RE: [GnomeMeeting-list] Video Conference Limits

[Damien Sandras <damien sandras it-optics com>]

Le jeu 08/01/2004 à 23:39, David Mynatt a écrit :
> Kilian-
> 
> Thank you for answering; I'll take help from anyone (well, almost, but
> not quite anyone... Sometimes... Almost without exception if advice from
> someone in a List.)
> 
> FoIP is 'Fax over IP'
> 
> Now I'm getting closer to my "what-I-want-to-do" communications'
> problem. Seems I need a AudioVisual conference server to do multipoint
> video.  Does an open source beast exist?
> 

OpenMCU, but it is not always very stable. You can also buy polycom
units from polycom.com.



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> Dave
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:gnomemeeting-list-admin gnome org] On Behalf Of Kilian Krause
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 4:18 PM
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> Subject: RE: [GnomeMeeting-list] Video Conference Limits
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> 
> Hi David,
> 
> hope u don't mind i answer on his behalf ;)
> 
> Am Do, den 08.01.2004 schrieb David Mynatt um 22:28:
> > Damien-
> > Apologize for being confusing; 'doing videoconferencing' means I have 
> > two or more folks online at the same time, while one person, not at 
> > the server where OpenH323 and etc is loaded, is trying to conduct a 
> > training session using video and voice.
> 
> there's a serious distance between "two people doing videoconferencing"
> (which is 1-on-1 like GM-GM or GM-NetMeeting) and "three or more" for
> the latter requires a conference server and cannot be achieved only by
> using a client like GnomeMeeting or NetMeeting without any helper
> software.
> 
> > Also see OpenH323 is a lib :-}
> 
> yep ;)
> 
> > What is 'Asterisk + GnomeMeeting'; Is it A ListSvr, or chat, or book 
> > :-{ Do I need authorization to use it?
> 
> Asterisk is a "Home PBX", that is a small telephone carrier service so
> to say.. you can attach ISDN, H323 and other stuff to it.. it's pretty
> fancy when using all features, but not quite the install&run beginner
> level *g*
> 
> > Is IP Telephony the 'accepted' term for video and voice, as opposed to
> 
> > FoIP and VoIP?
> 
> whatever FoIP is, IP Telephony and VoIP are both fine.. though the first
> does stress more the audio transmission in mind whereas the latter is
> more image/video oriented thinking.. Technically audio is more
> challenging as you can hear better than see (in terms of latency).. or
> at least you're distracted more when audio is chippy and broken *g*
> 
> hope this helps a bit ;)
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