Re: Video-conferencing tool a la Skype or Facetime for OpenBSD?

[Duncan Patton a Campbell]

On Thu, 4 Jan 2018 17:52:39 +0100
Marko Cupać  wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 00:18:12 +0900
> Bryan Linton  wrote:
> 
> > Hello misc@
> > 
> > I have a friend who runs Windows who has asked me if there is any
> > way we can occasionally communicate with each other via some kind 
> > of video-conferencing application similar to what programs like
> > Skype and Facetime provide.
> > 
> > Does such a thing already exist for OpenBSD?
> 
> Do you mean client software that connects from both Windows and
> OpenBSD to public videoconferencing services, or self-hosted
> videoconferencing server? I don't know about the former, but as for
> latter, I am testing two different approaches:
> - nextcloud with webrtc: [https://nextcloud.com/webrtc/]
> - matrix/synapse: [https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse]
> 
> Nextcloud with webrtc should work on OpenBSD. Matrix/Synapse has
> FreeBSD port, I don't know about OpenBSD.
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
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After  enlightenment - draw water, have a drink, chop wood.

Dhu ;-)

> 
> Marko Cupać
> https://www.mimar.rs/
> 
> 


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Re: Video-conferencing tool a la Skype or Facetime for OpenBSD?

[Mihai Popescu]

On OpenBSD side, install from packages:
pjsua (but no video, no GUI)
baresip (no GUI)

On Windows:
microsip

Both of you need one account each on iptel.org.

Re: Video-conferencing tool a la Skype or Facetime for OpenBSD?

[Marko Cupać]

On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 00:18:12 +0900
Bryan Linton  wrote:

> Hello misc@
> 
> I have a friend who runs Windows who has asked me if there is any
> way we can occasionally communicate with each other via some kind 
> of video-conferencing application similar to what programs like
> Skype and Facetime provide.
> 
> Does such a thing already exist for OpenBSD?

Do you mean client software that connects from both Windows and
OpenBSD to public videoconferencing services, or self-hosted
videoconferencing server? I don't know about the former, but as for
latter, I am testing two different approaches:
- nextcloud with webrtc: [https://nextcloud.com/webrtc/]
- matrix/synapse: [https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse]

Nextcloud with webrtc should work on OpenBSD. Matrix/Synapse has
FreeBSD port, I don't know about OpenBSD.

Regards,
-- 
Before enlightenment - chop wood, draw water.
After  enlightenment - chop wood, draw water.

Marko Cupać
https://www.mimar.rs/

Video-conferencing tool a la Skype or Facetime for OpenBSD?

[Bryan Linton]

Hello misc@

I have a friend who runs Windows who has asked me if there is any
way we can occasionally communicate with each other via some kind 
of video-conferencing application similar to what programs like
Skype and Facetime provide.

Does such a thing already exist for OpenBSD?

My requirements are fairly simple:
1) Must be usable between OpenBSD and Windows.
2) Must transmit/receive audio and video from a webcam.
3) Should be as point-and-click (on the Windows side) as possible.
4) Bonus points if it contains a text-based chatting feature.

For number 3, I can drive over to my friend's house and do a one-time
setup of anything highly technical, but after that, it should be as
simple for them as possible.  They're moderately technically inclined,
so entering a server/port/etc. is well within their means, but configuring
port-forwarding in their firewall and the like is something I'd have to
do myself.

Looking through the ports tree, I see a few programs that look promising,
like telephony/baresip but I don't see anything like Ekiga or Empathy.

Before I put the effort in to trying to get something working, I thought
it'd be prudent to ask the list if such a thing is even feasable first.

Any pointers (even a, "No, this isn't possible yet with OpenBSD <-> Windows")
would be appreciated.

Thank you!

-- 
Bryan