[asterisk-users] RE: [Asterisk-video] Asterisk as an MCU

[Curt Shaffer]

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 at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at 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 at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-video-
> bounces at 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 an
MCU 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. What
we
> are looking for is video conferencing from workstations through a
central
> system with the ability to dial in from the PSTN and to do IP calls
and
> possibly include some sort of presence features. As far as I can see
then
> Asterisk can fit this bill or am I missing key functionality or
performance
> from not having full MCU capabilities?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-video-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-video-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey
C.
> 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 include
video
> 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
> 
> 
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