Le mercredi 07 décembre 2005 à 11:30 +0000, JGJones a écrit : > The reason I asked about x264 was if you go to http://www.bslvrs.co.uk - > you will see RNID SignTalk - which is a video based relay centre for > sign language use in UK (there are currently 3 systems including that one). > > However they all require the use of at minimum H.263 video codec (264 is > better, 263 is accepted due to use of the DLink DVC-1000 videophone > which use H.263 for video. > > I sadly cannot use GnomeMeeting since the H.261 does not provide a good > enough video for the interpreter to understand me during a relay > session. Currently I am using the vPoint HD client from vcon - which is > a Windows only application using H.264 video...just when I get my camera > fixed so that I can use GnomeMeeting I once again find I still have to > reboot to Windows...gahh! :) > > I shall email x264 developers themselves and ask pretty please then > since I really do not want to keep on rebooting to Windows just for > video calls (or the expense of getting another computer! I'm saving for > a Powerbook atm for my wife) > > Having dabbled in the video relay market - I was invloved in the > building of one call centre using Cisco Call Manager - I know that this > is a potentially huge market - there is a vast number of users in USA > already, and while the UK's project is first for Europe as far as I > know, but the company whom I worked for using Cisco Call Manager have > plans to expand their service by setting up same thing across Europe. > > This will potentially have access to hundred of thousands if not million > of sign language users across Europe. I believe that with those people > making heavy use of video calls - which will then do the same to their > hearing friends...those hearing people (ie not deaf) might then > appericate using video phone...it's possible that use of videophone will > increase there as well...although that's an unknown! > > Thus for me, it's too important to not ignore this video call issues :) >
Don't hesitate to talk them about that and report back their answer here. I will email too if they reject the proposition... -- _ Damien Sandras (o- //\ GnomeMeeting: http://www.gnomemeeting.org/ v_/_ FOSDEM 2006 : http://www.fosdem.org SIP Phone : sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ GnomeMeeting-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnomemeeting-list
