Video Conferencing

[Kevin D. Clark]

"Kenneth E. Lussier" <ken.lussier at zuken.com> writes:

> Has anyone done any video conference work on Linux? My company purchased
> several Polycom systems for offices all over the world. However, only
> one of them allows for multiple (4) connections. I was wondering if
> there is a video conferencing server for Linux that would allow mulitple
> connections to tie more people together. Unfortunately, I know little to
> nothing about video conferencing technologies. I have found
> "Gatekeepers", H.323 proxies, and a few other things, but I don't know
> what any of them are, and the docs are scarce. Any pointers?

What you probably want is a H.323 Multiple Call Unit (MCU).

I'd recommend checking out the stuff at http://www.openh323.org/ .

Regards,

--kevin
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