I certainly accept the points made in this email. I fully appreciate that the developers of opal, pwlib and gnomemeeting all contribute great work to the projects. I am sure if anyone involved had the time then they would have implemented video codec plugins by now. If it seems like I was complaining, I am sorry.
Anyway, just a quick comment... On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 09:41 +1100, Craig Southeren wrote: > On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 15:36:04 +0930 > Malcolm Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just on the the whole 'better video codecs' thing. > > > > I will be brutal and say that gnomemeeting will only every be a 'voip > > client that can also basic video' until there are better video codecs. > > h263 at the last, h264 to be a bit more modern, and theora to be 'open > > source' > > > > We cannot afford to wait until Craig and Robert implement video plugin > > codecs. This might never happen. > > Please correct if I am wrong, but I don't think that anybody is holding > back on coding video plugins because they think I am doing them. I think gm is holding back on implementing h263 via the current mechanism, waiting for the video plugins. Given the status of software patents in Europe, why not include this now? > If anybody is holding back, then I recommend they don't wait. If they > feel they have the skills and the time, then they should go right ahead > and do it. > > Having said that, I am fully intend to implement video codec plugins as > soon as I can (unless someone beats me to it) and there is a chance that > this could be started soon if certain negotiations proceed as I hope. > > In the mean time, I will be doing stuff to OpenH323/OPAL in my spare > time, much like Damien and the other contributors. And occasionally, I > will be able to spend part of my work day adding code to OpenH323/OPAL > for other people. > > > While on the subject: gstreamer is gaining rtp packetisation abilities. > > Perhaps gstreamer could help implement codecs in gnomemeeting? Or > > perhaps even video codecs? gstreamer is lgpl. > > The LGPL license introduces some challenges when integrating with > OpenH323/OPAL, but these are not insurmountable. This could be an > interesting direction to follow. > > However, the RTP packetisation is only a part of the story. The creation > of valid and inter-operable H.323 and SIP capability definitions is a > large part of the work, as is solving the licensing issues (as mentioned > before). > > Craig > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Craig Southeren [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Phone: +61 243654666 ICQ: #86852844 > Fax: +61 243673140 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mobile: +61 417231046 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Post Increment - Consulting & Services http://www.postincrement.com > Vox Gratia - The Open Source VoIP portal http://www.voxgratia.org > VoIP products http://www.sunkom.com.au > > _______________________________________________ > GnomeMeeting-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnomemeeting-list _______________________________________________ GnomeMeeting-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnomemeeting-list
