Re: An idea about a webcam....

[Rob Taylor <rob taylor codethink co uk>]

Adam Schreiber wrote:
> On 2/4/07, Jason Brower <encompass gmail com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 09:18 -0500, Adam Schreiber wrote:
>>> I'm not sure that all this is necessary.  If the drivers are
>>> available, HAL should attach the webcam to /dev/videoX and then
>>> gstreamer should be able to attach the video source to anything on the
>>> desktop that needs it.  At that point, the messenger clients simply
>>> need to handle the various protocol's quirks with respect to sending
>>> video.
>> But it isn't done... I personally don't have the programming knowledge
>> to use HAL and Gstreamer.  Though I am sure I could learn.  This is the
>> first steps of making this work.  Adn most messege programers have no
>> intend on creating a video part for their clients.  They jsut want the
>> text.  And let someone else do the video.  That is why I am doing this.
> 
> I'm not sure where your assertion that "most messege programers have
> no  intend[sic] on creating a video part for their clients" comes
> from.  While the merge has been delayed, I believe the plans for gaim
> still include adding the code from gaim-vv after 2.0 is finally
> released.  While this is a solution for one client, the code for
> individual protocols should probably be pushed lower into libraries
> that all of the clients can use.
> 

I don't know how gaim-vv is getting on, but I hear that there are plans
for Gossip to support VVOIP with the Telepathy backend. I think that
currently only Gabble (the Telepathy backend for XMPP/GTalk) supports
video calls. I've cc'd in Rob McQueen, the main Telepathy developer, for
his input.

Thanks,
Rob Taylor