](http://mydomain.com/)

Created URL:  
SSL://DOMAIN/URLRoomPrefixRANDOSTRING

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**Author:** ![jololocat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/94ad74/32.png) [@jololocat](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/jololocat)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/if-i-setup-a-rocket-chat-server-in-china-can-i-use-video-conference-due-to-jitsi-meet-is-banned-in-china-app-store/3359/13 "2019-04-15T10:06:21Z")

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Result: [https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/\_/mydomain.com/nsHLWKwfKAziMRBPF9LvDYmhcDNcsPKJf](https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/mydomain.com/nsHLWKwfKAziMRBPF9LvDYmhcDNcsPKJf)

By using Zoom it creates a not working URL for me:  
[https://zoom.us/wc/2635232355/start/nsHLWKwfKAziMRBPF9LvDYmhcDNcsPKJf](https://zoom.us/wc/2635232355/start/nsHLWKwfKAziMRBPF9LvDYmhcDNcsPKJf)

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**Author:** ![jololocat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/94ad74/32.png) [@jololocat](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/jololocat)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/if-i-setup-a-rocket-chat-server-in-china-can-i-use-video-conference-due-to-jitsi-meet-is-banned-in-china-app-store/3359/14 "2019-04-15T10:07:41Z")

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But in the End RC is just adding Strings to create a full URL. So it shouldn’t be too much work to support more Video Solutions.

If you have Dev skills you can have a look how a Jitsi URL will be created:

> <https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/blob/e275b949c56b3dd9a1dfd3fe6c958a338c7d6736/public/packages/rocketchat_videobridge/client/public/external_api.js>

> <https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/blob/ed092fbe490c21d64c071772ce1da66515837353/app/videobridge/server/settings.js>

Sorry, I needed to split my answer because of some security settings in this forum.

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**Author:** ![SamZhang1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/samzhang1/32/912_2.png) [@SamZhang1](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/SamZhang1)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 4:58am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/if-i-setup-a-rocket-chat-server-in-china-can-i-use-video-conference-due-to-jitsi-meet-is-banned-in-china-app-store/3359/15 "2019-04-16T04:58:18Z")

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Thank you very much Jololocat.

I guess that Zoom works in a different mode with Bigbluebutton, Jisti, or Google hangouts.  
I was thinking of a different way to add video conference function to Rocket Chat.

> **[Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing](https://zoom.us/signin)**
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> Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference...

  
Above link could join a meeting within browser. If I can put this browser inside of Rocket chat room. That will work for me.
