[Asterisk-video] Need some help regarding Asterisk video setup

[Manoj Yadav]

Hi Aman,
I just sent a request to you in google talk. Please accept it so we can chat
whenever required.

--Manoj

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:40 PM, aman kumar <ursaman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Klaus ,
>
> I really appreciate your response.You have answered , what I was looking
> for . I think , It will take couple of weeks to implement all the things ,
> which you mentioned. I am very thankful .
>
> Thanks,
> Aman
>
>   On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Klaus Darilion <
> klaus.mailinglists at pernau.at> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Am 30.03.2010 02:12, schrieb aman kumar:
>>
>> Hello ,
>>> I am a beginner user for asterisk and Linux environment .  I need some
>>> help for setup video calls and video streaming with asterisk .I will
>>> appreciate , If you can me some links, white paper , examples or
>>> any kind of help for that .I have downloaded AsteriskNow and installed
>>> in my server. I have following questions , please response.
>>> 1. Is AsteriskNow good for Video calls.
>>>
>>
>> If you only want to make video calls between SIP phones, then it should be
>> OK.
>>
>> If you also do video streaming to SIP phones, or if you need video
>> telephony also to 3G UMTS video phones, then you need to patch Asterisk and
>> I think then it is better to use a plain Asterisk version.
>>
>>
>> 2. Do I need any addon / plug in / Hardware for the server  for video
>>> calls .
>>>
>>
>> For video calls: no, just enable video in sip.conf (search for video in
>> the sample config file)
>>
>> For 3G UMTS video calls: yes. You need ISDN (or SS7) interface cards
>>
>> For streaming (RTSP), recording and playback of video files: yes. You need
>> the applications from
>> https://asteriskvideo.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/asteriskvideo/
>>
>>
>> 3. How can we stream some static video contents through Asterisk.
>>>
>>
>> For example you can store the video as mp4 file. Then use mp4play() to
>> playback the video to the caller. mp4play() is inlcuded in app_mp4.c (
>> https://asteriskvideo.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/asteriskvideo/app_mp4/app_mp4.c)
>>
>>
>>
>> 4. Do we require any type of media server for contents or streaming video.
>>>
>>
>> You have 2 options:
>> 1. video is provided by Asterisk
>>
>> SIP phone <--SIP+RTP--> Asterisk
>>                           ^  (using mp4play())
>>                           |
>>                        video.mp4
>>
>>
>> 2. video is provided by a streaming server (e.g. darwin) and Asterisk
>> (app_rtsp.c) bridges between the SIP call and the video stream.
>>
>> SIP phone <--SIP+RTP--> Asterisk <---RTSP-------> Darwin
>>                       (using rtsp())               ^
>>                                                    |
>>                                                video.mp4
>>
>>
>>
>> 5. What are the basic steps for integration Video with asterisk server.
>>>
>>
>> Hint: only try the enxt step if the previous works
>>
>> 1. Install a "vanilla" (plain) Asterisk
>>
>> 2. Start with SIP-to-SIP video calls. By 2 webcams and use XLite to make
>> video calls. (enable video in sip.conf)
>>
>> 3. Try also with the Echo() application. Then the caller should see
>> itself.
>>
>> 4. Add app_mp4.c to Asterisk and reinstall Asterisk
>>
>> 5. Use mp4save() to record a video call from a SIP phone. Use mpeg4ip
>> tools to analyze the recorded video (audio, video and hint tracks).
>>
>> 6. Use mp4play() to playback the recorded video to the SIP phone
>>
>> 7. use ffmpeg and mpeg4ip tools to create a video with hint tracks. Then
>> playback this video to the caller using mp4play.
>>
>> regards
>> klaus
>>
>>
>>
>> I have asked too many questions so that you can come to know , what is
>>> my Goal. Please guide me .
>>> Thanks ,
>>> Aman
>>>
>>>
>
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