Re: An idea about a webcam....

["Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen" <mikkel kamstrup gmail com>]

2007/2/2, Jason Brower <encompass gmail com>:

I wanted a unified way of communicating with video with as many people
in as many technologies as possible.
I found this very hard so came to the idea of working around technology
that almost everyone has on their computers.  This came to 2 things
A browser and JAVA.
With that I was able to create a webcam web-page and people where able
to see me without any problem.  I can talk with my family and they can
see me.  Even a novice can use my webcam.  They just click with a mouse.
Of course there are better technologies.  But google video has sucky
video, we still use it because it is so easy to use.

And google-vid uses flash which rules out 64 bit machines (like mine)...
 

I use a combination of the following...(with notes)
Camserv
        Works rather well considering it hasn't been developed sinces
        2003.  Very well built and able to do exactly what I want.

I found this here: http://cserv.sourceforge.net/  it looks like the right  one, but where can I find CamServFront anywhere... Also, screenshots and perhaps even screencasts would be nice.

Apache
        I am sure I could use something smaller and more streamlined for
        this use.  All it has to do is provide at most maybe five
        connections and run under a designated port.
CamServFront
        This is a Python, GTK, Glade Program I have made this last week
        that is a simple front end to camserv.  It provides a nice way
        to turn of and on the cam and adjust a few settings to meet the
        needs of the you and the client.

Here is why I am here...
I want this to be a part of gnome.  So that people that want to
communicate with a webcam don't have to screw around with msn, aol,
ekiga, or any other protocals or programs.  The people that want to see
your webcam can simply use it.  Nothing more.  Just a click.
We have see these all the time, webcams online, but none of been
streamlined for the personal desktop use.
What do you think?

Why does it need to be part of Gnome? I mean, it sounds cool and all, but it seems a bit overkill to put in a standard desktop install..? Having an easy to setup/install bundled somewhere (perhaps from distro-vendors) seems more like the right solution.

Another question; how does this compare to Ekiga? Can they interoperate/integrate in any way?
 

Cheers,
Mikkel