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

[aman kumar]

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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