[asterisk-users] Asterisk conferencing features

Rafael Marangoni rafatmb at gmail.com
Mon Oct 23 18:45:32 MST 2006


Does anyone knows a simple how-to, to make sip conferencing on asterisk?

2006/10/23, Rosli Sukri <roslisukri at gmail.com>:
>
>
> On 10/24/06, Rafael Marangoni <rafatmb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I'm new in Asterisk and I hope that my trouble is very simple.
> >
> > We're implementing a Education Project of a e-Learning system (LMS)
> > that uses conferencing (video and audio) over internet.
> >
> > The e-Learning system will be on GPL license, and for that, we're
> > using only free software to implement.
> >
> > Asterisk is our first choice for video and audio conferencing, and
> > making tests, started to implement it.
> >
> > The questions are:
> >
> > 1. Asterisk makes sip conferencing? (I know the aswer is yes)
>
> yes, via the 'meet-me' application
>
> > 2. Asterisk need Digium hardware to do that ? On asterisk handbook I
> found:
> >
> > "Note that for technical reasons, you must have at least one Zaptel
> > interface (of any kind) installed in your Asterisk system if you wish
> > to use conferencing." (page 7)
>
> it needs it for 'timing'. on freebsd i have manage to install it without a
> physical zaptel card, by just loading the module to provide the timing
>
> > 3. Asterisk make video conferencing?
>
> not yet.. it only supports video call i.e 2 party where as conference
> usually means more than 2
>
> > 4. If yes, anyone have docs more detailed on how to do that?
> >
> > 5. Anyone know clients (softphones) under gpl that we can use the code
> > to implement on this aplication?
>
> ekiga provides both audio and video capabilities, it is part of gnome. for
> windows you can use xlite its gratis software but not gpl
>
> > I need asterisk only for internet conferencing, and I know that it's
> > much more than that.
> >
> > Thanks, and sorry for the questions
> >
> > Rafael Marangoni
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