Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] FREE SOFTWARE PODCASTING IDEA: ALLOWING AUDACITY TO DIRECTLY RECORD EKIGA CALLS USING A PLUGIN

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

On 29/07/11 06:08, Rex Djere wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> My name is Rex Djere and I host a GNU/Linux oggcast. I have an idea that I
> wanted to present to all of you for consideration, creating an Audacity
> plugin that allows it to directly accept Ekiga telephony calls and record
> them. This is how I propose that this feature could be used:
>
>     - Imagine that Mr. Richard Stallman is a guest on my podcast.
>     - I, the host, record my microphone directly in Audacity.
>     - Mr. Stallman calls my pc from his pc using Ekiga.
>     - Audacity answers the call, and I use a button in Audacity's menu to
>     start recording the call.
>     - An optional "record all streams" button could be added to Audacity to
>     record everything (my mic, phone call etc.)
>
> Now imagine this, Audacity being able to accept and record an unlimited
> number of Ekiga streams using the plugin. This would be wonderful for a
> podcast with multiple hosts and or guest. For the podcasting community, I
> believe that this would be a godsend. Please feel free to send me any
> comments or replies. Thank you.

Hi,

I do not know much how oggcasts work, so I might be wrong.  Isn't the 
following solution envisageable?  You speak to Mr. Stallman with ekiga, 
you record your conversation (using the not-yet possibility of ekiga to 
record streams), and afterwards you put the file in oggcast syndication.

So why do you need to create a plugin instead of fixing ekiga to accept 
conversation recording?

Regards,
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Eugen Dedu