RE: GNOME Chat and the future of instant messaging in gnome

[Charles Johnson <charlesjohnsont outlook com>]

CJT


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> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 09:32:34 +0100
> From: daniel pocock pro
> To: haevalencia gmail com
> Subject: Re: GNOME Chat and the future of instant messaging in gnome
> CC: gnome-list gnome org
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> On 12/11/15 22:56, Hugo Alejandro wrote:
> > ReSIProcate has a similar to OTR for secure conversations?
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> OTR can be done over SIP, there are other clients like Jitsi doing it.

   Is that a good thing. I think all communications made today must ensure the privacy of users. 


> > Is it possible video calls in HD quality?
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> SIP itself doesn't really know or care what type of media or quality is
> selected.
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> The current telepathy-resiprocate project uses the sipXtapi media stack
> and only enables voice. Changing to the libjingle media stack and using
> it for video support would give the same video codecs supported in
> WebRTC, including WebM for HD quality. This would interact with
> browsers directly without requiring any server to transform the media
> streams.

Is there any current application that can do that? If so, I have not seen any promotion.

note: 
If that application is Jitsi unfortunately is a consuming system resources.

CJT