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From: Andy Baxter on 4 Dec 2007 12:52 A friend has asked me if I could find out about free software for videoconferencing. At the moment he just wants a general idea of what is possible, but has also asked me if I could set something up for him. Does anyone have any practical experience with this who could advise me on where to start looking? E.g. which software is actually worth investigating further. I've found the following page through google: http://myhome.hanafos.com/~soonjp/vclinux.html but there are so many projects it's a bit hard to know where to start. Thanks, andy. -- remove 'n-u-l-l' to email me.
From: Gordon Henderson on 4 Dec 2007 14:23 In article <13lb4u1910ikmd3(a)corp.supernews.com>, Andy Baxter <news5(a)earthsong.null.free-online.co.uk> wrote: >A friend has asked me if I could find out about free software for >videoconferencing. At the moment he just wants a general idea of what is >possible, but has also asked me if I could set something up for him. > >Does anyone have any practical experience with this who could advise me on >where to start looking? E.g. which software is actually worth >investigating further. I've found the following page through google: > >http://myhome.hanafos.com/~soonjp/vclinux.html > >but there are so many projects it's a bit hard to know where to start. A couple of my clients are using http://www.ekiga.org/ but I've no first-hand experience of it myself. Gordon
From: Chris Davies on 6 Dec 2007 04:14 Andy Baxter <news5(a)earthsong.null.free-online.co.uk> wrote: > A friend has asked me if I could find out about free software for > videoconferencing. At the moment he just wants a general idea of what is > possible, but has also asked me if I could set something up for him. One to one, or one to many, or many to many? For a multiple participant need, it might be worth taking a look through the applications developed for the MBone to see if any of those are adequate. Chris
From: David Mitchell on 6 Dec 2007 10:44 On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:14:47 +0000, Chris Davies wrote: > Andy Baxter <news5(a)earthsong.null.free-online.co.uk> wrote: >> A friend has asked me if I could find out about free software for >> videoconferencing. At the moment he just wants a general idea of what is >> possible, but has also asked me if I could set something up for him. There's GnomeMeeting, if you like Gnome; although I haven't tried it myself. -- ======================================================================= = David --- If you use Microsoft products, you will, inevitably, get = Mitchell --- viruses, so please don't add me to your address book. =======================================================================
From: Andy Baxter on 6 Dec 2007 12:15
On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:14:47 +0000, Chris Davies wrote: > Andy Baxter <news5(a)earthsong.null.free-online.co.uk> wrote: >> A friend has asked me if I could find out about free software for >> videoconferencing. At the moment he just wants a general idea of what is >> possible, but has also asked me if I could set something up for him. > > One to one, or one to many, or many to many? > Many to many I think. It is for an academic conference - they are thinking of setting up videoconferencing so some people can 'be there' without having to fly halfway round the world. > For a multiple participant need, it might be worth taking a look through > the applications developed for the MBone to see if any of those are > adequate. -- remove 'n-u-l-l' to email me. |