>You will be hard pressed to find an off-the-shelf OSS product that works well > for videoconferencing.
I agree - I worked for a company that produced video/web-conferncing software. BTW - The server side is called an MCU (multipoint control unit). Our MCU was multi-platform (windows, linux and solaris), multi-protocol (SIP, H.323, CUSeeMe, T.120 and XMPP for presence) software solution - and it took over decade of continuous development to mature... before we were bought by a harware company that squashed our software solution. The client we created (originally CUSeeMe out of cornell university) is still around as a web and mobile client, but mainly offered as a part corporate conferencing solution (currently owned and marketed by Avaya) The problem is that RTP audio mixing, video switching and collaboration management are not arbitrary implementations and require serious funding and/or a larger dedicate group of developers. Until very recently there hasn't been much call for this type of effort and I am not aware of any full-fledged OSS MCUs. This thread is awesome and I'll definitely be looking at some of the referenced projects. Thanks guys. -- Joel
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