Hello, On Montag, 16. September 2002 18:18, Matthew Joyce wrote: > Well we really need to include the OpenMCU / OpenH323 Packages > as well as gnome-meeting.
GnomeMeeting is indeed a fine piece of software and is already packaged for Debian. > Also, Real Server (This NEEDS to Exsist since > you need to grab libraries from Potato to get Real Server 8 dunno about 9 > to even function) and Real Player (This Exsists) Packages. There is other > (better and worse) software out there but most of it is unstable or not > developed for linux. I will keep my eyes peeled for linux mpeg-4 based > streaming and v-con. Real 9 should support sorenson codecs in linux since > they do in windows. Also there are infrastructure package concerns such as > Mbone and Multicast modules. Real: this is proprietary software and should not be included in Debian. Besides being proprietary, the company has a long track of hurting standards and acting against user interests. Mbone / Multicast: This is Internet core infrastructure configuration. GNU/Linux readily supports them, but it is up to the providers and technical consortiums to spread it. > I've never personally seen FFMpeg setup as a streaming server in an > educational environment, but since its open source some might favor it over > real's proprietary and mind numbingly expensive stuff ( which my school > uses ). FFMpeg's capabilities on paper look exceptional. I've never > personally set it up though. FFMpeg is a great piece of software, I've used it already for research purposes. > And a Quick Post Script... Whats a great exceptional stellar and all > around neat how-to intro to package developement. It would be fun to > learn. I haven't yet checked how readable the Debian packagers docs are. Raphael, can you please set up a list of important links to them on the Wiki? Thx :-) Bye, Christian
