Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Conference's

[Alan L Tyree <typhoon aanet com au>]

On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 07:05:49 +0200
Julien PUYDT <jpuydt free fr> wrote:

> node are-b org a écrit :
> > I mean, what If I want to talk to my mom and dad, both using ekiga
> > in one conference, with skype you could just invite the 3 to an
> > ongoing confersation and you'd know for sure nobody else would
> > sneak in and listen. I haven't found such a feature in ekiga yet,
> > at all. Or the 500 room, is it a room for all ekiga.net members? If
> > so, would I have to get my own proxy/conference server to make sure
> > nobody can 'just get in'? Or what about password protected room
> > even? How would all that btw work with video?
> 
> First of all, 500 ekiga net is an answering machine which will mirror 
> your audio and video to you after a voice will have explained what it
> does.
> 
> Then ekiga has no builtin special support for conferences : you have
> to join some server, which will receive data from participants, and
> send back the mix. Notice that this is probably what skype does
> behind the scene.
> 
> The problem with this approach is that it requires a server with a
> very good bandwith ; something that the ekiga project can't afford, 
> especially for all its users.
> 
> If you have a big bandwith, you could be the server for your parents
> and yourself...

One way to do it is to have you and your parents sign up to Gizmo.
Ekiga works very well with Gizmo accounts. Then use the Gizmo
conferencing facility explained here:

http://support.gizmoproject.com/?_a=knowledgebase&_j=questiondetails&_i=41

Cheers,
Alan

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