Fwd: [Ekiga-list] Slideshow broadcasting

Finally got this answer from the Ekiga list. Guess I'll check back
with the project in a few weeks.

-J.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Craig Southeren <craigs@postincrement.com>
> Date: September 3, 2007 6:59:48 AM EDT
> To: Ekiga mailing list <ekiga-list@gnome.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ekiga-list] Slideshow broadcasting
> Reply-To: Ekiga mailing list <ekiga-list@gnome.org>
>
> Jason Dixon wrote:
>> [ Resending to the list... ]
>>
>> We're looking to improve on our broadcasts for the MetaBUG (http://
>> metabug.org), as well as possible future Linux/BSD conferences. One
>> of our members mentioned Ekiga, but I wasn't able to determine if it
>> met all of our feature needs. Here are the features we're looking
>> for:
>>
>> - FOSS
>> - Runs on *BSD
>> - Audio/Video streaming to QTSS
>> - Video capture of presenter's screen (slides)
>>
>> We've been using QuickTime Broadcaster on OS X to stream A/V capture
>> from my DV camera. To be blunt, this method sucks (the capture part,
>> not the streaming part). Ideally we want to take the slides directly
>> off the presenter's laptop and stream it with audio from an external
>> mic. I've found a commercial offering (http://www.varasoftware.com/
>> products/wirecast/) that does this, but the price hurts and it only
>> runs on Windows/Mac.
>
> We're working on an OPAL based solution for this problem.
>
> Hannes Friedreich has implemented the ability have multiple video
> streams with a single call, which is necessary for sending both video
> and application capture. This code will be integrated into the CVS
> head
> after the next stable release (in the next few weeks).
>
> I am working on an MCU which will allow this data to be shared amongst
> multiple callers.
>
> It's all just a matter of time :)
>
> Craig
>
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