OSS Video Conference solution?

[Joel Burtram]

>You will be hard pressed to find an off-the-shelf OSS product that works
well
> for videoconferencing.

I agree - I worked for a company that produced video/web-conferncing
software.  BTW - The server side is called an MCU (multipoint control
unit).

Our MCU was multi-platform (windows, linux and solaris), multi-protocol
(SIP, H.323, CUSeeMe, T.120 and XMPP for presence) software solution - and
it took over decade of continuous development to mature... before we were
bought by a harware company that squashed our software solution.
The client we created (originally CUSeeMe out of cornell university) is
still around as a web and mobile client, but mainly offered as a part
corporate conferencing solution (currently owned and marketed by Avaya)

The problem is that RTP audio mixing, video switching and collaboration
management are not arbitrary implementations and require serious funding
and/or a larger dedicate group of developers. Until very recently there
hasn't been much call for this type of effort and I am not aware of any
full-fledged OSS MCUs.

This thread is awesome and I'll definitely be looking at some of the
referenced projects.
Thanks guys.
-- Joel
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