Not sure if I can be of any help but would certainly be interested in a Linux solution. We have a full blown stand alone video conference unit, though not currently set up. There is also a desktop home version, can't remember the make, but it was around 500 and H323 compliant.
Peter Van den Wildenbergh wrote: >Simon: > >I dont' think bandwith is going to be a problem >I got a 100M FD feet from GT/Bell on both ends... > >My biggest problem is making sure that those >higher-end camera's ($250-$750 range) work with linux/Ekiga > >Peter > >simon wrote: > > > >>Hi Peter, >>There are several approaches you could try. >> >>1). Softphone such as Ekiga which supports SIP, H323, and direct >>connection (IP->IP). >> >>2). VLC in stream mode. >>(http://www.videolan.org/vlc/streaming.html) >> >> >>As you are probably aware the biggest 'killer' for things like this is >>network jitter, followed by latency and bandwidth. >> >>Whatever you choose on the software side, the hardware will also have >>a significant effect (my $800 DV Camcorder produces a much better image >>than my $10 USB webcam). >> >>If you can do the echo cancellation in hardware (i.e. decent speaker >>phone) then that will help a lot too. >> >> >>What sort of network are you attempting to work across, please don't say >>Shaw residential cable ;-) >> >>Simon >> >> >>On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 08:58:49AM -0600, Peter Van den Wildenbergh wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>Hi All: >>> >>>Just want to pick some brains here. >>>Does anybody has experience with a linux based >>>video conference (boardroom to boardroom) tool. >>>Quality of sound and image are important >>>so I don't want to use the $49 webcam special ... >>>With that comes the question of drivers for the higher end cameras... >>> >>>Thx >>> >>>Peter >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>clug-talk mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>>Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>>**Please remove these lines when replying >>> >>> >>> >>> > >_______________________________________________ >clug-talk mailing list >[email protected] >http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >**Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
