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

[Dean Collins]

:) nope not that either.

Best thing you can do is go to the voip-wiki bounty page and kick in and
wait for development.

 

Cheers,

Dean


> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Curt Shaffer
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 July 2006 11:36 AM
> To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> Subject: RE: [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 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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