Internet wide chat

[Chris Ball]

Hi,

   >> We need two things: a codec that we can encode and decode in
   >> real-time (the demo from 2006 used h.263) and a transport layer --
   >> I think we have a UDP transport for Salut, but not for Gabble, so
   >> video chat would be on the local mesh only.

   > So are we designing from scratch?  I think it will be productive to
   > take an existing application like Ekiga or Linphone and maybe just
   > change the UI.  Both support video RTP, although I'm not sure
   > whether through plug-ins that users can download separately.

Yes, we're designing from scratch to avoid exposing IP addresses to our
users.

- Chris.
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Chris Ball   <cjb at laptop.org>