Good ideas coming in thick and fast! most seem to involve Ekiga 3.00 and the H.264 codec As I suspected, 256k, If we can use it effectively, should be able to generate usable video - the trick is how best to use the bandwidth.
The question is now - How do we try this out? (assuming Ekiga 3.00 is not available in alpha or beta), do I just wait? or is there something else I can try short term? Programs such as Theora are mentioned but even after having read their website, I'm not sure how we implement this into a video calling setup - perhaps too many brain cells have abandoned ship - I'll need a little guidance. I would willing offer my assistance but my coding skills belong to another era ( mainly mathematical Fortran programming) although I still dabble with a little C, I suspect I would be more of a hindrance than a help. However alpha or beta testing; that's another matter, I don't mind purchasing another webcam or two in a good cause and I'm slowly getting the hang of this Linux. (I used to be a systems administrator on a SCO Unix box back in the Eighties - it's amazing what you forget). Many thanks for your help so far, I am hopeful that we will achieve the desired goal. The difference that high quality video calling can make to the hearing impaired can't be overstated - it means independence in many everyday tasks that most of us take for granted. Regards John H [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
