Re: Better Video Codecs - was Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] ideas..

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le vendredi 16 décembre 2005 à 09:52 +0930, Malcolm Caldwell a écrit :
> On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 09:47 +0100, Damien Sandras wrote:
> > Le jeudi 15 décembre 2005 à 09:39 +0100, Damien Sandras a écrit :
> > > Le jeudi 15 décembre 2005 à 15:36 +0930, Malcolm Caldwell a écrit :
> > > > Just on the the whole 'better video codecs' thing.
> > > > 
> > > > I will be brutal and say that gnomemeeting will only every be a 'voip
> > > > client that can also basic video' until there are better video codecs.
> > > > h263 at the last, h264 to be a bit more modern, and theora to be 'open
> > > > source'
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > That is right.
> > > 
> > > > We cannot afford to wait until Craig and Robert implement video plugin
> > > > codecs.  This might never happen.
> > > 
> > > That is right too.
> > > 
> > > Any contributor willing to do it?
> > > 
> > 
> > What I'm willing to say is that :
> >   - I'm working hard on the SIP part and on GM 2.00
> >   - I also need to work on the platform we will ofer with GM 2.00
> >   - the SIP part is far to be done: people request encryption, SIP
> > presence (at least), and support for multiple lines
> > 
> > Julien is working on :
> >   - the much requested DBUS support
> >   - the more much requested WIN32 port
> > 
> > All of this is done in our spare time.
> >
> > So I don't see video codecs plugins happening before 2007 if nobody else
> > than both of us contribute to them. Either by coding, or financially (so
> > that Craig, or Julien, or myself, or anybody else can do it during its
> > paid work).
> > 
> > Do you want to contribute?
> 
> I want to, but that is only a small part of the question. :)
> 
> Unfortunately, I do not have the skills or the time to do this.
> 

That's unfortunately the main problem. With contributors, or with paid
development, we could do such things. Unfortunately, there are other
things with more priority which will have to be done before :-/
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