[LUAU] OpenMCU older version?

David Kiwerski wp2aat at sbcglobal.net
Thu Dec 4 15:48:05 PST 2008


Brian,

Check these links to see if they can help:

http://www.salyens.com/ffcodec/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/openh323

Dave Kiwerski


Brian Chee wrote:
> Dang...just after I sent this I found the answer at
> http://www.voxgratia.org/docs/faq.html#1_11
>
> So it would seem that the debian/ubuntu/rhel package called OpenMCU is audio
> only...but if you want audio conferencing for free...it has potential, but
> is a bit of a pain to setup.
>
> There is a software MCU (multipoint control unit) out there, but it's no
> longer opensource. 
> http://www.stonevoice.com/Products/SoftwareMCU/tabid/975/Default.aspx
>
> Well I guess it was just a bit to expect...the reason why hardware MCU's are
> so stinking expensive is all the video digital signal processors (DSP's)
> with even "small" units (12 participants at 384kb/sec with H.264 codec) are
> in the $25k range.
>
> So it's looking like if you want video conferencing on the cheap you'll need
> to use something like ekiga to do SIP based video....but I don't think
> trixbox can handle video in the conferencing feature.
>
> /brian chee
>
>
>
> On 12/3/08 8:37 PM, "Brian Chee" <chee at hawaii.edu> wrote:
>
>   
>> So it would seem that the version 2.1 is ONLY audio...does anyone know what
>> happened to OpenMCU¹s video support and does anyone know where to get the
>> older versions?
>>
>> /brian chee
>>     
>
>   



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