Dean Collins
2006-Jul-11 08:04 UTC
[asterisk-users] RE: [Asterisk-video] Asterisk as an MCU
Hi Curt, At the moment Asterisk does not perform the functionality you are looking for (there is no single server solution for what you are looking for at the moment). We were looking to sponsor video conferencing development on Asterisk a year ago but put it into the too hard basket. We were then looking to build an application using Adobe Flash media Server but have ceased work on this because of licensing changes which made it uneconomical for less than 100 seats. www.cognation.net/unisona At the moment we use Breeze ASP service to do presentations and Asterisk for Voip (and would use LCS or Jabber for internal messaging but just use MSN messenger). We are doing this with the view that things will change in the next 12 months and will re-look at an all in one service based solution at this time. If I had to buy a video/web presentation server solution at the moment it would be www.wiredred.com Best advice I can offer after spending a lot of time looking at this in the past. Cheers, Dean> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-video-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-video- > bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Curt Shaffer > Sent: Tuesday, 11 July 2006 10:47 AM > To: 'Development discussion of video media support in Asterisk' > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-video] Asterisk as an MCU > > Thanks for the clarification. So if I want some functionality of anMCU I> could use Asterisk as long as the clients were talking the same(supported)> codec? > > I have never had to build an MCU so I don't know much about them. Whatwe> are looking for is video conferencing from workstations through acentral> system with the ability to dial in from the PSTN and to do IP callsand> possibly include some sort of presence features. As far as I can seethen> Asterisk can fit this bill or am I missing key functionality orperformance> from not having full MCU capabilities? > > Thanks > > -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-video-bounces@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-video-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of JeffreyC.> Ollie > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 10:41 AM > To: Development discussion of video media support in Asterisk > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-video] Asterisk as an MCU > > On Tue, 2006-07-11 at 09:57 -0400, Curt Shaffer wrote: > > Odd... > > > > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+video > > > > looks like it does there unless I am missing something. > > Yes, that page is extremely misleading. Asterisk does not includevideo> codecs. The video support that is mentioned on that page is pass > through only. That means that it cannot convert between video formats > (which would be required for MCU functionality). > > Jeff > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-video mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-video
Curt Shaffer
2006-Jul-11 08:35 UTC
[asterisk-users] RE: [Asterisk-video] Asterisk as an MCU
Thanks for the information. I guess just as a follow up, is it not possible then to utilize something like MSN messenger or Video capable chat clients that support SIP, like MSN, some sort of jabber or iChat that will allow Asterisk to just pass through the video but handle the voice? I think that would suit our needs for now. Thanks again Curt -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Dean Collins Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 11:05 AM To: Development discussion of video media support in Asterisk Cc: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] RE: [Asterisk-video] Asterisk as an MCU Hi Curt, At the moment Asterisk does not perform the functionality you are looking for (there is no single server solution for what you are looking for at the moment). We were looking to sponsor video conferencing development on Asterisk a year ago but put it into the too hard basket. We were then looking to build an application using Adobe Flash media Server but have ceased work on this because of licensing changes which made it uneconomical for less than 100 seats. www.cognation.net/unisona At the moment we use Breeze ASP service to do presentations and Asterisk for Voip (and would use LCS or Jabber for internal messaging but just use MSN messenger). We are doing this with the view that things will change in the next 12 months and will re-look at an all in one service based solution at this time. If I had to buy a video/web presentation server solution at the moment it would be www.wiredred.com Best advice I can offer after spending a lot of time looking at this in the past. Cheers, Dean> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-video-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-video- > bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Curt Shaffer > Sent: Tuesday, 11 July 2006 10:47 AM > To: 'Development discussion of video media support in Asterisk' > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-video] Asterisk as an MCU > > Thanks for the clarification. So if I want some functionality of anMCU I> could use Asterisk as long as the clients were talking the same(supported)> codec? > > I have never had to build an MCU so I don't know much about them. Whatwe> are looking for is video conferencing from workstations through acentral> system with the ability to dial in from the PSTN and to do IP callsand> possibly include some sort of presence features. As far as I can seethen> Asterisk can fit this bill or am I missing key functionality orperformance> from not having full MCU capabilities? > > Thanks > > -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-video-bounces@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-video-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of JeffreyC.> Ollie > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 10:41 AM > To: Development discussion of video media support in Asterisk > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-video] Asterisk as an MCU > > On Tue, 2006-07-11 at 09:57 -0400, Curt Shaffer wrote: > > Odd... > > > > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+video > > > > looks like it does there unless I am missing something. > > Yes, that page is extremely misleading. Asterisk does not includevideo> codecs. The video support that is mentioned on that page is pass > through only. That means that it cannot convert between video formats > (which would be required for MCU functionality). > > Jeff > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-video mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-video_______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users