Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Gnomemeeting to netmeeting choppy audio/video.

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Hi,

Le lundi 29 août 2005 à 07:36 +0200, jo de baer a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> >
> 
> > Well, you are transmitting "Large" video. That is a bit much for a
> 
> > classical connection.
> 
> yes ... the reason I have set it to "large" was that if I didn't do
> that, the image was really tiny. Wat is the technical definition of
> "large"? Is it purely a resolution thing? I see that today there are
> camera's that go up to 640X480 ...

Yes.

> 
> And what is the solution for sending "large" video? Using another
> codec? However in the video tab I don't see a menu to choose the codec
> like one can for audio?

H.261 is the only codec without patent problems. H.263 might be
available in the future as a video plugin. Then you could send large
with a bit more bandwidth than H.261 in small mode.

> 
> >
> 
> > Also G.711 has no compression, I would suggest installing speex for
> 
> > windows and netmeeting.
> 
> Thanks! Will try that. Although I must say lately audio is better
> (video is still a disaster when set to large). Apparently internet
> connection latency added to the problem...
> 
> What is strange is that even in Windows netmeeting to netmeeting is
> ok, but MSN to MSN is qua audio a disaster. Seems like Windows is
> using different techniques for both programs... but ok ... for the
> moment we have one solution that produces acceptable results :-) .
> 

Good :)

> >
> 
> > Philips ToUCam Pro are really good.
> 
> Ok - will check the price on that one.
> 
> Thanks!!
> 
> Jo
> 
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