Hi Peter, server side you have the GNU Gatekeeper (https://www.gnugk.org) that uses H.323 and is still under active development.
Unfortunately nonw of the available OpenSource endpoints is really production quality. See my list at https://www.gnugk.org/h323-endpoint.html I think you best bet are the free (but not open) mobile H.323 endpoints, like RealPresence or Yealink VC (also on my list). Regards, Jan -- Jan Willamowius, Founder of the GNU Gatekeeper Project EMail : [email protected] Website: https://www.gnugk.org Support: https://www.willamowius.com/gnugk-support.html Relaxed Communications GmbH Frahmredder 91, 22393 Hamburg, Germany Geschäftsführer: Jan Willamowius HRB 125261 (Amtsgericht Hamburg) USt-IdNr: DE286003584 [email protected] wrote: > Hi Eugen, > > thanks! Yes, we are using something similar to the link you gave. > > Still it is oddly frustrating that there is no open source > solution. The H.323 standard is a 20-year old open standard, and there > seem to have been various projects that are all abandoned. I might yet > try to resurrect one of them, if I have time! > > Thanks for the information. -- Peter > > Eugen Dedu wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Ekiga is not ready for H323, unfortunately. I tried it once with an > > H323 equipment in France and it did not work. There are still bugs > > which make it unusable. > > > > French researchers have access to a very easy to use videoconferencing > > system, https://rendez-vous.renater.fr. You have access when they > > invite you for a given videoconference. You just need a browser, no > > need of plugins. I regularly use it and it works pretty well. > > > > Kind regards, > > Eugen > > > > On 17/09/2019 15:30, [email protected] wrote: > > > Hi Bret, > > > > > > thanks for your reply. Of course I am already a Skype user. But I am > > > specifically interested in finding some open source software that can > > > connect to existing H.323 teleconferencing equipment. > > > > > > Occasionally someone requires this. For example, this week I must > > > participate remotely in a Ph.D. defense in France and the use of Skype > > > has been specifically forbidden. (Maybe for ideological reasons, as > > > you say, or more likely, because it is unreliable enough that people > > > usually spend most of their time worrying about resuming dropped > > > calls, rather than getting on with the meeting). In that situation, I > > > usually have to use some proprietary Cisco client, but if a Linux > > > solution exists, that would be great. > > > > > > There seem to exist some H.323 libraries, such as H323Plus, but I > > > cannot find any working software that actually uses those libraries. > > > > > > It is not a problem for me to use software that is no longer being > > > actively developed. If it worked in 2012, it must in principle still > > > work now. So if there is some way to get Ekiga, or something similar, > > > to work, I would not mind using it. > > > > > > Thanks, -- Peter > > > > > > Bret Busby via ekiga-list wrote: > > >> > > >> On 17/09/2019, [email protected] <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >>> Hi, > > >>> > > >>> this is a newbie question. I am trying to install Ekiga on an Ubuntu > > >>> 19.04 system. I ran into several problems: > > >>> > > >>> * there doesn't seem to be an ekiga package in Ubuntu 19.04. At any > > >>> rate, "apt install ekiga" said there was no such package. > > >>> > > >>> * I downloaded the sources. "configure" complained about a missing > > >>> Boost library, so I installed it with "apt install libboost-dev". > > >>> Now I get the following: > > >>> > > >>> checking for boostlib >= 1.34... yes > > >>> checking whether the Boost::Signals library is available... yes > > >>> configure: error: Could not find a version of the library! > > >>> > > >>> Since the previous two answers were "yes", I am not sure what is > > >>> missing on the last line, nor how to install it. I'm not sure what > > >>> "the library" is, if it is not "boostlib >= 1.34" or > > >>> "Boost::Signals". > > >>> > > >>> Do you have some up-to-date installation instructions? I did check > > >>> the wiki at > > >>> "http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Installing_Ekiga_on_Linux";, but it > > >>> hasn't been updated since 2013 (the Ubuntu instructions date to 2011). > > >>> > > >>> Or if this project is dead, is there a replacement that you can > > >>> recommend? > > >>> > > >>> Thanks, -- Peter > > >>> > > >> > > >> Hello. > > >> > > >> I believe that you are better not trying to install Ekiga, especcially > > >> as a new user. > > >> > > >> No new development is being done, and, Ekiga is no longer fully > > >> supported, insofar as I am aware. > > >> > > >> Whilst some people have an ideological objection to it, because it is > > >> now owned and operated by Microsoft, and, also, its functionality has > > >> been progressively reduced, over the years, since Microsoft took it > > >> over, I recommend trying Skype, which is available for Ubuntu Linux, > > >> of which, I currently run UbuntuMATE 16.04 (as my preferred OS) and > > >> 18.04; both are LTS versions. > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Bret Busby > > >> Armadale > > >> West Australia _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
